HEPHZIBAH, Ga. - Mrs. Juanita Oliver Royal, 80, beloved wife of the late Homer O. Royal, entered into rest Saturday, May 9, 2009, at University Hospital. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 11:00 A.M. in the chapel of Chance & Hydrick Funeral Directors with Reverend Tom Oliver officiating. Interment will be in the Screven County Memorial Cemetery, Sylvania, Ga., at 3:00 P.M. Other survivors include her sons, David A. Royal, Sr. and his wife Ann, David A. Royal, II and his wife Brenda; daughters, Lorraine Dismuke and her husband Michael, Loretta Wingate and her husband Bruce and Renita Schlein and her husband Steve; sisters, Sadie Shields and Joyce Blomstrom; daughter-in-law Lynda Royal; grandchildren, Jessica Royal, Matthew Royal, Heather Crenshaw and her husband Curtis, Misti Rowe and her husband Scott, Elijah Kuhring and his wife Christine, Rebecca Powell and her husband Trey, Brandon Royal, Brandi Royal, Diana Royal, Wesley Schlein and his wife Kelly, Jason Schlein and his wife Haley and thirteen great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends Monday evening from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. at the funeral home. Chance & Hydrick Funeral Directors, 2502 Richmond Hill Rd., Augusta, GA 30906.

The Augusta Chronicle-May 11, 2009