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Vera Mae "Judy" Veal

Guyton- Vera Mae "Judy" Veal, 91, died Wednesday, February 19, 2014 at East Georgia Regional Medical Center ICU.

The Emmanuel County native was a charter member of Rincon Baptist Temple, where she had kept the church nursery for many years. She was born a twin in a family of 17 children. Mrs. Judy was a 1942 honor graduate of Brooklet High School, where she played basketball. She had worked in the fields, in sewing factories, in chicken houses, and a hardware store. She loved to fish. She was preceded in death by her husband, John H. "Slim" Veal.

Survivors include her children, John D. Veal (Kathy), Harold O. Veal (Jo Ellen), and Jolene V. Lanier (Lawrence); sister, Ethel Etheridge (Rev. Talmadge); sisters-in-law, Dorothy Edwards and Mae Blair; 11 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.

Visitation: 5-7 pm Friday, February 21, 2014 in the funeral home.

Funeral: 2 pm Saturday, February 22, 2014 at Rincon Baptist Temple.

Interment: Rincon Cemetery

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