Every week, The Henry County Times publishes submitted obituaries and death notices of Henry County citizens.
Candice Wilson Moore
Candice Wilson Moore, age 31, was born May 29, 1988 in Tucker, Ga., and passed away unexpectedly on January 20, 2020 in Clayton County, Ga. Candice attended Georgia schools in Rockdale, Henry and Cherokee Counties. She played softball in Henry and Cherokee Counties. As an adult, she worked in sales, including for AT&T.
Candice is survived by her son, Landon Moore; mother and stepfather, Cherri and John Watson of Locust Grove; sisters, Christina (Wilson) Roberts and husband Adam of Atlanta; and Amber (Watson) McDevitt and husband Joe of Newnan; brothers Justin Watson and wife Misty of Locust Grove; and Cam Wilson of Canton; father and stepmother, Harold and Gena Wilson of Canton; grandparents, Leon and Faye Mixon of Eatonton; Elizabeth Jo Wilson of McDonough; Joyce and the late Harold Wilson of Griffin. Aunts and Uncles include Lisa and Bobby Mixon of Stockbridge; Debi Jo and Larry Truelove of McDonough. Nieces include Abigail and Alexis Roberts. Nephews include Harper, Dalton and Lane McDevitt; and Logan Hendricks.
The family held a private graveside service at Green Meadow Memorial Gardens on January 25, 2020. Condolences may be submitted online at http:// www.scotward.com Scot Ward Funeral Services, 699 American Legion Rd., Conyers.
Joyce Ann Smith
Mrs. Joyce Ann Smith, age 64, of Locust Grove, Ga., passed away on February 7, 2020.
A gathering of family and friends will be held Saturday, February 15, 2020 from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Haisten Funeral Home. For those who wish to leave condolences, visit www. haistenfunerals.com. Haisten Funerals and Cremations, 770-914-8833.
Sandra Gale Sheets
Mrs. Sandra Gale Sheets, age 68, of McDonough, Ga., passed away on February 8, 2020. She was born in Atlanta, Ga., to the late Joseph Herbert and Thelma Jo Jackson Barber. Gale was preceded in death by her husband, Wayne Duel Sheets; a sister, Phyllis Moss; and a niece, Laura Stiles.
Survivors include her poodle, Nikki; sons, Joey and Cheryl Sheets and Brandon Sheets all of McDonough; grandchildren, Lindsay Sheets and Jay Sheets; siblings, Danny and Tammy Barber of Franklin, Judy Jackson of Tennessee, Dale Dean of Mc-Donough and Susan Harris of LaGrange; several nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held on Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 4 p.m. in the Haisten Funeral Home Chapel. Friends visited the family on Tuesday from 2 until 4 p.m. prior to the service. You may consider a contribution to the American Heart Associa-tion in memory of Gale – www.heart.org. For those who wish to leave condolences, visit www.haistenfunerals.com. Haisten Funerals and Crema-tions, 770-914-8833.
Phyetta Fae Craver Fitzgerald
Mrs. Phyetta Fae Craver Fitzgerald passed away quietly on Monday February 10, 2020. She was 95 years old, born April 25, 1924, the fourth of seven children. A past resident of Mifflinville, Pa., Shreveport La., Erlanger Ky., Forest Park and Stockbridge Georgia, she was married to the late John A. Fitzgerald in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on April 21, 1945. She grew up in Mifflin, Pennsylvania on a farm outside the town. She used to talk about how hard life was on the farm in her early childhood years and even harder after her father died when she was only 13 years old. Harder again, as she remembers vividly, when the Army came to tell her mother of her older brothers’ death in WWII. She graduated from Mifflin High School and after marrying and having given birth to the first of 5 children, moved to Erlanger, Ky., when her husband began employment with Delta Air Lines. In Erlanger, she would give birth to three children, whom with all her children, made sure they began life in faith at Erlanger Baptist Church. In 1961, moving to Forest Park Ga., with her husband who was transferred to Atlanta Hartsfield Airport, she gave birth to her fifth child and as a member of Second Baptist, Ash Street Baptist churches in Forest Park, Conley Baptist in Conley and Salem Baptist Church in McDonough at various periods, was active in the adult choirs and women’s organizations. Some of her favorite hobbies were knitting, crocheting, which she would often playingly pronounce “crotch-eting” instead of “cro-cheting,” and quilting. After her husband retired, they enjoyed traveling in their RV often doing so with family and friends. At each state they visited they acquired souvenir glasses for their grandkids. She always regretted not being able to visit Alaska as that was the only state, they did not visit to add to the glass collections. For most of the last years succeeding her husband’s passing, her life became harder as she aged, ultimately becoming bedridden and unable to walk after falling and breaking her back. She is preceded in death by her husband John, her parents Laura and Benjamin Craver, her older sister Edna Shoemaker and brothers Harold Craver, Claude Craver, and Charles.
She is survived by her 5 children- son John Fitzgerald and daughter-in-law Lucy – Milbrook, Ala., son Randy Fitzgerald and daughter-in-law Carol – Fayetteville, Ga., daughters Joetta Johnson and Linda Fitzgerald – McDonough, Ga., son Danny Fitzgerald and daughter in law Kristin McDonough, sister Thelma Ilhardt, Cincinnati Ohio., niece Dawnita Forey, Brevard, N.C., nephews, Elwood Shoemaker and wife Jan, Hendersonville, Ga., and James and John (Mary) Ilhardt, 11 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren, 3 great-great grandchildren, and grand nieces and nephews.
Funeral arrangements are being handled by Cannon Cleveland Funeral Directors, McDonough Ga. Service for Phyetta will be in the East Chapel of Cannon Cleveland Funeral Directors on Saturday, February 15, 2020 at 2 p.m. with interment to follow at Fairview Memorial Gardens Stockbridge, Ga. The family will receive friends from noon until 2 p.m. prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, the family encourages donations to the Salem Baptist Church Music Ministry and Senior Adult Ministry at 1724 GA-155 N., McDonough, GA 30252. Those who wish may sign the online guest registry at www.can nonclevelandfunerals.com. Cannon Cleveland Funeral Directors, 770-914-1414.
