Georgeanne Stancil Schore Georgeanne died May 28, 2014

Georgeanne Stancil Schore, George Ira Branch, wife of Glenn, mother of Ted and Alex, daughter of the late Ethel and Ralph Stancil, died at 71.

Georgeanne Stancil Schore, George Ira Branch, wife of Glenn, mother of Ted and Alex, mother-in-law of Jean, grandmother of Sarah, Eva and Grace, daughter of the late Ethel and Ralph, died at home on Wednesday, May 28, 2014. She bravely battled Glioblastoma multiforme for 9 months.

Georgeanne is the sister of Renn, Hale and Harold, sister-in-law of Bobby and Becky.

Georgeanne was a fixture at Stancil Reunions. At the past Reunion, she took over 140 photos of family members. Her first reunion was in 1951. She recalled helping cousins Bill and Jim Batts, Bobby Renfrow and others sweep the yard clean of twigs and all grass in preparation for the Reunion at the homestead of Eva and George Ira Stancil.

The visitation is from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, June 6, 2014, at Hiers-Baxley Funeral Services, 910 E Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala, FL. Her memorial service will be at 11 a.m. June 7, 2014, The First Christian Church, 1908 E. Fort King St., Ocala, Fla. The internment will be private.

Georgeanne is survived by her husband of 53 years, Glenn Darryl Schore; sons Theodore ‘Ted’ Stancil Schore, wife Jean and Alexander Glenn Schore, partner Don Sandola Jr.; granddaughters Sarah Octavia Schore, Eva Eileen Schore and Grace Anne Schore; sister Daisy Renn Stancil Hinton, husband Bobby; brothers Hale Ralph Stancil, wife Becky, William Harold Stancil; nieces Darcee Anne Hinton, husband Jimmy; Stephanie Arlene Stancil DellaVecchia, husband Matt, children Ashlyn Joanna, Audrey Elena, and Andrew Martin; Karen Irisa Stancil Champ, children Mason Hale Champ, Ella Irisa Champ and Lily Josephine Champ; Suzanne Marguerite Stancil, sons Miles Christopher Stevens, Grant Christopher Stevens, Everett Tyler Stevens, Nathan Harris Stevens; Coree Anne Hinton; Kathryn Jeanette Stancil Riechert, husband David; nephews Kip Austin Hinton, wife Amalia, Ty Alexander Hinton, Brent Ashley Hinton, John Ralph Stancil, wife Jennifer, and son Corban Ralph; first cousins James Robert “Bobby” Renfrow Jr., Lucy Reba Stancil House, Donald "Jimmy" Eugene Renfrow, James Graydon “J. G.”Renfrow, wife Denise; William ‘Bill’ Henry Batts Jr., wife Jackie; James "Jim" Ralph Batts, wife Kathy; Wyla Jean Eason LaVie, husband Al; Frank Edwin Eason; Grover Cleveland Eason Jr., wife Bonnie; Jo Ann Eason Alexander, husband Doug; Jesmon "Jes" Arnold Hales, wife Betsy; Mary Ann Hales Weisiger, husband Lewis; George Ira Stancil III, wife Carol; Shirley Ann Stancil Ginn, husband J.D.; and many cousins.

Georgeanne was preceded in death by her parents Ethel and George Ralph Stancil; Aunts Viola Hales, Nina Hales, Ruby Hales Brown Blair, Effie Stancil Renfrow, Delanie Ethel Stancil, Celia Rachel Stancil Renfrow, Mamie Alma Stancil Caraway Blair, Eva Vazelle Stancil Batts Jessup, Lola Myrtle Stancil Eason, Hilda Mae Stancil Hales Stover, Dorothy Jane Stancil Dennison; Uncles Percy Clinton Hales, Thomas Emmette Stancil, George Ira “G.I.” Stancil Jr. and Harold Lloyd Stancil. First cousins Ruby Nell Hales Rippy, Charles Tyding Brown Jr., Grace Renfrow Dettenmayer, Eva Gray Renfrow, Viron Ralph Renfrow, Thomas Emmette Stancil Jr., Rose Marie Stancil Sweesy, Eva Lucas Stancil, Martha Frances Stancil, Norma Ethel Stancil Moore, George Arnold Stancil, Charles Edward Renfrow, Gilda Renfrow Six, Harold Thomas Renfrow, Lelon Woodrow "Woody"’ Eason, Margaret Carol Eason Cole, Don Gordon Stancil, Ellen Jane Stancil Price, George Robert Dennison, Eric Warren Dennison and other cousins.

