Funeral services will be held Saturday, February 8, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. at Sardis Freewill Baptist Church in Eufaula with Pastor Joey McCreight officiating and Glover Funeral Home directing. The burial will follow in the Sykes Creek Baptist Church cemetery in Clio, Alabama. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church.
Anyone wishing to honor Mrs. Lucy can do so by wearing her favorite color, pink to the service.
Flowers will be accepted, or donations can be made to The Pregnancy Resource Center- 604 South Eufaula Ave. Eufaula, Alabama 36027.
Lucy was born on August 31, 1953, in Haskell, New Jersey, to the late Walter James and Lucille Gannon Finnigan. She retired as a Registered Nurse from Central Alabama Home Health and prior to retirement she loved working oncology in Florida, Lakeview Community Hospital in Eufaula, Dialysis Clinic Inc. in Eufaula, and really enjoyed her time working at Henry County Health and Rehab in Abbeville. She was very dedicated to the Pregnancy Resource Center in Eufaula and the Barbour County RSVP. Her hobbies included crocheting, sewing, scrapbooking, crafting, painting, reading, bible studies, but most of all she loved her family and spending time with them.
She is preceded in death by her parents; loving husband of 30 years, Michael Lamar Dees; two sisters, Lois Jean Winterfeld and Jenny Moore.
Left to cherish her memories are two sons, Joseph Dees (Tiffany) of Ariton, Alabama and William Thomas Dees (Khristina) of Eufaula, Alabama; two daughters, Suzanne Carlile (Hill) of Midland City, Alabama and Amanda Johnson (Jared) of Clopton, Alabama; brother, Walter James Finnigan, Jr. (Sharon) of Manhawkin, New Jersey; three sisters, Leila Klaus of Indian Trail, North Carolina, Dianna Austin of Iowa, and Caroline Myer of New Jersey; eight grandchildren, Cody Lane Dees (Tori), Carlee Dees, Katie Hubbard (Will), Bryan Dees (Kalee), Tiffany Hartzog, Brandon Carlile (Taylor), Broxton Carlile (Emily Cox), and Addison Johnson; four great-grandchildren, Jesslyn Dees, Remi Dees, Ayden Grace Bradshaw, and John Mark Bradshaw; several nieces and nephews.
Active pallbearers are Dylan Patterson, Brad Hutto, Aaron Hutto, Wayne Pittman, Jimmy Baxter, Louis King, Tony Baxley, and Bob Cox.
Honorary pallbearers are Chad Stokes, Greg Peel, Michael Williams, Bucky Anderson, and William Sowell.
Glover Funeral Home of Eufaula was entrusted with the arrangements. (334) 687-5725. Please sign the guestbook online at www.gloverfuneral.com
