ELLEN VIRGINIA GOODWIN SPIER

WE REGRET TO ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF MRS. ELLEN SPIER, AGE 89, OF DONALSONVILLE, GA WHO PASSED AWAY TUESDAY, FEB. 26, 2008 AT WESLEY MANOR NURSING HOME IN DOTHAN, AL. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, FEB. 28, 2008 AT 2:00 PM AT THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN DONALSONVILLE, GA WITH REV. MORGAN WHITFIELD OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW IN FRIENDSHIP MEMORIAL GARDENS. VISITATION WILL BE HELD AT 1:00 PM AT THE CHURCH. YOU MAY SHARE YOUR CONDOLENCES WITH THE FAMILY BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.EVANSSKIPPERFH.COM. MRS. SPIER WAS BORN IN SEMINOLE COUNTY ON JANUARY 8, 1919 TO THE LATE JOEL HOMER, SR. AND ANNIE LEE TYLER GOODWIN. DURING WORLD WAR II SHE WORKED AT THE RATIONING OFFICE AND ALSO FOR MR. T. E. ROBERTS DRY GOODS STORE. A FAITHFUL MEMBER OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SERVED AS SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER, A DEACON AND ELDER. SHE WORKED AT COMMERICAL STATE BANK FOR 42 YEARS AS CASHIER AND VICE PRESIDENT. ALSO WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF DONALSONVILLE COUNTY CLUB AND FRIENDSHIP CLUB. SHE WAS MARRIED TO WALTER EARL SPIER, SR. WHO PRECEDED HER IN DEATH IN 1999. SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORY ONE SON, WALTER EARL SPIER, JR. AND HIS WIFE MARY ELLEN OF MONTGOMERY, TX; ONE GRANDSON, JEFFERY SPIER OF LAS VEGAS, NV; THREE SISTERS, MARY GOODWIN, MARTHA ANNE HASTEY AND HER HUSBAND REV. LUTHER HASTEY AND EMILY MILLER ALL OF DONALSONVILLE, GA. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS JOEL HOMER, SR. AND ANNIE LEE TYLER GOODWIN; HER HUSBAND, WALTER EARL SPIER, SR.; ONE BROTHER, JOEL HOMER GOODWIN, JR. AND ONE SISTER, IRENE TRAWICK. PALLBEARERS WILL BE BRAD CLARKE, CARL FAIN, DAVID FAIN, BRADLEY GRANTHAM, MARK HANNA, ERNEST PONDER, LUKE SPOONER AND BOB YOUMANS. FLOWERS ACCEPTED OR MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE TO FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH P.O. BOX 1026 DONALSONVILLE, GA OR AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION 3312 NORTHSIDE DR SUITE 140-A MACON, GA 31210. EVANS-SKIPPER FUNERAL HOME HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH THE ARRANGEMENTS.