Guina “Gwen” Flancher Kirkland, 92, of Eldorado passed away Monday, August 10, 2020, at her residence. A graveside funeral service will be held for Mrs. Kirkland at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, August 13, 2020, at Oak Ridge Cemetery, where she will be laid to rest. The Rev. Robby Paulk will officiate.
Robert Barfield Jr., Shaun Kirkland, Allen Walker, Andrew Walker, Joseph Walker and Zayne Smith will serve as pallbearers.
Born October 20, 1927 in Opelika, Alabama, Mrs. Kirkland was the daughter of the late Charles Flancher and Georgia May Cribb Flancher. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Luther Howard Kirkland, Sr.; her partner for fifteen years, Richard Hollis Corhn; one son, Robert Allen Kirkland; one daughter, Gina T. Kirkland; two sons-in-law, Kenneth Conley and Sonny Hilliard; one brother, Charles Flancher; and three sisters, Montine Kirkland, Juanita Kirkland and Vera Schofill. She was a homemaker.
Mrs. Kirkland is survived by three sons and one daughter-in-law, Luther Howard Jr. and Cathy Kirkland of Ty Ty, Richard E. Kirkland of Phoenix, Arizona and Mike A. Kirkland of Tifton; three daughters and one son-in-law, Elaine Conley of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Deborah Hilliard and Peggy Sue and Junior Barfield, all of Tifton; two sisters, Eldora O’Neil of Nashville and Valle Mente of Ponte Vedra, Florida; one brother and sister-in-law, Jack and Betty Flancher of Tifton; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren, whom she dearly loved.