Ruby Lawanna Lightsey Bland

Ruby Lawanna Lightsey Bland, 76, of Clyattville died Thursday, September 9, 2010 at the Langdale Hospice House. She was born on May 5, 1934 in Clyattville to the late Walter Clyde and Dixie Maude Seals Lightsey. Mrs. Bland was a member of the Clyattville United Methodist Church where she had taught Sunday School and had been a foster mother for many children in this area. She loved her family, to sew and read.

Survivors include her husband, Bill Bland of Clyattville, her children and their spouses, Kathy Bland Manning and Boyce Manning of Flowery Branch, Marty and Debbie Bland of Hahira, Lee Bland Kirkland and Tracy Kirkland of Valdosta, her grandchildren, Nicole Manning, Brandon Bland, Madison Bland, Heather Spooner and Crysta Spooner, three sisters and two brothers in law, Laurie Bradley of Columbia, SC., Norma and Gayle Stimson of Kingswood, TX., Delores and Donnie Powell of Warner Robins, three brothers and sisters in law, Tully and Elsa Lightsey of Blakely, Walter Smith and Shirley Lightsey , and Jody and Nan Lightsey all of Selma, Ala., brother in law, George Boyd of Clover, SC., niece and her husband, JoAnn and Terry Rust of Tennessee, brother in law and sister in law, Maxwell T. and Margaret Bland of Albany, GA. She was preceded in death by a sister, Dean Lightsey Boyd and a brother in law and sister in law, Clarence and Helen Bland.

Funeral services will be held at 3pm, Sunday, September 12, 2010 in the chapel of McLane Lakewood Funeral Home with Dr. A. H. (Skip) Van Nus, Rev. Jay Watkins and Rev. Mollie Danner officiating. Burial will follow in the Benevolence Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Saturday from 5-7pm at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Hospice of South Georgia, Langdale Hospice House of Pearlman Cancer Center, P. O. Box 1727, Valdosta, GA 31603-1727. Condolences to the family may be conveyed online at www.mclanefuneralservices.com. McLane Lakewood Funeral Home of Lake Park.


Funeral Home:
McLane Lakewood Funeral Home
3119 West Marion Avenue
Lake Park, GA
US 31636