Funeral service for Mavis McCaghren Fitzgerald, 92, will be Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at 1:00 PM at Danville Baptist Church with Bro. Joe David Bailey and Bro. Jack Bailey officiating and Peck Funeral Home directing. Burial will be in Herring Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday, January 4, 2017 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the church.
Mrs. Fitzgerald was a retired Morgan County School teacher who taught at Austinville, Speake and Danville for 34 years. She graduated from Danville High School in 1943. Received her Bachelor Degree from Florence. She was a member of Danville Baptist Church for over 50 years. She loved the Lord and she loved people. She loved sports and Alabama football and was one of Danville’s first cheerleaders.
She was preceded in death by parents Annie & Walter McCaghren; husband, Hugh Fitzgerald; sisters: Dorothy Puckett and Ruth Morris.
Survivors include two sons:
Brad Fitzgerald (Joyce), Lakeland, FL.
Joe Fitzgerald (Debby), Danville, AL.
Six grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, loving and caring nieces, nephews and all of her former students.
Pallbearers will be Mac Morris, Denny Morris, Bill Marshall, Paul Marshall, Brent Breedlove and Errett Fitzgerald.
Honorary Pallbearers will be Carolyn Marshall, Peggy Lindsey, Betty Stephenson, Jean Narrell, Gerry Cole, Vellene Tanner and all the nurses and caregivers at Summerford Nursing Home.
Peck Funeral Home
