Atichie Pearl Pons' Obituary
Mrs. Atichie Pearl Pons, 96, longtime resident of Gainesville, Florida, died Tuesday, January 6, 2015, in the E. T. York Hospice Care Center, following a long illness.
Mrs. Pons was born on August 26, 1918, in Raiford, Florida, to the late Thomas and Hattie Dowling, and had lived in Gainesville, her entire life. She was a homemaker and a member of the Waldo Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Nell Pons in 1978, and by three children, Mary Louise Gillan, Fred Pons, Jr., and James Benny Pons.
Survivors include; four daughters, Joyce P. Stevens, Martha P. Buxton, Maybell P. Bryant, and Mamie P. Johns; two sons, Wm. “Pete” Pons, and Richard Pons, all of Gainesville; one sister, Ida McClendon, of Jacksonville. Twenty-five grandchildren and numerous great and great-great grandchildren also survive.
Graveside funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 10, 2015 at 3:00 P. M., in the Providence Cemetery, Windsor, Florida, with Rev. C. L. Fogarty, officiating. The family will receive friends on Friday, January 9, from 5 to 7 P. M., at the funeral home. Following the graveside service, there will be a reception at the Orange Heights Baptist Church, where all friends are invited to spend a time of food and fellowship. WILLIAMS-THOMAS FUNERAL HOME DOWNTOWN, 404 North Main Street, Gainesville, is in charge of all arrangements.
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