Ann Amelia Stevens Lewis McLendon, 79, of 23430 Highway 37 W. Edison, GA 39846, passed away at her residence on Thursday, May 10, 2018. Her funeralwill be held Monday, May 14, 2018, at 11 AM in the Edison Baptist Church with Rev. Keith Gaines officiating. The family will receive friends for a visitation Sunday evening, May 13, 2018 from 6 until 8 PM at Manry-Jordan-Hodges Funeral Home in Blakely. Active pallbearers will be Chris Kendrick, Mark Miller, Steven Calhoun, Lou Gary, Alan Craft, Steve Williams, Terry Stevens and David Williams. Honorary pallbearers will be Arlen Eubanks,
Bobby Brooks, Frank Miller, Aldine Owen, John McGriff and John Brockman.
Mrs. McLendon was born on February 26, 1939 in Edison, GA to the late William Emmett Stevens, Sr. and Vadye Lee Turner Stevens. She was a secretary for the Calhoun County High School for many years, a member of the Edison Baptist Church where she taught Sunday School and she was a homemaker. Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Gene Marvette Lewis, a step-daughter, Denise McLendon, a sister, Betty Jean Craft and a brother, William Emmett Stevens, Jr.
Her survivors include her husband, Henry Thedford "Ted" McLendon, 2 daughters, Lisa Lewis and Lynne Roney, a step-daughter, Melanie Sheppard and Hank and a step-son, Glenn McLendon and Pam all from Edison, GA. She also has a nephew, Michael Calhoun of Milledgeville, Ga. There are 4 sisters: Dorothy Paul of Edison, Martha Lanier of the Patmos Community, Shirley Tsourmas and Gus of Oak Brook, IL, Carol Fuller and Wynton of Eatonton, GA, and there are 2 brothers: Bobby Stevens and Martha Sue of Albany, GA and Jimmy Stevens and Judy of Panacea, FL. She also has 6 Grandchildren: Jennifer Kimbrel and Joey of Moultrie, GA, Christin Milner and Scotty, Dylan Sheppard, Katie Sheppard all of Edison, GA, Michael McLendon and Micaela of Atlanta, GA and Christa Bracey and Dylan of Manassas, VA. and 5 Great Grandchildren: Creek Kimbrel of Moultrie, Easton, Scotty and Kaydi Milner, all of Edison, GA and Tobias Henry Bracey of Manassas, VA.
In lieu of flowers, the family has suggested that contributions be made to either the Edison Baptist church or the American Heart Association.