Funeral for Fayetta Blevins Wakefield, 85, of Danville, AL, will be Aug. 9, 2023, 11 a.m., at Parkway Funeral Home with Dr. Mark Wakefield, and Dr. Chris Martin, officiating. Internment at East Lawrence Memorial Gardens. The family will receive visitors Aug. 8, 2023 from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m., with the funeral on Wednesday at 11 a.m. in the chapel.
Mrs. Wakefield, who died Aug. 5, 2023 at her home in Danville, was born Sep. 30, 1937 to Kenis Roscoe, Sr. and Mary Ellen Gibson Blevins. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband George Jackson “Jack” Wakefield, one son, Arvid Wakefield; three brothers; and one sister.
She is survived by her; three sons, Ronald (JoAnne) Wakefield of Lincoln Park, MI, Mark (Deborah) Wakefield of Prattville, AL, and Luther (Karen) Wakefield of Danville, AL; one daughter Rhonda Barton of Danville, AL; one daughter-in-law Dawn Hinson Wakefield Mason (Michael); eleven grandchildren, and 17 great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews and friends.
Please no live flowers. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Hospice of the Valley in memory of Mrs. Wakefield or the ALS Association in memory of Arvid Wakefield.
