Graveside Service
Saturday, Nov 21, 2015
2:00 PM
Mrs. Leila Ruth Giddens Fender

Born: July 15, 1920
Died: November 18, 2015

Mrs. Leila Ruth Giddens Fender, 95, of Brunswick, Georgia, passed away Wednesday November 18, 2015 at the Senior Care Center of Brunswick. She was born on July 15, 1920 in Adel, Georgia to her late parents, Gordon Green Giddens and Lovie Pafford Giddens. She lived in South Georgia most of her life and in Brunswick the past twenty-four years. She was a member of First Southern Methodist Church in Albany, Georgia and was a homemaker.

Mrs. Fender is survived by her son, Randy Glenn Fender (Sheila) of Greenville, South Carolina; three daughters: Wanda Sue Fender McPherson (Don) of Lakeland, Florida, Reba Jane Fender Pearson (John) and Sharon Ruth Fender Thomas (Doyle), both of Brunswick; thirteen grandchildren: Gregory Fender, Mark Fender, Pamela Barnes, Susan Barnes, Geoffrey Fender, Amy Fender Owens, Donald McPherson, Stephen McPherson, Salena Pearson Papsen, Justin Pearson, Meagan Thomas, Mindy Thomas and Mallory Thomas; fifteen great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and a brother, Morris Giddens of Tifton, Georgia. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Glenn Fender; a son, William Sidney Fender; a daughter, Shelbey Jean Fender Barnes; and eight siblings.

A graveside funeral service for Mrs. Fender will be held Saturday November 21, 2015 at 2:00 PM at Antioch United Methodist Church Cemetery (4564 Antioch Road; Adel, Georgia 31620). In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations in memory of Mrs. Fender be made to The Alzheimer's Foundation of America (alzfdn.org) or to The American Cancer Society (www.cancer.org).

--Boone Funeral Home of Adel, Georgia is serving the Fender family.

contributor Michael Pafford