Laverne Cliett, age 85, of Pridgen, passed away on Thursday April 11, 2019 at Vista Park. Mrs. Cliett was born on October 4, 1933 in Pearson, the daughter of the late Jessie James Whitley and Ethel Carver Whitley.
Mrs. Cliett was a retired seamstress and attended Rocky Creek Holiness Church. She was preceded in death by a son, James Timothy Cliett; three brothers and three sisters.
Survivors include two daughters, Judy Pridgen (Larry) of Pridgen and Carolyn Vaughn (Mitchell) of Douglas; three brothers, Carl Whitley of Nicholls, Lonnie Whitley of Nicholls and Mitchell Whitley of Douglas; two sisters, Gertie Bellenbaum of Nahunta and Sandie Patten of Douglas; fourteen grandchildren, thirty-nine great grandchildren and eighteen great great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held 2:00 p.m., Saturday, April 13, 2019 in the Chapel of Sims Funeral Home with Rev. Marshall Adcock, Rev. Chris Merritt and Rev. Hardy Crosby officiating. Interment followed at Pridgen Baptist Church Cemetery.
Sims Funeral Home in Douglas was in charge of arrangements.