Vera Herring Rozier

Vera Herring Rozier, age 101 years, 9 months, 13 days, passed away in Jackson, Mississippi, on November 21, 2025, closing her eyes to time and opening them to eternity with Jesus.

Ms. Vera, as she was affectionately called by friends, was born in Bolling, Butler County, Alabama, on February 8, 1924, according to her birth certificate and other records. But she and her twin sister grew up being told that they were born in 1925.

At about the age of 16, Vera accepted Jesus as her Lord and Savior and was baptized in Big Turkey Creek, Awin, Wilcox County, Alabama. Vera graduated from Moore Academy, Pine Apple, Alabama.

In October 1946, she married and moved to Pensacola, Florida, where two daughters were born. The family moved to Wewahitchka, Florida, in 1956. Vera graduated from Pensacola Beauty College and, in 1961, opened her beauty shop on Highway 71 North in Wewa, where she worked until age 94. In 2013, the Executive Director of the State of Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation sent her a letter commending her for keeping her cosmetology license up-to-date for over 50 years and for owning and operating her own salon for more than 50 years.

At her city-wide birthday party celebrating 100 years in 2024, the Gulf County Board of Commissioners presented her (and her now deceased twin sister) certificates recognizing and honoring them as the county's oldest citizens.

Vera enjoyed working in her yard and nurturing her flowers and plants. One of her greatest enjoyments was cutting her two-acre yard on her riding lawnmower, which she did up into her 90s. Her handmade biscuits and her butternut cake (that had her special touch) were favorites of her family. Vera was very active in Sunday School, worship, prayer meeting, and a home Bible study at First Baptist Church until her health started to decline. She ate meals at the Senior Center and enjoyed their exercise class there as well as playing bingo and chicken legs dominoes.

Vera intentionally tried to do one good deed every week, if not every day. She shared Jesus with her family and prayed for them daily. Her greatest desire was that they all accept Jesus as their Savior and Lord. She loved her family beyond measure and was at her happiest when they were all together at her home.

Vera was preceded in death by her husband of 39 years, Malcolm Rozier; her parents, Tom and Exie (Smith) Herring; her sisters, Era Luckie Daniell and Mary Ethel Luckie; and her siblings by her father's first wife: brothers Richard Herring, King Herring, and Tommy Herring; sister Lillie Smith; and 12 nieces and nephews.

Vera is survived by her daughter Linda Joyce and son-in-law Bill Davis; daughter Doris Ann Wray; five grandchildren: Joylin Simpson (Keith), Kimberly Hood (Jerry), Christy Wray, Tiffany Williamson (Chris), John D. Wray (Esmerelda); seven great-grandchildren: Hannah Wray, Thayer Hood, Karlynn Hood, Elijah Simpson, Anora Williamson, Ella Williamson, and Grayson Wray; former son-in-law, John Thomas Wray; and many nieces and nephews.

The Celebration of Vera's Life will be held at First Baptist Church Family Life Center at 436 Highway 71 South, Wewahitchka, Florida, on Saturday, November 29, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. Central time. Friends may visit with the family from 1:00 until service time.

A Graveside Service will be held at Jehu Cemetery. Bro. Mike Stroud will be officiating. Pallbearers will be Jerry Hood, Thayer Hood, Elijah Simpson, Keith Simpson, Chris Williamson, and John D. Wray. Bill Davis will serve as honorary pallbearer. The family invites everyone to wear pink or purple, Vera's favorite colors. All arrangements are under the direction of Peavy Funeral Home of Blountstown FL.

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