Ardania B. Weaver

Tupelo - Ardania B.Weaver, 85, died Thursday, April 19, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Lee County native and lifelong resident, she was born October 13, 1926 to Olaf Leonard and Martha Ann Herring Bishop. She was a graduate of Mooreville High School. She worked as a seamstress for Blue Bell Manufacturing and Mantanchie Manufacturing, retiring from Sheller-Globe. She enjoyed working in her yard and doing wood work. She also loved raising goats and cats. She was a member of Boguefala Baptist Church. Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, April 21, 2012 at The Jefferson Street Chapel of W. E. Pegues with Bro. Jimmy Webb and Larry Betts officiating. Burial will be in Eggville Cemetery. Survivors include her husband of 62 years, Robert Wayne Weaver; one son, Truitt Wayne Weaver (Sandra) all of the Eggville Community; one daughter, Tina Betts (Larry) of Tupelo; one grandson, Todd Weaver (Ashley) of Pontotoc; one great-grandson, Weston Wayne Weaver; two step-great-grandchildren, Chad Kilgo of Saltillo and Shea Lawson of Nettleton; her foster grandson, Craig Robinson (Teri) of Brownsville, Tenn. and their sons, Grayson, Jackson, and Eason; two foster granddaughters, Denise Randleman(David) and their children, Daniel, Seth, and Carrie of Lexington, N.C. and Becky Robinson; her sister-in-law, Mae Bishop of Tupelo; a host of nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews; and special friend, Donald Earl Price of the Eggville Community. She was preceded in death by her parents; six brothers, Revy, Tulus, Cecil, Noble, Tracy, and Roswell Bishop; three sisters, Bulah Loyd, Hyacinth (Sally) Thompson, and Virginia Murphy. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.