Fayetta Blevins Wakefield

DANVILLE - Funeral for Fayetta Blevins Wakefield, age 85, of Danville, AL, will be August 9, 2023, 11:00 a.m., at Parkway Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Mark Wakefield and Dr. Chris Martin officiating. Interment will be in East Lawrence Memorial Gardens. The family will receive visitors August 8th, 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., with the funeral on Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. in the chapel.

Mrs. Wakefield, who died August 5, 2023, at her home in Danville, was born September 30, 1937, to Kenis Roscoe Blevins, 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 Wakefield (JoAnne) of Lincoln Park, MI, Mark Wakefield (Deborah) of Prattville, AL, and Luther Wakefield (Karen) of Danville, AL; one daughter, Rhonda Barton of Danville, AL; one daughter-in-law, Dawn Hinson Wakefield Mason (Michael); three sisters, Ophelia Hanson of Ecorse, MI, Geraldine Loree (Robert) of New Boston, MI, and Vanessa Stone (John) of Riverview; two brothers, Walter Blevins (Mary) of Allen Park, MI and John Blevins (Mary) of Sarasota, FL; one sister-in-law, Clara Blevins of FL; 11 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and a host of nephews, nieces, 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.

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