Geneva L. Kern

MRS. GENEVA KERN Mrs. Geneva Kern, 85, of Grantville, died Wednesday, November 18, 2009, at her home. The funeral service will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Friday, November 20, at the First Baptist Church of Grantville, with the Reverend Ed Wyatt and the Reverend Jay Moore officiating. Interment will be Saturday afternoon in the New Cleveland Cemetery in Cleveland, MS. Mrs. Kern was born September 11, 1924, in Boyle , MS, daughter of the late Webster and Gertie Williams Ray. She had lived in Grantville since 1985, was a member of the First Baptist Church of Grantville, and was an active member of the Grantville Senior Center. She retired from Sears. Survivors include her daughters and son in-law, Darlene and Sammy Cole and Cathy Southern, all of Grantville; sister, Mary Emma Blankenship of Biloxi, MS; nine grandchildren, Shawn and Rebecca Kern, Danny and Missy Kern, Joel and Kay Fowler, Lewis Miller, Billy and Kelley Miller, Danielle and Josh Robinson, Scotty and Amanda Cole, Daniel Cole, and Jesse Cole; 28 great-grandchildren; a great-great-granddaughter; and a number of honorary grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband. Loyd E. (Bud) Kern; son, Danny Kern; grandchildren, Kimberly Kern and Jason Miller; two sisters, and three brothers. Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home of Hogansville is in charge of arrangements. Visitation: from 6 until 8 Thursday night, November 19th, at Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home Services: 2:00 p.m., Friday, November 20th, at First Baptist Church of Grantville Interment: New Cleveland Cemetery, Cleveland, Mississippi