VASTIE D. BATSON, 101, OF MOUNT DORA, FLORIDA PASSED AWAY FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2013. SHE WAS BORN IN CLEBURNE COUNTY, ALABAMA AND HAD BEEN A RESIDENT OF THIS AREA FOR MANY YEARS COMING FROM WHITE PLAINS, ALABAMA. MRS. BATSON WAS A HOMEMAKER AND A MEMBER OF THE METHODIST FAITH, BEING A MEMBER OF THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF BOTH MOUNT DORA AND WHITE PLAINS. SHE WAS ACTIVE IN THE HANDBELL CHOIR AT WATERMAN VILLAGE IN MOUNT DORA AND, QUOTING HER FAMILY, WAS A "EXCELLENT HOMEMAKER AND LENGENDARY COOK".

SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER SON, GENE, OF MOUNT DORA, FL. 2 GRANDDAUGHTERS: JENNIFER BATSON, MOUNT DORA & KELLEY HOWARD, EUSTIS, FL. AND 2 GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTERS: REBECCA AND SARAH WEST, BOTH OF LAKE MARY, FL.

FRIENDS MAY CALL MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2013 FROM 5:00 UNTIL 6:00 P.M. AT THE ALLEN J. HARDEN FUNERAL HOME, 1800 NORTH DONNELLY STREET, MOUNT DORA, FL. SERVICES WILL FOLLOW AT 6:00 P.M. AT THE FUNERAL HOME WITH DR. ALAN JONES OFFICIATING.

ENTOMBMENT WILL TAKE PLACE 11:00 A.M. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2013 IN THE FOREST LAWN GARDENS MAUSOLEUM, ANNISTON, AL.

ALLEN J. HARDEN FUNERAL HOME, 1800 NORTH DONNELLY STREET, MOUNT DORA, FL. IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.