Patricia Claire Stallard

PATRICIA CLAIRE STALLARD Patricia Claire Stallard, 76, of Sebring, Florida, passed away Tuesday, April 12, 2011, in Sebring. She was born December 27, 1934, to John and Beatrice (Farmer) Sheffield in Avon Park, Florida and had been a resident of Sebring since 2010, moving from Lucedale, Mississippi. She was a homemaker and a member of Rocky Creek Baptist Church in Lucedale. She volunteered at the George County Library in MS and played flute and piccolo in three bands and orchestras in Hattiesburg and Biloxi, MS and in Mobile, AL. In addition, she raised miniature horses and grew orchids. She is survived by her daughter, Patti (Austie) Heacock of Sebring; son, Bruce (Carla) Peterson, Ft. Myers, FL; daughter, Laurie Breton, Ft. Myers, FL; step-daughter, Mary Beth Humphrey, Plant City, FL; sisters, Gloria Sheffield Bush, Ft. Myers, FL and Anne Crapps, Baxley, GA; four grandchildren; three step-grandchildren and one step-great-grandchild. Funeral services will take place at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 14, 2011, at the Avon Park Stephenson-Nelson Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. A.C. Bryant officiating. The family will receive friends the hour preceding the service, beginning at 10:00 a.m. Interment at Bougainvillea Cemetery, Avon Park, will be immediately following the service. Memorial donations may be made in her memory to Good Shepherd Hospice, 1110 Hammock Rd., Sebring, FL 33870. Arrangements have been entrusted to: Stephenson-Nelson Funeral Home Sebring, Florida 33870 863-385-0125 www.stephensonnelsonfh.com