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Service:
Saturday, November 30, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. at the
Atlanta Christian Church
Funeral home: Quiram Peasley Funeral Home,
Atlanta
Obituary
Gitana S. Bennett, age 95, passed
away at her home in Atlanta on Monday, November 25,
2019.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held on
Saturday, November 30, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. at the
Atlanta Christian Church. Pastor Paul Weber will
officiate.
Burial will follow at the Atlanta Cemetery.
Gitana was the first daughter and third child born
to Ralph E. and Cora Mae Lower Miller on February
13, 1924, in Lawndale.
Gitana was the owner and operator of Gitana's Beauty
Salon in her home, until she retired in 1997. She
was active in her community having served as PTA
President, a member of the Atlanta American Legion
Auxiliary, a past Worthy Matron of Eastern Star, a
member of Esther Chapter #3 of the Order of the
Eastern Star in Carson City, Nev., and an election
judge, as well as owning a catering business. She
was a member of the Atlanta Christian Church and
loved singing in the church choir and ladies' church
trio.
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Gitana is survived by her sisters:
Marilyn Fox, Melba Scher, Jacqueline Bilmes, and
Caroline Dane; and one brother, Russell Miller. Also
surviving are her children: daughters Carla
Phillips, and Cynthia (Neil) Clark; and son, Jay
(Marla) Bennett; daughter-in-law Mary
Sexton-Roberts; as well as 11 grandchildren; 23
great-grandchildren; and 17
great-great-grandchildren. She was affectionately
known by all as "Grandma Tana."
Gitana was preceded in death by her parents; son
Robert Lynn Sexton; daughter Gitana Kay Howard; granddaughter Rhonda
Lee Rawlins; and brothers Eugene, Gerald, and Leon Miller.
She will be greatly missed by her family.
Memorials may be made to Atlanta Rescue Squad.
Final arrangements are entrusted with Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home of
Atlanta.
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