Mrs. Vera Medlock Laney

March 19, 1931 - August 1, 2018

On Wednesday, August 1, 2018, Vera Medlock Laney, loving Mother to three children, passed away at the age of 87. Mrs. Laney was born March 19, 1931 in Bowdon, Georgia to Newt and Susie (King) Medlock. She was a lifelong resident of this area. On July 4, 1948, she married the love of her life, Vernon C. Laney. They raised three children, Donnie, Sherry and Susan. Her most rewarding job was serving many years as director of the Sardis Baptist Church Choir. Mrs. Laney was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon C. Laney, parents, Newt and Susie Medlock, Brothers, Elliot, Jesse and Roy Medlock, sisters, Grace Laney, Letha Laney, Ruth Rogers and Clara Kelley, grandchildren, Christopher Shadix, and Amanda Hull, great grandchildren, Hannah Denman and Dawson Stapler. Mrs. Laney has left behind to carry on her legacy, her children Donnie (Glenda) Laney, Sherry (David) Shadix and Susan (Charles) Hull; grandchildren, Delana Gilliland, Shane (Heather) Laney, Scotty Shadix, Kristie (Chris) Dunson, Angela Bailey, Andrea Hill, Allen (Carrie) Hull and Adam (Sandi) Hull; great grandchildren, Cody (Kayla) Laney, Cory Laney, Tyler Laney, Caitlin Laney, C J Wiggins, Braden Dunson, Mylah Dunson, Sydney Denman, Lidia Hill, Chloe Hull and Ellie Hull; great great grandchild, Zelda Laney. Also surviving sister, Syble Reid; Roger Laney and Tammy Holloway whom she thought of as her own; a host of nieces and nephews that she loved dearly; a Goddaughter, Tabbie Huff. Services will be held Saturday, August 4, 2018 at 2:00 PM at Sardis Baptist Church with Brother Darnell Teal and Brother Steve Dempsey officiating. The body will lie in state from1:00 PM until the funeral hour. Pallbearers will be Roger Laney, Steven Laney, Allen Hull, Grant Huff, Chris Dunson and Lane Walker. Honorary pallbearers will be the great grandchildren. The family will receive friends on Friday, August 3, 2018 from 5:00 to 8:00 PM at Rainwater funeral Home. If you wish, in lieu of flowers, you may make a donation to Tanner Hospice Care, in memory of Vera Laney, 150 Henry Burson Drive, Suite 102, Carrollton, Ga 30117.