Rita Joyce Hancock, age 85, of Dublin, passed away on Saturday, November 28, 2020.
Mrs. Hancock was born in Treutlen County on March 21, 1935, to the late James Lamar Hansel and Bernice Pauline Reid Hansel. She was retired from Oxford Industries and J.C. Penny. Mrs. Hancock was a member of Marie Baptist Church and loved her family deeply. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by husbands, Charlie Walton Roberts, Sr. and Francis Brunson Hancock, and two sons, Charlie Walton Roberts, Jr., and Buddy Roberts.
Survivors include her five children; Charline Laney (Joel) of Hawkinsville, Kathy Carswell (Chris) of Dublin, Pam Graham (Dannis Martin) of Milledgeville, Jan Warnock (Joey) of East Dublin, and Dawn Cain (Wayne) of Dublin; thirteen grandchildren, Corey Adams (Allison), Tyler Adams (Carli), Erica Beasley, Morgan Hitchcock (Joey), Valerie Tapley (PD Dahlke), Hudson Carswell, Grayson Carswell, Michael Garrett (Bobbie), Crystal Smith (Tony), Eric Walker (Roxanne), Brigitte Walker, Luke Cain (Laura), and Colby Cain; twenty-one great-grandchildren; three sisters, Helen Leverette of Dublin, Grace Edge of Uvalda, and Wanda Harden of Brunswick; and a brother, Johnny Hansel (Donna) of Gallatin, TN.
Graveside services will be held on Wednesday, December 2, 2020, at 2:00 PM in Northview Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Hutto will officiate.
Luke Cain, Corey Adams, Eric Walker, Joel Laney will serve as pallbearers.
In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to Serenity Hospice, 520 Hillcrest Pkwy, Dublin, GA 31021. Townsend Brothers Funeral Home and Staff respectfully ask all in attendance to follow social distancing guidelines.
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