2/3/2019

Lemerle Kersey Whitfield, 95, resident of Swainsboro, died Sunday morning at Emanuel Medical Center Nursing Home.  Lemerle was born in Johnson County, daughter of the late Berry Leon Beasley and Sarah Missouri  Beasley. She was an excellent seamstress  and was a homemaker. Mrs. Whitfield was preceded in death by her husbands Joseph H. Kersey and   Aaron  Whitfield,  and 2 sons Dr. Leon Donald Kersey and Pastor Roger  Keith Kersey.  Lemerle was a member of Union Primitive Baptist Church.

Funeral services for Mrs. Lemerle Kersey Whitfield will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 P.M. from Union Primitive Baptist Church with Elder Sam Bowen officiating. Interment will follow in the  church cemetery.  The Family of Mrs. Whitfield will receive friends at Tomlinson Funeral Home  Monday evening between the hours of 6-8 P.M.

Survivors include 2 sons-- Joseph M. Kersey, Swainsboro,GA

Robert  Allen Kersey, Pittsview ,Alabama

11 grandchildren

Arrangements are by Tomlinson Funeral Home and Crematory of Swainsboro