Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home, Effingham Chapel
912-754-6421 (fax) 912-754-3426
P.O. Box 295
Springfield, GA 31329
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Florence Sowell Weston
Statesboro – Florence Sowell Weston, 89, passed away Monday April 25, 2011 at East GA Regional Medical Center.
The Screven County native was a member of Garden City First Baptist Church, Clyo Homemakers, and the Classic Club of Savannah. She spent many years working in the restaurant business and volunteered with Reach to Recovery.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Elijah and Alice Jones Sowell; husband, Herbert E. Weston; granddaughter, Anita Williford.
Survivors include her children, Bette (Freddy) Drecktrah of Rincon, Martha S. Weston of Baton Rouge, LA, Victor (Stacy) Weston of Springfield; grandchildren, Dora Locklear, Martha Horton, Leah Perkins, Glenn Weston; great-grandchildren, Aubrey Chant, Madeline Chant, Joseph Locklear, Kathryn Locklear, Hannah Horton, Emily Horton, Maegan Horton, Weston Perkins, Webb Perkins; brother, Tommy Sowell of Statesboro.
Visitation will be 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Thursday in the chapel.
Interment will follow in Hillcrest Abbey West on Dean Forest Road.
Remembrances may be given to the Alzheimer's Association, 1925 Century Blvd., NE, Ste. 10, Atlanta, GA 30345-3315 or Susan G. Komen for the Cure, P.O. Box 1405, Savannah, GA 31402.
Thomas C. Strickland & Sons
Funeral Home
Effingham Chapel
(912)754-6421