Obituaries: Funeral Arrangements Have Been Made for Frances Fice and Florence Howard

Frances Leona Estelle Fice, 85, of Snellville, passed away suddenly on August 22, 2012.  Frances was born December 13, 1926. at the home of her parents Muriel Helena Dieffenbach Estelle and Floyd Ervin Estelle in Sayre, Penn.  She graduated from Sayre High School in 1945.

On March 24, 1951, she married Theron Edgar Fice of Waverly, New York.  She was an excellent housewife and mother of three loving children.   She was preceded in death by her son Herbert Joseph, two sisters, Martha Mae Boughton, Joyce Anna Meissner, and her brother Theodore Tracy Estelle.

She is survived by Theron, her husband of 61 years; two daughters, Deborah Irene O’Hart of Seneca SC, and Rebekah Mae Campbell of Dawsonville, Ga.; daughter- in-law, Debra Hodgens Fice of Kingston, Penn.; son-in-law, Martin O’Hart; several grandchildren, great grandchildren, her godson, Allen Lee Estelle; numerous nieces, nephews, and a host of many friends over the years.

A Memorial Service Celebrating the life of Mrs. Fice will be held Sunday, August 26, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at Tom M. Wages Snellville Chapel.  The family will receive friends on Sunday one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.   

Florence Elizabeth Howard, age 79 of Lilburn, Ga., passed away August 22, 2012.  She is survived by her children, Frankie Howard and his wife, Rena, Michael Howard, Lynda Howard and her companion, Matthew Bowman, Tracey Bird and her husband, Paul; grandchildren, Jason Howard, Mendy Powell, Ronn Howard, Rhonda Peters, David Bond III, Makayla Bird; 19 great grandchildren. 

Mrs. Howard was a cancer survivor who passed away due to complications related to a stroke.

A Funeral Service Celebrating the Life of Florence Elizabeth Howard will be held Saturday, August 25 at 1 p.m. at Tom M. Wages Snellville Chapel with Benjamin Johnson officiating.  Interment will be held at Floral Hills Memory Gardens.

The family will receive friends Friday from 4 until 8 p.m. at the funeral home.  In lieu of flowers please make donations to the American Cancer Society, in memory of Florence Elizabeth Howard. 

A special thanks to Florence’s niece, Kim Sadler, grand niece, Chelse McGlashan, and special friends Shelia McGee and Suzi Pope for all their love, care and support. 

Condolences may be viewed or sent to www.wagesfuneralhome.com. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, “A Family Company” Snellville Chapel 770-979-3200, has been entrusted with the funeral arrangements.