June Black

Edna June Peters Black, 91, was born to the late Carson and Claudia Brown Peters on March 4, 1920 in Medulla, Florida and died peacefully on October 17, 2011 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center due to respiratory failure. A devoted wife, mother, grandmother and friend, June practiced nursing at the former Polk General Hospital assisting in the miracle of life in Labor and Delivery. Committed to education, she received her LPN license in 1975 and was awarded an Outstanding Achievement Award for Practical Nursing . She loved her family and was a devoted member of the First Baptist Church of Fort Meade. June was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and a Crafty Lady. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Marvin David Black and her daughter Joanne Black Welch. She is survived by two sons: Marvin David Black Jr and wife Pamela Black of Gainesville, Georgia and Norman Larry Black, Sr and wife Phyllis Varn Black of Fort Meade, Florida. She is also survived by seven grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren. Graveside services will be held 11:00 a.m., Thursday, October 20 at Evergreen Cemetery, Fort Meade. In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting donations to The Florida Baptist Children’s Home or the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranch. Hancock Funeral Home, Fort Meade 863-285-8171