Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home, Effingham Chapel
912-754-6421 (fax) 912-754-3426
P.O. Box 295
Springfield, GA 31329
Wilma Sapp Callaway
Port Wentworth- Wilma Sapp Callaway, 98, went to be with the Lord on September 10, 2015 at Effingham County Extended Care Center.
Mrs. Callaway was born March 24, 1917 in Manassas, Georgia. She was preceded in death by her parents, Perry Sapp and Annie Ballance Sapp; husband, Wilton Ivey Callaway; grandson, Mark Ivey Callaway; and was the last living of 12 siblings. Mrs. Callaway was a homemaker and was devoted to her family and her church First Baptist Church of Port Wentworth where she was a member of Mrs. Sarah Green's Sunday School Class.
Survivors include her children, Jean (Donald) Hinely of Port Wentworth, Gilbert (Frances) Callaway of Rincon, Gary Callaway of Garden City, Elaine (Jerry) Sherrod, and Cheryl (Wendell) Arnsdorff of Springfield; 14 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; 7 great-great-grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, September 14, 2015 at First Baptist Church of Port Wentworth immediately followed by funeral services at 2 p.m. in the church.
Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens.
Remembrances: American Heart Association, www.heart.org
Thomas C. Strickland & Sons
Funeral Home
Effingham Chapel
(912) 754-6421