Juanita Luke Clements, 90, of Ocilla, Georgia, died Monday, July 29, 2019, at Pruitt Health in Ocilla.
Graveside services will be held 11 AM, Wednesday, July 31, 2019, at Luke Cemetery in Irwin County, Georgia, with the Rev. Ronny Griner and Elder Edward McIntyre officiating. The family will receive friends from 6-8 Tuesday evening at the funeral home in Fitzgerald.
Mrs. Clements was born March 10, 1929, in Irwin County, Georgia, to the late R. Louis & Thelma Williams Luke. She graduated high school in Irwin County in 1947 and received her nurse’s training at Ben Hill County Hospital. She worked as a licensed practical nurse in Dublin and Claxton and also Irwin County Hospital and Palemon Gaskins Memorial Nursing Home in Ocilla. She was a member of Abba Baptist Church.
She is survived by her children and their spouses: Bobby & Mokana Clements of Ocilla and Linda Faye & Jimmy Shealey of Peachtree City; eight grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren and twins on the way; a sister, Lillian Cleghorn of Apopka, Florida; and two brothers: Gene & Betsy Luke of Fitzgerald and Jimmy & Anita Luke of Benson, North Carolina. Several nieces and nephews also survive. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Robert Clements; a son, David Larry Clements; and a sister, Arbie Luke Palmer.