OBITUARY

Ida Lanier

COLUMBUS — Ida Mae Hudgins Lanier, 82, died Jan. 7, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital–Golden Triangle. Services are Saturday at 2 p.m. at Canaan MB Church with Armondo Adams officiating. Burial will follow in Union Cemetery. Visitation is today from noon to 6 p.m. at Carter’s of Columbus. Mrs. Lanier was born Feb. 6, 1930, to the late Pope Bolden and Ruth Bolden. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Dan Lanier Sr.; sibling, Roy Hudgins; and daughter, Helen Lanier. Survivors include her children, Martha Williams, Dorothy Jones, Diane Lanier, Dane Lanier Jr., Charles Lanier, Sheila Lanier, and Lisa Lanier, all of Columbus; 13 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.

Appeared in The Commercial Dispatch on January 11, 2013