Bernice Pressley

Mrs. Bernice Weaver Pressley, age 90, 981 Frank Crook Road, Canon, passed away on Saturday, August 21, 2009 in St. Mary’s Hospice House.

The funeral service will be held on Monday, August 24, 2009 at 11am from Bethany Baptist Church. Rev. Jerry Durham and Rev. Britt Ginn will officiate and burial will be in the Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery. The body will be placed in the church at 10:30am Monday. The body is in The Strickland Funeral Home ~ Hartwell Chapel, where the family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Sunday night. The family is at the home. Memorials may be made to:
Bethany Baptist Church
PO Box 396
Hartwell, Georgia 30643.

Born August 28, 1918 in Hart County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Luke Weaver Sr. and Neila Hilley Weaver. She was a homemaker and a member of the Bethany Baptist Church, WMU and Joy Club. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Pressley was preceded in death by her husband, Howard R. Pressley; a brother, Howard Weaver and a sister, Elizabeth Kelley.

Survivors include her daughter, Martha J. Pressley of Lawrenceville; two sons, Larry Pressley and David Pressley both of Royston; a brother, Luke Weaver Jr. of Canon; five sisters, Eunice Ray of Canon, Ruby Nell Brown, Delree “Bill” Cleveland and Nina Bryson all of Hartwell and Peggy Kay of Canon; eight grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren.

Please visit www.striklandfh.com to sign the online register.

The Strickland Funeral Home ~ Hartwell Chapel is in charge of arrangements.