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Edna Herring Waldron

September 16, 1916 — April 26, 2010

Edna Herring Waldron, 93, of Lake Park, died Monday, April 26, 2010 at the Lakehaven Nursing Home after a short illness. She was born Sept. 16, 1916 to the late Eli Perryman and Zora Clayton Herring. She was a lifelong resident of Twin Lakes and a member of Corinth Baptist Church. Mrs. Waldron retired from Lake Park Elementary School in 1981 as lunchroom manager. Even though she did not have children of her own, she touched the lives of many children while working at the school. She was recognized in the Georgia School Food Service Association Hall of Fame for the 8th District in 1981.
She is survived by numerous nieces and nephews including Lowell Herring (Shirley), Linda Kay Clarke (Del), Emily Anderson (David), Dale Miller, Marion Lawson (James), Lois Rumph (Robert), Elsie Prine (John), Eloise Forehand, Robert L. Hale, Jr. (Joyce), Alicia Cowart, Ellen Blythe (Keith), Venice Taw, Donald Hodges (Judy), Jean Carter (Jerry), Ann Earley (Frank), Gwen Wilson (Bobby), Tommy Waldron (Barbara), Gary Waldron (Neacha), Jeffrey Waldron (Cheryl), Roy Waldron, Kay Thomerson (J.D.), Kim Carpenter (Pat), Carol Pendleton (Glenn), Dolores Carpenter, Russ Atwell (Cheri), Sherry Peterman (Paul), Elaine Maus (Tommy) and Bruce Atwell (Barbara). She is also survived by great niece Joy Carter and great nephew Andy Carter along with numerous great nieces and nephews and a special neighbor for many years, JoAnn Zipperer. She is preceded in death by her husband, Barney Waldron, brother, Edgar Herring, sisters Merle Miller and Iris Hale, niece Faye Carter and nephews Jesse Mack Cowart, Larry Miller, David Carpenter , Kenneth Taw and Luther Forehand.
Services will be held 1 p.m. Thursday, April 29, 2010 in the chapel of McLane Lakewood Funeral Home in Lake Park with Dr. Henry Cannington and nephew Ronald Carter officiating. Burial will follow at Carter Cemetery in Echols County. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the McLane Lakewood Funeral Home in Lake Park. Condolences to the family may be conveyed online at www.mclanefuneralservices.com.


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

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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

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