Nedra Helen Martin Malone, 80, passed away on Friday, December 22, 2023. A Celebration of her life will be held on Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. at Snow’s Memorial Chapel, Bass Road with the Rev. Paul Dziadul officiating. The family will greet friends on Thursday, December 28, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. to service time at the funeral home. Flowers are welcomed or donations may be made to Wesleyan College. Burial will be on Friday, December 29, 2023 at 2:00 PM at Lakeside Memorial Park, 2450 US Highway 17 N, Winter Haven, Florida.
Nedra was born in Gainesville, Florida to the late Roe Milledge and Helen Virginia Clark Martin. She was a loving mother and devoted grandmother to her nine grandchildren. She believed her greatest accomplishments were her children and grandchildren. She instilled in her children and grandchildren a love for nature, compassion for animals, and an appreciation for art.
Nedra was an Alumnae of Wesleyan College, Class of 1965. She willingly donated her talents in floral arranging by preparing for Wesleyan events, including decorating the Christmas tree in Burden Parlor, multiple Alumnae Weekend celebrations, and three presidential inaugurals at Wesleyan. She served as Alumnae Weekend Decorations Chair since 1988 and served in the decorations committee since 1995. She could “make a pile of sticks look like a million dollars” and often gathered flowers for Wesleyan out of her own yard close to campus. She also hosted students in her home, served as a candle lighter at graduations, and promoted Wesleyan in every way she could. In 2011, she was awarded the Alumnae Award for Distinguished Service to Wesleyan.
Nedra also represented Macon well as a community volunteer in numerous organizations including Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, The Exchangette Club, The Cherry Blossom Festival, and at The Museum of Arts and Sciences. She was awarded Outstanding Exchangette Volunteer in 1988 and was President of the Exchangettes for the 1985-1986 club year.
She is survived by her three children, Melissa Helen Malone Constable (Dave Bosky) of Murrells Inlet, SC, Robin Malone (Hutch) Hutchinson of Byron, Robert Hardin (Jessica) Malone, IV of Macon, grandchildren, Cassie Marie Constable, Colby Allan Constable, Connor Robert Constable, Skylar Virginia Hutchinson, Sydney Michelle Hutchinson, Sophia Helen Hutchinson, Kristina Lenee Clark, Kathryn Quinn Malone, and Robert Hardin Malone, V., and her beloved cat Izzy.
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Snow’s Memorial Chapel, Bass Road has charge of the arrangements.
