Inez Bishop Leavins, a native of Barnwell, born in 1917, died Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010.
She will be remembered as having an insatiable thirst for acquiring Bible knowledge and this quest led her to spend most of her life sharing the Good News of God’s Kingdom with family, friends and neighbors alike. Her many Bible students became a part of her close knit family for the rest of her life. She remarkably exuded a giving spirit with genuine warmth and enthusiastic personal appeal, instilling in everyone her hope of a resurrection to eternal life in a Paradise New Earth based on her faith in Jesus’ words in His Sermon on the Mount.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert Bishop and Kathleen Moore; her husband of 59years, Gerald Leavins; and their infant son, Robert Zenus Leavins; and five siblings, Johnnie Bishop, L.C. Bishop, Claude Moore Johnson and Margie Johnson.
Survivors include a daughter, Geraldine L. (Geoffrey) Cain; siblings, Kathleen Logan and Dorothy Moss; numerous nieces and nephews, many other close friends and relatives.
The family wishes to thank Nancy Wright who has provided her with loving care and assistance for the past 2 1/2 years.
A private graveside service was held Tuesday, Aug. 31 at Brook Cedron Cemetery, Barnwell. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11 at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s witnesses on Gayfer Avenue in Fairhope.
Arrangements are by Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Homes & Crematory Inc., Fairhope.
