Janice Harrelson Gurny

Janice was born in Panama City, Florida on September 27, 1953. She was the second of three children, and only daughter, to Catherine and Burl Harrelson.

Janice spent her childhood years in Jasper, Florida and attended Hamilton County High School. She was a member of Future Teachers of America, Beta Club, and Debate Team. She was voted most likely to succeed her senior year and was selected as one the Outstanding Teenagers of America. She graduated in 1971 with Honors and was the Salutatorian of her senior class.

Janice graduated from University of North Florida with her Bachelors degree in Psychology in 1975. She then went on to get her Masters of Arts in Counseling Psychology also from the University of North Florida. She worked as a human resources professional in the Jacksonville area for over 25 years and retired from Merrill Lynch in 2008 as Senior Vice President of Human Resources after working there for 14 years. After her retirement, she worked as an Independent Human Resources Consultant and a certified yoga instructor donating her time to breast cancer survivors.

Janice’s life was full of achievements. However, out of all of them her greatest achievement was her loving son Kyle, who was the love of her life. Janice was a loving, caring and deeply devoted mother, daughter, sister, and wife who thoroughly enjoyed spending time with friends and family.

Janice is survived by her son, Kyle Gurny and his wife Camille Shaffer; her mother and father, Catherine and Burl Harrelson; her brothers, Donny and Steve Harrelson; and her former husband, Michael Gurny.

Celebration of Life services will be held in both Tallahassee and Jacksonville. The Tallahassee service will be held on August 20 at 2:00 pm at Chapel Hill Baptist Church, 3413 Old Bainbridge Road, Tallahassee, FL.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Wounded Warrior Project in honor of Janice.