Joan Dean

Joan Eidson Dean, 77, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Friday, October 29, 2010 at her residence. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, November 1, 2010 at Black Jack Baptist Church with Rev. Charles Jones officiating. Interment will follow at Prosperity Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery with Otis Dean, Jr., Steve Dean, Reggie Dean, Richard Dean, Gary Dean, Tommy Dean, Shawn Dean, Chris Dean, and Wayne Wooten serving as active pallbearers. The family will receive friends from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 31, 2010 at Ivey Funeral Home. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Memorials may be made to Prosperity Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Mrs. Dorothy Morris, 369 Martin Road, Bainbridge, GA 39817. Mrs. Dean was born May 13, 1933 in Decatur County, GA, the daughter of Landers Guy Eidson and Mamie Elouise Burnam Eidson. She played basketball and was a graduate of West Bainbridge High School, Class of 1949, a homemaker, and a member of Black Jack Baptist Church. She loved watching University of Georgia football, gardening, fishing, and visiting with family and friends. Survivors include her husband of 61 years, Douglas Dean of Bainbridge, GA; her sons, Kerry Dean and his wife Pam of Climax, GA and Stanley Dean and his wife Kelly of Atlanta, GA; her daughters, Barbara Dean Powell and her husband Rufus of Bainbridge, GA and Krista Dean O'Brien and her husband Dennis of Savannah, GA; her brothers, Bobby Eidson of Cairo, GA and Guy Eidson, Jr. of Faceville, GA; her sisters, Doris Joiner of Bainbridge, GA and Jan Mason of Bainbridge, GA; her grandchildren, Jonathan Powell, Matt Powell, Brian Dean, Beth Dean Haberman, Josh Dean, Nikki Dean, Mitchell Dean, Patrick Dean, Reid O'Brien, and Caroline O'Brien; and her great-grandchildren, Abigayle Powell, Evan Powell, Maggie Powell, Hannah Powell, Blake Powell, and Haley Dean.