Sylvania – Mrs. Barbara Verdola Boyd Zeagler, age 79, passed away on Saturday afternoon, August 18, 2018, at Ogeechee Area Hospice Inpatient Facility in Statesboro, GA following a lengthy illness. She was born July 19, 1939, in Screven County, GA to the late Cardell & Juanita Freeman Boyd. She was a member of Memorial Baptist Church in Sylvania and was a homemaker. Preceding her in death besides her parents was a Daughter, Rhonda Zeagler.
Survivors include her Husband, James Corrie Zeagler, a Daughter and Son-In-Law, Roxanne Z. & Lloyd Williams, Sons and Daughters-In-Law, Wade & Debra Zeagler, and Douglas & Ramona Zeagler, all of Sylvania, a Sister, Merial S. Usher of St. Augustine, FL, a brother and Sister-In-Law, George Herman & Mary Ann Boyd, Sister-In-Law, Karen Z. Beasley of Savannah, GA, Grandchildren, Andrea Bennett, Ashley Waters, Christan & Colin Blatchford, Kara & Steven Bishop, Jessica & Stephen Potter, Mallory & Austin Thompson and Jacob & Ava Zeagler, 8 Grandchildren and Several Nieces and Nephews.
Funeral Services for Mrs. Zeagler will be held at the Thompson-Strickland-Waters Funeral Home Chapel in Sylvania on Tuesday, August 21, 2018. Visitation will be from 9:00 till 11:00 AM. Service will be at 11:00. Burial will be in the Zeagler Family Cemetery, Rocky Ford Road, Sylvania. Active Pallbearers will be, Stephen Bishop, Stephen Potter, Mike Cason, Austin Thompson, Lloyd Williams and Jacob Zeagler. Thompson-Strickland-Waters Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements.
You will never observe a better example of a life laid down, than the life of Barbara Boyd Zeagler. Her gifts fell into the same realm as her heart, a servant’s heart through and through. She served her husband and her family with a gusto we’d all be hard pressed to duplicate. She served with her actions, with her words and with a heart filled with joy. She clung to the words that filled her favorite book. Her devotion to her Bible, and studying it daily, was her greatest encourager and an inspiration to those around her.
Barbara, a gifted seamstress, artist, and lover of flowers, blessed so many. Countless hours of her life were spent using her God given abilities to create timeless treasures. More than just flowers sprouted from her green thumb. She knew how to bring about the green, the life, in all of us. She gave us a foundation of love that fertilized our soil. Our lives were grown and transformed by her pouring life giving words over our circumstances. She shined the light of Jesus on us, allowing us to grow under her stewardship. Her hands may have ached after hours at the sewing machine, but her heart soared. She loved creating and blessing people with her talents, although she would have modestly discounted her abilities. She leaves a legacy we are all proud to inherit.
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