Vivian Lavender Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Vivian M. Lavender passed away Wednesday, December 20, 2017, at Magnolia Manor. Visitation will be Friday, December 22, 2017 at 1PM in Gordon United Methodist Church from 1PM until 2PM with Services to be held in the Church at 2PM with Reverend Frank Morris, Reverend Randy Carnley, Reverend Cile Mitchell, and Reverend Cassie P. Waits officiating. Interment will follow at Ramah Cemetery. Mrs. Lavender was an active member of the Gordon United Methodist Church and was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She was her husband's caretaker for over 10 years as he battled Alzheimer's Disease. She was the daughter of the late Levie James Morris and the late Carrie Anne Hagen Morris of New Zion, SC. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur Lavender of Gordon, her brothers, Wilbur Morris and Julius Morris of Sumter, SC; her sisters, Elizabeth Van Daley of New Jersey and Lou Ellen Nesbitt of South Carolina; and one grandson, Gregory Layson of Gordon. Survivors are her son, Jimmy(Linda) Lavender of Sumter, SC; two daughters, Dianne (Dan) Hurst of Gordon and Kathy (Butch) Pope of Macon; four grandchildren, Mike Layson, Rev. Cassie P. Waits, Shawn Pope, and Katie Lavender; and four great-grandchildren, McKenzie Layson, Gavin Layson, Madison Waits, and James Waits. Special Thanks to the staff at Magnolia Manor Assisted Care in Macon; sitters, Debbie Harrington, Tomeka Pollard, and Shakia Scarborough; Homestead Hospice in Warner Robins, and Hospice Nurse Mary Smith. In Lieu of Flowers, contributions may be given to the Gordon United Methodist Church Building Fund, Alzheimer's Association in Memory of her Husband, or a Charity of Choice.

Vivian Lavender

October 27, 1924 - December 20, 2017