Obituary of Sara Celeta Bradshaw Eason

West Columbia - Services for Sara Celeta Bradshaw Eason will be held on Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at 11:00 AM at Harry T. Reid Funeral Home, 901 4th St NW, Jasper, FL, with visitation prior to service at 10:30 AM. Burial will be in Sasser's Landing Cemetery in Jennings, Florida. A visitation will be held from 1:00 - 3:00 PM at Woodridge Funeral Home, 138 Corley Mill Road, Lexington, SC, on Saturday, February 6, 2016. Mrs. Eason died February 4, 2016. She was 100 years old and the 10th of 11 children born to the late John Harley and Mary Alice "Mamie" Lee Bradshaw of Jennings, Florida. The family referred to Celeta as their "firecracker", born on the 4th of July, 1915. During her long life, Mrs. Eason was employed in a variety of fields; an elementary school teacher in a two-room school house, office nurse and surgical nurse to eye, ear, nose and throat physicians, and bookkeeper for an orthodontist. She is survived by her daughter, Linda Eason Heckle (Bill), and her son, Jamie "Jim" Vernon Eason (Debbie); grandchildren, Elizabeth Lee Heckle, Melissa Eason Bell (Matt), Heather Eason, and Jonathan Eason; 2 great grandsons, Jacob and Owen Bell. She was predeceased by her husband, Vernon Frank Eason, and all ten of her brothers and sisters. The family is very grateful for the friends from her church, McGregor Presbyterian, for the cards, calls, visits and love during her years of illness. They also wish to express gratitude to all the caring staff at NHC, Lexington for the good care and love shown to her during the eight years she was a resident there. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to McGregor Presbyterian Church, 6505 St. Andrews Road, Columbia, SC 29212, or to Jennings Primitive Baptist Church in Jennings, Florida, or The Alzheimer's Association, 3223 Sunset Blvd., #100, West Columbia, SC 29169. Harry T. Reid Funeral Service of Jasper, Florida, and Woodridge Funeral Home of Lexington, SC are assisting the family.