Ms. Colson
Ms. Mary L. Vance Colson, age 69 of Marietta, passed away on Monday, June 13, 2016.
She was born on Nov. 15, 1946 in McDowell, Kentucky.
Ms. Colson was a mother of three and a mom to many more. She was grangran to four and grandmother to every child she met.
She was a friend, a confidante, and counselor to everyone that she encountered. Her love of God was evident in all she did and the life she lived – to her last breath - is a testament to her spirit, her inner strength and her resilience.
Her ever-enduring legacy will be the influence, compassion, and charity that she gave easily and willingly.
Ms. Colson is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Jennifer L. Little and Tres; sons and daughter-in-laws, Jonathan and Deborah Leifheit and Jeremy and Leanne Leifheit; sisters, Judy Vance, Cathy Pratt and Teresa Smith; brothers, Danny Vance, Jesse Vance Jr., John Floyd and George Glenn and grandchildren, Gavin Leifheit, Jacob Leifheit, John Leifheit and Gigi Little.
Ms. Colson is preceded in death by her husband, Jerry Colson; mother, Rose Anderson Floyd; father, Jesse James Vance Jr.; parents, Clarence and Elymas Olson; sister, Cindy Blackburn and brother, Ricky Floyd.
In keeping with Ms. Mary L. Colson’s wishes’ she was cremated. A memorial service for her was conducted on Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 4 p.m. at Woodstock Community Church, 237 Rope Mill Road, Woodstock.
The family of Ms. Colson receive family and friends on Thursday, June 16, 2016 prior to the memorial service hour at the Woodstock Community Church.
In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests donations be made to Woodstock Community Church Food pantry or Great Commission Ministries, 11002 Lake Hart Drive, Suite 100, Orlando, Fla., 32832.
Messages of condolences can be made to the family by signing the online guestbook at gammagefh.com.
The Olin L. Gammage and Sons Funeral Home handled the arrangements for Ms. Mary L. Vance Colson. Tech until he was recruited to work at Lockheed Martin Corporation during the Korean Conflict.
After retiring with many years of service from Lockheed, he was employed by Gulfstream Aircraft Company for a number of years.
Mr. Hendrix had an outstanding aeronautical engineering career and contributed greatly to the development of the Polaris Missile in California.
Survivors included his wife, Rita Sutter Hendrix of Columbus; a son, David Hendrix of Sandy Springs; three step-sons, Scott (Cathie) Drummond of Morgan Hill, California, Jon Sutter of Kissimmee, Florida and Pete (Tammie) Sutter of Columbus; sister, Alicia (Don) Bennett of Rome; two grandchildren, Trip and Tiffany; nieces, Carol (Merrill) Norton and Melody (Carter) Harrison; and nephew, Jason (Jennifer) Bennett.
Funeral services for Mr. Hendrix were held on Friday, June 17, 2016 at 1 p.m. in the chapel of the Freeman Harris Funeral Home with Dr. Dale Levan officiating.
Interment services followed in the family lot of Rose Hill Cemetery.
Those wishing to do so, may make memorial contributions to Columbus Hospice, 7020 Moon Rd., Columbus Ga., 31909 in memory of Mr. Hendrix.
Please visit www.freemanharrisfunerals.com to extend your personal condolences to the family by signing the online guestbook.
Freeman Harris Funeral Home was in charge of the funeral services for Mr. Emory Speer Hendrix Jr.