Juanita Hemperley Stokes

STOKES, JUANITA HEMPERLEY, 86, of Miami Springs, passed away on April 19, 2007. Born in Atlanta in 1920, she moved to Miami in 1942 so that she could be a day closer via postal mail to the man who would become her husband, Walter J. Stokes, then stationed in San Juan in the Navy. They married a year later. Walter died in 1996. She is survived by her son Paul M. Stokes and her daughter-in-law Carol Macon Crocker Stokes, and by her daughter Julia Juanita Stokes Gay and her son-in- law Gregory G. Gay. She is also survived by 5 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Juanita was a graduate of the Georgia State College for Women. She was active in the churches in which she had membership over the years, Central Baptist Church, Miami Springs Baptist Church, and finally the First Presbyterian Church of Miami Springs, and in the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was gifted with needle and thread, among many other ways, and was a member of the Embroiderers Guild of America and active in its local chapter. A memorial service will be held at 11 AM, Saturday, April 28, at the First Presbyterian Church of Miami Springs, 301 Westward Drive. Interment will be in Atlanta. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the memorial fund of the First Presbyterian Church of Miami Springs or to the temple, church or other charity of the donor's choice. To visit this Guest Book Online, go to www.MiamiHerald.com/obituaries.