MOULTRIE — Susie Mae Isom French, 74, of Moultrie, died Friday, April 23, 2010, at Archbold Medical Center in Thomasville, Ga.

Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 1, at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Alfred Jones, pastor and officiating. The Rev. Leroy Thompson, Minister Kemetrius Daniels, the Rev. Corey McGee and Bishop Johnny Ward will assist. Burial will follow in the New Bethel Cemetery in Worth County, Ga. Sons will serve as pallbearers.

Mrs. French was born on Nov. 27, 1935, in Worth County, Ga., to the late Jesse White and the late Beatrice Sinclair. She was a member of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church and a member of the choir. She enjoyed talking and spending loving moments with her family and friends, said her family. She also enjoyed baking, cooking and watching wrestling, they also remembered of her.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Willie James French; her parents; one grandson, Johnny Dewayne French; one brother, Willie B. White; and two sisters, Gussie Coleman and Galadize Asbury.

Survivors include eight sons, Jesse French and wife Wanda of St. Robert, Mo., and Edward French Sr. and wife Barbara, Ronnie French and wife Susan, Nathaniel French Sr. and wife LaQuisa, all of Moultrie, and Andrew French Sr. and wife Willie Mae of Columbus, Ga., Dondeagio Bennett and wife Carla of Augusta, Ga., Dale Bennett Sr. and wife Renee of Columbus, Ga., and Willie Thomas III and wife Lillie of Moultrie; two daughters, Beronice Flemming and husband Gerwayney of Moultrie and Sylvia Bennett of Atlanta, Ga.; two brothers, Herman Smith and Thomas C. Evans and wife Cordie, both of Delray Beach, Fla.; two sisters, Susie Smith and Jessie R. Smith, both of Delray Beach, Fla.; one aunt, Ethel Lee Sinclair of Tifton, Ga.; two brothers-in-law, Phillip Asbury of Delray Beach, Fla., and Tommie Griffin of Moultrie; one special friend, Shirley Enoch of Moultrie; 36 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

The family will receive friends at 1214 Elliott Brown St.

Please sign the online register at www.lukestrongandson.com and www.moultrieobserver.com.

Luke Strong and Son Mortuary, Ltd. is in charge of final arrangements.