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Flora Jacobs Shoemaker
d. February 15, 2016
Flora Jacobs Shoemaker, 90, of Savannah, Georgia and widow of Forrest Hilton Shoemaker, died Monday evening, February 15, 2016, at her home.
Born on January 15, 1926, in Waycross, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late Charles Wesley Jacobs and the late Anna Watson (Dean) Jacobs. She was educated at Flora McDonald College and on April 29, 1947, married Forrest Hilton Shoemaker. They moved to Savannah in 1965. She was employed at Belk for almost 30 years, where she became manager of cosmetics. She was a loving wife and mother and was loved in return by her family and friends.
She is survived by her brother Cecil (Edith) Jacobs of Statesboro; two sons, Craig (Kathy) Shoemaker of Savannah, and Forrest (Iris) Shoemaker of Honolulu; two daughters, Kay and Sandy Shoemaker of Savannah; one grandson, Tommy Sherrod; three granddaughters Myriah Fitts, Heather Gralow, and Holly Taylor, and nine great-grandchildren, Elijah, Ethan, Ezra, Darean, Zane, Uli, Declan, Sean, and Alexandra.
The funeral service will be held at 3 o'clock Saturday, February 20, 2016, at White Bluff United Methodist Church. Interment will be private.
Remembrances: Hospice Savannah - Post Office Box #13190, Savannah, Georgia 31416-0190.
Born on January 15, 1926, in Waycross, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late Charles Wesley Jacobs and the late Anna Watson (Dean) Jacobs. She was educated at Flora McDonald College and on April 29, 1947, married Forrest Hilton Shoemaker. They moved to Savannah in 1965. She was employed at Belk for almost 30 years, where she became manager of cosmetics. She was a loving wife and mother and was loved in return by her family and friends.
She is survived by her brother Cecil (Edith) Jacobs of Statesboro; two sons, Craig (Kathy) Shoemaker of Savannah, and Forrest (Iris) Shoemaker of Honolulu; two daughters, Kay and Sandy Shoemaker of Savannah; one grandson, Tommy Sherrod; three granddaughters Myriah Fitts, Heather Gralow, and Holly Taylor, and nine great-grandchildren, Elijah, Ethan, Ezra, Darean, Zane, Uli, Declan, Sean, and Alexandra.
The funeral service will be held at 3 o'clock Saturday, February 20, 2016, at White Bluff United Methodist Church. Interment will be private.
Remembrances: Hospice Savannah - Post Office Box #13190, Savannah, Georgia 31416-0190.
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