Cleo Valdee Rutherford

Mrs. Cleo Valdee Rutherford, 94, of Timber Lane, Blairsville, formerly of Dover, Fla., died Saturday, March 1, 2008 in the Union County Nursing Home following an extended illness.

Mrs. Rutherford was born April 24, 1913 in Alachua County, Fla., the daughter of the late James Barry and the late Mary Dixon Barry. She was a member of the Hillsboro County Historical Society. She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald V. Rutherford in 1975. Mrs. Rutherford was a member of Pleasant Grove Assembly of God in Durant, Fla.

Surviving Mrs. Rutherford are son and daughter-in-law, Donald V. and Anne Rutherford of Blairsville; sisters, Irma Garner of Blairsville,

Joyce Emerine of Blairsville and

Winifred Dean of Brandon, Fla.; five grandchildren,

eleven great grandchildren,

many other relatives

and friends also survive. Funeral services were held Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at 2 p.m.

from the Hopewell Funeral Home chapel in Plant City, Fla., with the Rev. Eldon Brown officiating. Pallbearers were Leon Butts, Frank Emerine, Mitchell Burney, Barry Bartlett and Carl Porter. Interment followed in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery.

Mountain View Funeral Home of Blairsville in charge of the arrangements. You may sign the family guest book and send condolences on line at www.mountainviewfuneralhome. com.