Velma Black Fleming of Geneva, Ala, passed away in the afternoon of Nov. 14, 2012.
Visitation will take place from 1 until 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012 at Geneva Presbyterian Church. Funeral services will follow at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Dee Koza officiating and Pittman Funeral Home of Geneva directing. Burial will immediately follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Fleming was a member of Geneva Presbyterian Church for many years. She was born in Black, Alabama on Sept. 17, 1929. Her mother was Velma Alexander Black and her father, Pony Curtis Black, was the Probate Judge of Geneva County for many years and was a widely known and respected man. She was a distant cousin of the Honorable Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black. Velma graduated from Geneva High School, and attended Judson College in Marion, Ala., where she met and married Lieut. Bruce Beveridge of Bay Minette. Lieut. Beveridge was killed in action in Korea. He and Velma had a beautiful daughter, Brucie Beveridge Mancuso of Birmingham, Ala. She re-married to Cecil Johnson Jr. of Geneva, and had two wonderful sons; Cecil Johnson III of Dothan, and John Mark Johnson of Geneva, who preceded his mother in death in 1984. She deeply loved her grandchildren, Mark Johnson of Geneva; Hannah Johnson Lyons of Washington, D.C. and Spenser Johnson of Auburn; Stephen, Maggie, Addie, and Brucie Mancuso of Birmingham; she also had two great-grandchildren, John Parker and Ellie Lane Johnson. She lived a wonderful life in Geneva, with many, many friends throughout Southeastern Alabama. She was one of nine children. Her brothers and sisters were, George and Paul Black; Bernice Sartwell, Elise King, Marjorie Wallace, Winnifred Carothers, Mary and Jetta Black. The family wishes to acknowledge the loving care provided to their mother and grandmother by Jan Dixon and her staff at Greenwood Place.
