LAKELAND - Eva Clyde (Mock) Maddox of Lakeland died of heart failure on January 24, 2009. She was 79.
Eva was born to Pauline Newberry and Daniel Elijah Mock in Hilton, Georgia on January 1, 1930. Soon thereafter her family moved to Lakeland where she grew up. She attended public schools in Medulla and Mulberry. After graduating high school, she married Chesley B. Maddox, Jr. who was employed by V-C Chemical Corp. at Nichols. Four years later her husband joined the Army and soon became a commissioned officer. During her husband's 25 year Army career, they lived in 12 states and in Germany. They had three daughters, including twins. Eva was a Girl Scout leader for 17 years in positions ranging from Assistant Brownie Troop Leader to Chairperson of the District Girl Scout Council in N.J. Eva also held several other volunteer jobs and was selected Alternate Army Wife of the Year at Fort Monmouth, N.J. in 1971. Her husband retired from the Army as a Colonel in 1976, and they moved back to Lakeland to care for his ailing mother. She was a member of St. David's Episcopal Church.
Eva was preceded in death by her husband and adult twin daughters, Brenda and Lynda. She is survived by her eldest daughter, Betty Maddox Monroe, four grandchildren and one great grandson.
Visitation will be Fri 6-8 p.m. at Gentry-Morrison Southside Chapel, 1727 Bartow Rd., Lakeland. Funeral services will be conducted Sat. at 11 a.m. at St. David's Episcopal Church, 145 E. Edgewood Dr., Lakeland, FL 33803 with interment to follow at Oak Hill Burial Park. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to St. David's Episcopal Church Memorial Fund.
Published in The Ledger 1/27/2009
Eva was born to Pauline Newberry and Daniel Elijah Mock in Hilton, Georgia on January 1, 1930. Soon thereafter her family moved to Lakeland where she grew up. She attended public schools in Medulla and Mulberry. After graduating high school, she married Chesley B. Maddox, Jr. who was employed by V-C Chemical Corp. at Nichols. Four years later her husband joined the Army and soon became a commissioned officer. During her husband's 25 year Army career, they lived in 12 states and in Germany. They had three daughters, including twins. Eva was a Girl Scout leader for 17 years in positions ranging from Assistant Brownie Troop Leader to Chairperson of the District Girl Scout Council in N.J. Eva also held several other volunteer jobs and was selected Alternate Army Wife of the Year at Fort Monmouth, N.J. in 1971. Her husband retired from the Army as a Colonel in 1976, and they moved back to Lakeland to care for his ailing mother. She was a member of St. David's Episcopal Church.
Eva was preceded in death by her husband and adult twin daughters, Brenda and Lynda. She is survived by her eldest daughter, Betty Maddox Monroe, four grandchildren and one great grandson.
Visitation will be Fri 6-8 p.m. at Gentry-Morrison Southside Chapel, 1727 Bartow Rd., Lakeland. Funeral services will be conducted Sat. at 11 a.m. at St. David's Episcopal Church, 145 E. Edgewood Dr., Lakeland, FL 33803 with interment to follow at Oak Hill Burial Park. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to St. David's Episcopal Church Memorial Fund.
Published in The Ledger 1/27/2009
LAKELAND - Eva Clyde (Mock) Maddox of Lakeland died of heart failure on January 24, 2009. She was 79.
Eva was born to Pauline Newberry and Daniel Elijah Mock in Hilton, Georgia on January 1, 1930. Soon thereafter her family moved to Lakeland where she grew up. She attended public schools in Medulla and Mulberry. After graduating high school, she married Chesley B. Maddox, Jr. who was employed by V-C Chemical Corp. at Nichols. Four years later her husband joined the Army and soon became a commissioned officer. During her husband's 25 year Army career, they lived in 12 states and in Germany. They had three daughters, including twins. Eva was a Girl Scout leader for 17 years in positions ranging from Assistant Brownie Troop Leader to Chairperson of the District Girl Scout Council in N.J. Eva also held several other volunteer jobs and was selected Alternate Army Wife of the Year at Fort Monmouth, N.J. in 1971. Her husband retired from the Army as a Colonel in 1976, and they moved back to Lakeland to care for his ailing mother. She was a member of St. David's Episcopal Church.
Eva was preceded in death by her husband and adult twin daughters, Brenda and Lynda. She is survived by her eldest daughter, Betty Maddox Monroe, four grandchildren and one great grandson.
Visitation will be Fri 6-8 p.m. at Gentry-Morrison Southside Chapel, 1727 Bartow Rd., Lakeland. Funeral services will be conducted Sat. at 11 a.m. at St. David's Episcopal Church, 145 E. Edgewood Dr., Lakeland, FL 33803 with interment to follow at Oak Hill Burial Park. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to St. David's Episcopal Church Memorial Fund.
Published in The Ledger 1/27/2009
Eva was born to Pauline Newberry and Daniel Elijah Mock in Hilton, Georgia on January 1, 1930. Soon thereafter her family moved to Lakeland where she grew up. She attended public schools in Medulla and Mulberry. After graduating high school, she married Chesley B. Maddox, Jr. who was employed by V-C Chemical Corp. at Nichols. Four years later her husband joined the Army and soon became a commissioned officer. During her husband's 25 year Army career, they lived in 12 states and in Germany. They had three daughters, including twins. Eva was a Girl Scout leader for 17 years in positions ranging from Assistant Brownie Troop Leader to Chairperson of the District Girl Scout Council in N.J. Eva also held several other volunteer jobs and was selected Alternate Army Wife of the Year at Fort Monmouth, N.J. in 1971. Her husband retired from the Army as a Colonel in 1976, and they moved back to Lakeland to care for his ailing mother. She was a member of St. David's Episcopal Church.
Eva was preceded in death by her husband and adult twin daughters, Brenda and Lynda. She is survived by her eldest daughter, Betty Maddox Monroe, four grandchildren and one great grandson.
Visitation will be Fri 6-8 p.m. at Gentry-Morrison Southside Chapel, 1727 Bartow Rd., Lakeland. Funeral services will be conducted Sat. at 11 a.m. at St. David's Episcopal Church, 145 E. Edgewood Dr., Lakeland, FL 33803 with interment to follow at Oak Hill Burial Park. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to St. David's Episcopal Church Memorial Fund.
Published in The Ledger 1/27/2009
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