Georgeanne was born in Ocala, Florida, on July 29, 1942. Her father, Ralph, farmed and worked for the Dampney Company, painting Ship Boilers. On this day, Ralph was working in Mobile, Alabama, painting boilers on the USS Semms Raphael, when he received this telegram, from Ethel’s sister, Ruby; “Baby arrived 3:45 PM. Features like its dad, fixtures like its mother, both doing fine.” Georgeanne was named for her paternal grandparents, George Ira Stancil and Eva Ann Mercer. She looked like her mother’s older sister, Ruby Lee Hales.

She was just 1, when she visited relatives in Johnston County, NC. Most were busy barning tobacco. When her great maternal great aunt, Eva Creech Blackman, placed her in an old fashion cradle she was scared to death when it rocked and screamed. They remedy this by stopping it from rocking.

Georgeanne got to know relatives who visited Ocala before she began school. Among them were Uncle Thomas Emmette Stancil Sr., wife Dessie, son Junior, daughters Rose and Martha; Uncle G.I. Stancil, wife Jeanette; Grandmother Stancil; Aunt Vazell Stancil Batts, husband Bill, sons Bill and Jim; Aunt Hilda Stancil Hales, Aunt Rachel Stancil Renfrow. Carl Stancil, son of Harvey and first cousin of Ralph) wife Ann and daughter Janet.

An early job was gathering eggs in the large hay barn. One summer day, as she gathered eggs on top of hay bales she saw a chicken snake among the eggs. She screamed and hastened to leave, but her exit was blocked by younger brother, Hale, who keep repeating, “I wanta see! I wanta see!” as he remained in the narrow opening. Finally she just shoved him aside! Georgeanne, at 5, was in charge of decorating the family Christmas tree. She put on the finishing touches and stood back to admire it. Within minutes, Renn and Hale removed ornaments!

Georgeanne learned to crochet when she was 5. Aunt Effie Stancil Renfrow taught her to make granny squares. She used this skill to make afghans and hundreds of kitchen towels. She gave many away. Mother started knitting again after many years and Georgeanne made a beautiful white sweater. She would knit an inch each night until it was finished.

Ralph named a cow after her, “Georgeanne’s Cow." The cow had a bull calf in 1947.

1948 was memorable. Freda and Glenn Johnson, neighbors and also members of First Christian Church on Broadway, moved into the Block House on U.S. 27, Ralph and Ethel built.

Ralph hired Mr. Hott to complete the electrical wiring. Ethel invited the family for supper. Their three children were wild and undisciplined. Georgeanne played with them. They finally left and much to Ethel’s horror, they had taught Georgeanne to pinch!

In the summer of 1948, Georgeanne was the only sibling allowed to attend the wedding of Aunt Ruby and Uncle Charles Blair at First Christian Church. Ethel was the Matron of Honor. There was real fear that Renn, 3 ½, and Hale, 2 ½, would speak out during the solemn ceremony. To prevent this, they waited outside the church in the Model A with Ralph.

The Johnsons moved out of the Block House before school began. Sept. 7, 1948, was Georgeanne’s first day of school at Greenville Elementary. Ralph took her. He planned to pick her up but she said, “I’m a big girl. I want to ride the bus.” After school Georgeanne saw neighbor, Mr. Glattli in the driver’s seat of a bus and got on. This was the wrong bus but Mr. Glattli delivered her safely home, though well after the time she should have arrived. When Ethel walked up to meet the bus, she saw a very confident and happy Georgeanne sitting alone in a seat. She was the last one off.

Georgeanne’s farm chore grew as she did. She fed the chickens, drove the tractor, hauled watermelons, loaded corn, shucked and shelled corn, milked cows, hoe the garden, work in all phases of tobacco, occasionally ride the horses plus many other chores.

Georgeanne taught herself to type on an old Underwood typewriter. This was a gift to her mother from her father in 1928. Georgeanne was an excellent typist and very fast. She won the Ocala High School typing award her senior year.

On Jan. 3, 1951, when her family was returning to Ocala, after visiting relatives in North Carolina, a drunk driver ran head-on into their new Studebaker.

This was a life-changing event for the family. Georgeanne had a serious concussion and others also suffered serious injuries. After several weeks in a South Carolina hospital, Aunt Ruby took Georgeanne and Renn home, Georgeanne lived with Aunt Ruby and completed the 3rd grade. Renn lived with neighbors and dairy farmers, the Goodyears, Ethel was in Munroe Memorial Hospital, Ocala, with two broken legs and a crushed ankle.

