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Joan M. Drew
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Services for Joan Miller Drew, 77, of Cairo, GA, are at 2:00 p.m.,
Tuesday, September 13, 2011, at Bold Springs United Methodist Church,
Cairo, GA, with Rev. Tammy Fincannon and Dr. Ron McCaskill officiating.
Interment services will be private. Mrs. Drew passed away on Sunday,
September 11, 2011, at Grady General Hospital, Cairo, GA.
Mrs. Drew’s grandsons will serve as her pallbearers.
Mrs.
Drew was born on August 18, 1934, in Tallahassee, FL, to the late
Morris Hunter Miller, Sr. and Ruby Miller Anderson. She was a retired
supervisor-social worker for the Grady County Department of Family and
Children Services where she was employed for 10 years. Prior to that,
Mrs. Drew worked with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation for 9 years
and Southwestern State Hospital for 11 years.
A dedicated
contributor to the community, Mrs. Drew was a member of Cairo Kiwanis
Club, Cairo Woman’s Club; past president 2002-2004, Daughters of the
American Revolution, Colonial Dames, and a board member of the Grady
County Department of Family and Children Services. She was also a member
of the Briarcliff Garden Club, Child Abuse Council, Volunteer with the
First Steps Program at Grady General Hospital, Troubled Children and
Local Interagency Group, Community Oriented Police Program, Social
Health Advisory Committee and Bold Springs United Methodist Church. In
addition, Mrs. Drew was named Georgia Homemaker of the year in 1967 and
Grady County Woman of the Year in 2008.
Mrs. Drew is survived by: her
husband, Jack C. Drew, Sr. of Cairo, GA; daughters, Cindy Drew Turner
(Rodney) of Cairo, GA, Linda Drew Johnson (Bobby) of Thomasville, GA,
Lisa Drew Hoop (George) of Ft. Myers, FL; son, Jack C. Drew, Jr. (Lana)
of Tifton, GA; grandchildren, Victoria Turner Walden (Eric) of Cairo,
GA, Audrey Turner Harper (Hunter) of Coolidge, GA, Hunter Aubrey Turner
of Valdosta, GA, Samuel Jack Drew of Atlanta, GA, William Henry Drew of
Athens, GA, Drew Bowman Johnson of St. Augustine, FL, Lauren Elizabeth
Johnson of Thomasville, GA, Jeb Miller Johnson of Athens, GA, Jason
Alexander Hoop of Ft. Myers, FL, Lindsay Marie Hoop of Ft. Myers, FL;
great-grandchildren, Aubrey Victoria Walden of Cairo, GA, Kenleigh Ann
Walden of Cairo, GA, Hardy Wayne Harper of Coolidge, GA; a half sister,
Sharon Wentworth and numerous cousins, nieces, and nephews.
Mrs.
Drew was preceded in death by her parents; her great-granddaughter,
Hollyn Joanna Walden; her sister, Wyandell Miller Ragan; and her
brother, Morris Hunter Miller, Jr.
The family will receive friends at Clark Funeral Home on Monday, September 12, 2011, from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
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