Mrs. Myrtice Croker Rakestraw

[Clark Funeral Home]

CLARK FUNERAL HOME

NEWSPAPER OBIT

4373 ATLANTA HWY.

HIRAM, GA 30141

770-445-7133

FAX 770-505-7273

 

 

 

Rakestraw

Mrs. Myrtice Croker Rakestraw, age 83, of Hiram, passed away on Saturday, April 30, 2005. She was born on September 1, 1921 in Hiram to the late William Edwin and Alice Moon Croker. She was a retired nurse and a member of New Harmony Primitive Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Grady C. Rakestraw and Gilbert L. Sedam.

Surviving are her sons and daughter-in-law, Lowell G. Rakestraw of Hiram and Wendell O. (Bee) and Linda Rakestraw of Centre, AL; a sister, Geromie E. Ragsdale of Hiram; six grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held on Monday, May 2, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. from Clark Funeral Home in Hiram with Elder Louie Hornsby and Lowell and Bee Rakestraw officiating. The interment will follow in Poplar Springs Baptist Church Cemetery in Hiram. The family will receive friends on Sunday from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the New Harmony Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, Bea McClung, P.O. Box 622, Hiram, Georgia 30141. Clark Funeral Home in Hiram in charge of arrangements.