By Staff
June 4, 2004
Funeral for Mildred Freeman Blizzard, 91, of Hartselle was Monday, June 7, at 11 a.m. at Peck Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Harold Thompson officiating.
Burial was in Hartselle City Cemetery.
Mrs. Blizzard died Friday, June 4, 2004, at Cedar Springs Assisted Living in Decatur. She was born in Danville on July 23, 1912, to John Elmer Freeman and Annie Milam Freeman. She attended Huntington College for two years and Athens College for two years.
While in Hartselle, she was a member of United Methodist Women, Book Lovers Club and Garden Club. She was secretary at Morgan County High School for 17 years. She was also a member of First United Methodist Church, where she taught a beginner Sunday School class for many years.
After retiring from her secretarial job at Morgan County High School, she worked for her husband, John O. Blizzard in his State Farm Insurance office.
She is survived by one daughter, Ann Blizzard Sims of Hartselle; one grandson Mark Lee Sims and wife Tina of Decatur; and two great grandchildren, Summer and Austin of Decatur.
Pallbearers were Fred Langston, Charles Howse, James Taylor, Allen Stone, David Langston and Dr. Robert Sittason.
Memorials may be made to Alacare Hospice, 2708 Highway 31 South, Suite B, Decatur, AL 35603 or Hartselle First United Methodist Church, 210 East Hickory Street, Hartselle, AL 35640.