WANDA SUE DIRDEN

Funeral for Wanda Sue Dirden, 65, of Jacksonville was at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Sweet Union Baptist Church with the Rev. Horace Williams, the Rev. Claudell Anderson and the Rev. Julia Session officiating. Burial was in Jacksonville City Cemetery. Ms. Dirden died March 3. She was born June 30, 1942, in Jacksonville. She graduated from Fred Douglas High School in 1960, and was a member of Sweet Union Baptist Church. She retired from Drom Trane.

Her parents, D. Meador and Lucille Dirden preceded her in death. Survivors are a son and daughter-in-law, Stephen C. and Theresa Dirden of Pomona, Calif.; two daughters, Stacey Thirkill of Jacksonville and Demetra Lacy of Flint; two brothers, Jerry Lacy of Houston and Chester Lacy Sr. of Jacksonville; four sisters, Lucy Lacy of Houston, Jackalyne Ross and Phebe Lacy of Jacksonville and Gayla Lacy of Misawa, Japan; and seven grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Richard Whitaker, Roderick Erwin, Clynell Anderson, Billy J. Williams Sr., George Horn, Claude Armstrong, Maharold Peoples, Christopher Dirden and Jerry Lacy. Honorary pallbearers were deacons and trustee of the Sweet Union Baptist Church and Rickey Meador.