Mrs. Laverne Turner Jeffords Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Mrs. LaVerne Turner Jeffords, 92, died Saturday January 13, 2018 at Pine Shadows Retirement Manor in Sylvester GA. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM on Monday, January 15, 2018 at the Sylvester First Baptist Church with interment to follow in the Hillcrest Cemetery. The Rev. Donnie Duncan and Mr. Jeffrey Jeffords will officiate. Mrs. Jeffords was born on August 11, 1925, to the late George Warren and Willie Young Turner in Turner County, Georgia. She has lived in Sylvester most of her life. Mrs. Jeffords was a member of the First Baptist Church, where she enjoyed helping in the small children's Sunday School department for many years. Survivors include her daughters Ann Jeffords Cole and her husband Dr. Malcolm H. (Chip) Cole, Jr. of Newnan and Jean Jeffords Bostick of Lake Blackshear; sons Harmon Jeffords, Jr. of Moultrie and Thomas Van Rensselaer Jeffords of Sylvester; grandchildren Jeffrey Jeffords (Amy), Van Barker (Traci), Page Barker (Randy Selig), Jennifer Woody, Jim Jeffords (Lauren), Mary Van Hansen (August), Claire Bostick, Julia Florack (Eddie), Will Bostick, Grace Ann Campbell (Patrick), and Emory Bostick; great grandchildren Anna, Emily, and John Harmon Jeffords, Kathryn, Ian, Harlan, and Trenton Barker, Turner Page and Ann Rense Woody, Gracie, James, and Huck Jeffords, Van and Isla Hansen, Jack and Doc Florack, Wesley Bostick, and Malcolm Campbell. In addition to her parents, her husband, Harmon Jeffords, preceded Mrs. Jeffords in death on May 5, 1981. The family will receive friends on Monday from 10:00 AM until the service hour at the church. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 309, Sylvester, GA 31791, or your favorite charity.