Ralph decided it would be best if he kept Hale, 5 and sent Georgeanne and Renn to live with his sister, Mamie in Farmville, N.C. and sent Harold, 17 months, to live with his sister Rachel in Lucama, NC. In early summer, Aunt Hilda Stancil Hales, husband Cedric, children Arnold, Mary Ann, and first cousin Wyla Jean Eason drove down to moved Georgeanne, Renn and Harold to North Carolina. Before they left for NC, Aunt Hilda took them on their first trip to Daytona Beach. She won the confidence of Georgeanne and Renn with her kindness and charm and they willing left with her.

While in NC, the girls met many family members, and attended their first Stancil Reunion. In Farmville, Georgeanne joined the Girl Scouts and went Treat or Treating for the first time. Just before Christmas, Mamie and Eddie took Georgeanne and Renn home. Then they left for Cuba, leaving behind their black cocker spaniel, Jackie. Jackie slept under Georgeanne and Renn’s bed. When Ralph tried to wake them up, Jackie went into action, growling and protecting his girls! Georgeanne quickly calmed him down.

Georgeanne and Renn took turns spending Monday nights with Aunt Ruby, while her husband, Uncle Charles was on his orange route. The highlight was laughing with her at the I Love Lucy Show. Georgeanne had a cute sense of humor like Aunt Ruby.

Georgeanne formed lasting friendships with many Stancil cousins she met and visited at reunions. For several years she visited Janet in Rocky Mount for a few days. Janet was the daughter of Norma Stancil Moore.

One summer job Georgeanne had, was staying with the watermelons for sale by the side of the US Highway 27. When a sale was made to truckers, she was the official counter and refused to be distracted by their comments and antics.

By the time, Georgeanne was a young teenager, she was the family barber. She cut her brothers’ and daddy’s hair. She continued cutting Ralph’s hair for many years.

In late 1954, Georgeanne and Renn rode the Greyhound bus to visit Uncle G.I., Aunt Jeanette, Ira and Don in Pensacola. While there, Georgeanne just 12, made Aunt Jeanette a maternity outfit. She was expecting Shirley who was born July 7.

Georgeanne took dancing lessons when she was in 7th grade.

During her school years, Georgeanne joined FHA and 4-H. A highlight of her years in 4-H was giving a team demonstration for a Tampa Television Station. FHA members made candy apples to sell at football games. Georgeanne knew the recipe by heart and made them at home. They were perfect with the right candy crunch.

She was an excellent cook and made the best divinity you’ve ever tasted. She was always trying new recipes and sharing them. Tailoring was another skill she learned. She’s been sewing since she was 10. She made doll clothes for Renn, cutting her own patterns and even putting in puff sleeves. Renn put them on her kittens!

Georgeanne’s first job was wrapping Christmas gifts at Bittings Drug Store in downtown Ocala. She was in 9th grade.

She graduated from Ocala High School 1960. A few years later she received her AA degree from Central Florida State College.

Georgeanne met Glenn Darryl Schore, who grew up in Chicago, on a blind date. He joined the Air Force, was a photographer stationed in Korea and at the end of his tour was stationed in Orlando.

Georgeanne and Glenn were married on Nov. 25, 1960, and the last couple married in the First Christian Church on Broadway by the Rev. Doyle Mullin. Her parents were married in the same church 25 years earlier, in 1935.

They moved to Chicago in August of 1961. They stopped in North Carolina to attend the Stancil Reunion. This was Georgeanne’s first time experiencing sleet, snow, frozen walkways, city buses and riding the elevated “L” train.

Son Ted was born, Feb. 2, 1962, while living in Chicago. Of the many new relatives Georgeanne met, none doted on Ted more than Aunt Elaine Lass.

Georgeanne, Glenn and Ted returned to Florida in 1964. They were thrilled when Glenn’s Aunt Loretta and Uncle Ernie Troutman retired to Florida in 1985. Elaine kept in close touch, continued doting on Ted and Alex, who was born on Dec. 22, 1964. She eventually moved to Florida for several years.

In 1971, Georgeanne and Glenn, Renn and Bobby met at the 19th Annual 12 Hours at Sebring, sports car race. Georgeanne and Glenn had Winnebago while Renn and Bobby pitched a tent.

In 1973, Glenn purchased a Champion airplane. Georgeanne only took one ride. Memories of the airplane ride she took with cousin T.E. “Junior” Stancil at White Lake resurfaced. Junior was an excellent pilot but also a fearless dare devil. He visited Florida often and Georgeanne recalled him yelling out the window as he flew low over the house to come pick him up at the airport.

In 1974, Georgeanne, Glenn and family took a trip to Canada and invited her parents. They also attended the Stancil Reunion in NC. Over the years, Georgeanne was a very attentive daughter who visited her parents often and in later years helped with their care.

