Eunice Fields Rabey Jennings

Eunice Fields Rabey Jennings passed away Sunday, April 10, 2005 in Savannah Square under the care of Hospice Savannah, Inc after a lengthy illness. She was born December 27, 1918 in Savannah, Georgia and was the daughter of Lessie Fields Brewer and John Hardy Fields, Sr. In 1935, she was married to Lawrence John Rabey, Jr. She devoted herself in the early years of her marriage to helping her husband build first an appliance store and then Rabey Electric Co. At the time of his death in 1973 they had been married for 38 years. As the mother of two, her energies were involved in serving as a Cub Scout leader as well as a Girl Scout leader. She was very active in the PTA as well as in her church, Calvary Baptist Temple where she served as the Director of the Junior Department. In later years, she was able to pursue her interest in dancing, golfing and traveling and in August 1983 she married Alfred Bowman Jennings, Jr. She was a member of th e Penguin Club, a formal dance group where she won trophies in international dance competitions, a member of the Savannah Gold Club, where she was a member of the 9 holers and the 18 holers and was a member of the Georgia Seniors Golf Association. She was preceded in death by her parents; her brother, John Hardy Fields, Jr; her son, David Rabey and her first husband, L.J. Rabey, Jr. She is survived by her husband, Alfred Bowman Jennings, Jr.; daughter, Carol Rabey and her husband, Bob Walls; stepson, Alfred Bowman Jennings, III; six grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. Visitation: 5:00 - 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 12, 2005 in Fox and Weeks Funeral Directors Hodgson Chapel. Funeral Service: 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 13, 2005 in Wilder Chapel of Calvary Baptist Temple with Reverend Larry Williams and Reverend Dr. Wayne E. Mosley officiating. Burial will be in the Greenwich Section of Bonaventure Cemetery. Savannah Morning News, April 11, 2005 Please sign our Obituary Guestbook at www.savannahnow.com