LINCOLNTON, Ga. - Mrs. Evelyn Colvin Florence, 79, of Elam Ave., died Thursday, May 24 at Lake Crossing Health Care, Appling. Funeral services will be held Sunday, May 27, 2007 at 4 p.m. at Hephzibah Baptist Church with Revs. Paul C. Reviere and Allen Danner officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Florence, a lifelong resident of Lincoln County, was the daughter of the late Thomas Edison and Merle Story Colvin. She was a retired food service worker and a member of Hephzibah Baptist Church where she was a former leader in the Children's Sunday School Class and VBS. She was preceded in death by her husband, William A. (Boydie) Florence. Survivors: daughters, Ann F. Reviere and husband Paul, Wanda F. Wengrow and husband Michael, all of Lincolnton; sisters, Margaret Green, Dearing, Ga., Louise Poss, Anchorage, Alaska, Jean Paradise, Lincolnton; grandchildren, William Eric Wengrow, Ashley Wengrow Crawford and husband Robby; great- grandchild, Abraham David Crawford. Pallbearers are Mike Beggs, Leon Florence, Jr., Jeff Gay, Ricky Crook, Keith Cunningham, John Martin, and Danny Aycock. Friends may call at the residence of her daughter, 1691 Rowland York Dr. or from 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Beggs Funeral Home, 200 May Ave., Lincolnton, Ga. 30817. (706) 359-4117. Sign the guestbook at www.beggsfuneralhome.net . Sign the guestbook at AugustaChronicle.com

The Augusta Chronicle-May 25, 2007