Edna Woodard Vause, 74 of Havana died Thursday, March 15, 2007 in Tallahassee. Funeral Service will be Saturday at 2:00 PM at First Baptist Church in Havana with the internment at Arran Cemetery in Crawfordville. Family will receive friends Friday, from 4 till 6:00 PM at Faith Funeral Home in Havana (850) 539-4300 or www.Faithfuneralhome.com). Family will except flowers, However those wishing to make memorial contribution may make them to Big Bend Hospice 1723 Mahan Center Blvd, Tallahassee, FL. 32308 or to the Lighthouse Children's Home 7771 Mahan Drive, Tallahassee, FL. 32309.
Mrs. Vause had lived in Tallahassee before moving to Havana in 1994 She was a member and Sunday School Teacher at First Baptist Church in Havana, Mrs Vause was a Lieutenant in the Air Force. She graduated from Florida State Hospital School of Nursing. She was a office nurse for many years at Doctors Fletcher & Lewis in Tallahassee. Mrs Vause also taught Nursing at Lively Vocational School
She is survived by two daughters Sonya Vause Coley (and husband Calvin) of Havana, Mary Catherine Vause of Tallahassee one; brother Liddon Woodard (and wife Linda) of Tallahassee, Fl. Three sisters Lavinia Radel of Havana, Dot Hamm (and husband Benton) of Wewahitcha and Joyce Deason (and husband Ernest) of Havana. Grandchildren Ben Taylor (and wife Kim), Dylan Coley, Leah Munroe, Garrett Munroe and one great-grandchild Caylee Estelle Taylor.
She is preceded in death by her husband Hansel Vause, her daughter Rita Vause Motta, her parents L.A. & Dorothy Woodard.