Georgeanne loved flowers and had a beautiful yard that attracted butterflies and hummingbirds. Each year she planted flowers for her mother and kept them weeded. Georgeanne’s work history is interesting. She worked at nearby Howard Johnsons. This was ideal as Glenn was home at night to stay with Ted and Alex. In 1968 the company has a contest to see which employee could sell the most peach desserts. Georgeanne won and was named, Miss Howard Johnson’s Hospitality, for the southeastern United States.

For 15 years she was an executive secretary and bookkeeper for Duggan, Joiner & Company. She was a Certified Professional Secretary and was selected as Southeast District Secretary of the Year in 1981 by Professional Secretaries International. 1982 Thanksgiving Emmett Stancil, Mrs. Sowerby, Ralph, Ethel, Ted, Georgeanne, Dora & Percy Hales 1987 Stancil Reunion Ethel, Jean, Ralph, Georgeanne, Glenn, Ted

Georgeanne was an administrative secretary and accounts receivable coordinator for Emergency One. In Oct. 1987 she was recognized for collecting over $10 million in delinquent accounts in one month.

For 7 years Georgeanne and Glenn were members of a group of bicyclist who took road trips of 40 or 50 miles on Saturdays. They ate breakfast at various restaurants in Marion County. They also joined a national tandem bike group. They met up with riders in North Carolina, Kentucky and White Springs, FL, for rallies, workshops and banquets. While in KY, they visited Renn, Bobby and family.

In 1989, she started her own business, Nails by Georgeanne. This was a successful business and over the years many clients became personal friends. She retired in March 2014 because of her health. Over 60 attended her retirement reception at First Christian Church.

Over the years Georgeanne and Glenn took 5 trips to Europe, beginning in 1999. Glenn’s heritage was German and they selected Germany, Austria and Switzerland for their first trip. Then also went on a Christmas Markets Tour of historical European markets making stops in Munich, Satzburg and Vienna. In 2005 they took their oldest granddaughter, Sarah to Germany, Austria, the Alps and Hitler’s Eagle Nest. In 2007 they took Eva to Holland and Belgium.

In 2012, Grace went to Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Liechtenstein.

Las Vegas was another favorite destination. One year they saw favorite entertainer, Celine Dion. In the last few years, they enjoyed 24K Gold Shows that featured music of the 1950s. 1960s, and 1970s. Georgeanne became friends with many of the performers.

Georgeanne was recognized in 2010 by the US Army with a US Freedom Team Salute certificate for sending over 200 care boxes to US soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Many recipients wrote her letters of appreciation.

In 2010, Georgeanne and Glenn celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary with a catered luncheon at First Christian Church in Ocala. Entertainment was the Jimmy & Eckhard Oktoberfest Show that highlighted Glenn’s German heritage. Glenn sang a German song he learned as a small boy with them. Georgeanne’s custom designed wedding dress was on display.

Georgeanne was active at First Christian Church, Ocala, Fla., for more than 60 years. She serviced the church in many capacities. Some of them were youth leader, deacon, church historian and photographer.

Whenever the church had fundraisers or needed an extra hand, such as at the Church Bazaar, Georgeanne was there using her creative and baking skills to raise funds. Her organization skills were amazing. She was a wonderful asset to the church.

Georgeanne always sought ways to give back to her community. She was a member and officer of Project Pup (Pets Uplifting People), a group that provided pet visits to local nursing homes. When Georgeanne knew of anyone in the hospital or nursing home, she immediately send a card and made a visit, making sure they were receiving good care. You could count on her to be a devoted patient advocate who could get things done.

Georgeanne will be admired for her ability to see problems and find solutions. She will be remembered for her love and devotion to family and friends. She worked tirelessly on her high school class reunions, luncheons, keeping in touch with classmates and tracking down the elusive ones.

At each event, she took numerous photos to memorialize the event.

Georgeanne took countless photos at the annual Stancil Reunion in NC for many years. Her eye for detail helped us successfully organize and arrange the reunion space. She could detect problems with a quick glance that many overlooked. She was one of a group of family members who helped edit the Stancil Record each year. Her editing skills will be missed.

As Georgeanne battled brain cancer, her family, Glenn, Jean, Ted and Alex were beside every step of the way. Many relatives and classmates came from near and far to visit her, others called and sent cards. She cherished each one. The love she had shown to so many came back tenfold.

I am reminded of this quote, “Love wasn’t put in your heart to stay. Love isn’t love until you give it away.” Michael W. Smith