EVANS, Ga. - Joyce Jackson Bohler,69 entered into rest Monday, May 7, 2007 at Heartland Hospice, following a courageous 16 year battle, with Multiple Sclerosis. Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 11:00 am, in the Platt's Funeral Home Belair Road Chapel with Dr. Greg DeLoach officiating. Interment will follow at Westover Memorial Park. Mrs. Bohler was a devoted Mother to all. Born in Blacksburg, SC, she was a graduate of Blacksburg High School and attended Winthrop College in Rock Hill, SC. She was a Medical Secretary at the Medical College of Georgia and later a Secretary for the Corps of Engineers. She and her husband of 50 years, Luther M. Bohler, were married at Warren Baptist Church, where she taught the 2 year old Sunday School Class for many years. She was presently a member, of the First Baptist Church of Augusta. Mrs. Bohler was preceded in death by her parents, Emmett Rogers Jackson and Alma Lois Wilson Jackson. In addition to her husband survivors include, her son and daughter in law, Peter Gentry Bohler and Mary Beth Bohler, daughter and son in law, Natasha Bohler-Butts and William R. Butts, all of Evans, brother and sister in law, Steve and Peggy Jackson, Shelby, NC, sister and brother in law, Beth and Roger Huskey, Lake Wylie, SC, grandchildren, Seth Carson Bohler, Kristin Leigh Butts, Heather Elizabeth Butts, all of Evans and another grandchild, on the way. She was Mama Joyce to Cameron Kerzic, Helen Claire Stallworth and Lucy Carolyn Stallworth, all of Martinez. Pallbearers will be Rudy Bohler, Bob Bohler, Rob Bohler, Dr. Nicky Shuman, Dr. Clay Stallworth and Mike Jackson. Honorary pallbearers will be Harold Huffman, Harold Futch, Charlie Lovett, Richard Goley, Pete Reynolds and Theodore Webb. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, May 9, 2007, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm, at Platt's Funeral Home, Belair Road. Flowers will be accepted, however for those desiring the family suggest donations to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 1117 Perimeter Center West, Suite E-101, Atlanta, Georgia 30338. Platt's Funeral Home, 337 N. Belair Road, Evans, GA 30809, 706-860-6166. Sign the guestbook at AugustaChronicle.com
The Augusta Chronicle-May 9, 2007
