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Effie M. <I>Smith</I> Barfield

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Effie M. Smith Barfield

Birth
Folkston, Charlton County, Georgia, USA
Death
9 Jul 2011 (aged 90)
Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA
Burial
Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA Add to Map
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BARFIELD > Effie Smith Barfield, 90, went peacefully to be with her heavenly father on Saturday July 9, 2011 at her home with her loving daughter and son-in-law.

She was a very loving mother and grand mother who loved cooking and baking wonderful meals for her family and taking special care of her children and grandchildren. She was born in Charlton County, Georgia on September 10, 1920 to Matthew and Gussie Victoria Minchew Smith.

She was a member of the Baptist faith and a member of North Jacksonville Baptist Church.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Frank S. Barfield in 1982, sons, John William Barfield, Sr., and Rickie Carswell Barfield, grandsons, John W. Barfield, Jr., and David M. Smiley in 2010; siblings, 3 brothers, Ernest, Wilbur, and R. M. Smith; 3 sisters, Jessie Melzer, Louise Jones, and Hazel Hildebrand.

Survivors include her daughter, M. Elizabeth (Bettye) Blankenship and husband Ray; granddaughters, Tresa Lang, Leasa Barfield, and Michelle Sanders and husband Chuck; great grandchildren, Owen Ward, John Barfield, III, Jade Lang, Jonathan Smiley and Trey Sanders; and many loving nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held on Tuesday July 12, 2011 at 11am in the chapel of Cedar Bay Funeral Home, 405 New Berlin Road Jacksonville, with Rev. Billy T. Turner officiating. Interment will follow in Arlington Memorial Park Cemetery.

The family will receive friends on Monday Evening (Today) from 6pm until 8pm at the funeral home Please Sign the Guestbook @ Jacksonville.com
BARFIELD > Effie Smith Barfield, 90, went peacefully to be with her heavenly father on Saturday July 9, 2011 at her home with her loving daughter and son-in-law.

She was a very loving mother and grand mother who loved cooking and baking wonderful meals for her family and taking special care of her children and grandchildren. She was born in Charlton County, Georgia on September 10, 1920 to Matthew and Gussie Victoria Minchew Smith.

She was a member of the Baptist faith and a member of North Jacksonville Baptist Church.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Frank S. Barfield in 1982, sons, John William Barfield, Sr., and Rickie Carswell Barfield, grandsons, John W. Barfield, Jr., and David M. Smiley in 2010; siblings, 3 brothers, Ernest, Wilbur, and R. M. Smith; 3 sisters, Jessie Melzer, Louise Jones, and Hazel Hildebrand.

Survivors include her daughter, M. Elizabeth (Bettye) Blankenship and husband Ray; granddaughters, Tresa Lang, Leasa Barfield, and Michelle Sanders and husband Chuck; great grandchildren, Owen Ward, John Barfield, III, Jade Lang, Jonathan Smiley and Trey Sanders; and many loving nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held on Tuesday July 12, 2011 at 11am in the chapel of Cedar Bay Funeral Home, 405 New Berlin Road Jacksonville, with Rev. Billy T. Turner officiating. Interment will follow in Arlington Memorial Park Cemetery.

The family will receive friends on Monday Evening (Today) from 6pm until 8pm at the funeral home Please Sign the Guestbook @ Jacksonville.com


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