Bernice Gartman

Bernice Gartman

Female 1946 - 2015  (69 years)
Person ID: I10963  "Baxter"  |  Last Modified: 29 Nov 2023


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  • Name Bernice Gartman 
    Gender Female 
    Birth 6 Jul 1946  Lucedale, George County, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Died 28 Jul 2015  [1
    Buried Bay Pines National Cemetery, Bay Pines, Pinellas County, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
  • Parents

    Family ID: F3562 -:|:-  Group Sheet  -:|:-  Family Chart  
    Father Thomas Miller Gartman (ID:I10961)
              b. 9 Sep 1923, Wilmer, Mobile County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 23 Feb 2006, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Melonese Pierce (ID:I10962)
              b. 8 Jun 1930  
              d. 29 Jan 2012 (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 17 May 1950 
  • Family

    Family ID: F3563   -:|:-   Group Sheet   -:|:-   Family Chart  -:|:-  Last Modified : 29 Nov 2023   
    Husband Living (ID:I10967) 
  • Other Personal Events

    Siblings 1 brother and 2 sisters 
  • Event Map

    Link to Google MapsBirth - 6 Jul 1946 - Lucedale, George County, Mississippi, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Bay Pines National Cemetery, Bay Pines, Pinellas County, Florida, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Source Citations

    1. [FIND-A-GRAVE] Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152110561/bernice-lavery.
      Memorial services were held for Bernice Gartman Lavery, 69, of Largo, Fla., formerly of Lucedale on Saturday, August 22, 2015, at Hope Church in Largo, Fla. and Saturday, August 29, 2015, at Snow Road Missionary Baptist Church in Mobile, Ala.

      Interment was in Bay Pines National Cemetery in Tampa, Fla. on Friday, August 7, 2015.

      A travel agent and a member of the Red Hat Society Chapter of "Royal Dames of Treasure Island" of which she was the "Queen" and Florida West Coast Queens Council, RHS, she died July 28. Born July 6, 1946 in Lucedale, she had resided in Wilmer, Ala., Treasure Island, Fla. and Largo, Fla. and had visited every continent and every state and was planning more trips when her battle with ALS ended her travels.

      She is survived by her loving husband of 47 years, John Lavery; sisters Elaine (Jon) Kremin of Pinellas Park, Fla. and Patricia Gail (Ricky) Wooley of Lucedale; nephew: Chris (Cat) Miller of Yulee, Fla.; nieces Amanda R. Wooley of Lucedale, Whitney (Jesse) Watson of Mobile, Ala.; great nephews Jacob Brummer and Daniel Miller of Yulee, Fla.; great niece Elizabeth Watson of Mobile, Ala.; sisters-in-law Mary Terry of Allegany, N.Y., Patty (Charlie) Evans of Topeka, Kan; Cathy Holle of Columbia, Mo. and Teresa (Larry) Merrifield of Topeka, Kan.; brothers-in-law Bill Lavery of Ypsilanti, Mich.; Bob Lavery of Lees Summit, Mo. and Joe Lavery of Topeka, Kan.; aunts Frances (Manuel) Cecchi of Wilmer, Ala., Wilene (Aubrey) Clark of Leaksville, JoAnn (Bobby) Reed, Ina Mae Pierce, both of Lucedale, Lucille Gartman of Semmes, Ala.; uncles Franklin (Addie) Pierce of Fairhope, Ala. and Walter "W.M." Pierce of Lucedale; and many loving family members.

      She was preceded in death by her father Thomas Gartman, mother Melonese Pierce Gartman, brother Joseph Gartman, grandparents Albert and Jory Tanner Pierce and John and Rosa Miller Gartman, brother-in-law Jack Terry and uncles Calvin Pierce and Lindy Gartman.

      Published in the George County Times, September 3, 2015.

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