BORN

1925

DIED

2017

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Apopka, Florida

Vila Hansford Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Mar. 1, 2017.

Vila Mae Hansford, 91 of Apopka, FL went home to be with her Lord on February 28, 2017. Vila was a homemaker and a member of the Pentecostals of Apopka. She was preceded in death by her loving husband and by her daughter. Vila is survived by her son, her daughter, her grandchildren and other loving family members.



Services will be held on Saturday, March 4 at Pentecostals of Apopka. The family will receive friends from 2 - 3 PM with the funeral service to follow at 3 PM. Interment will follow at Highland Memory Gardens, Apopka, FL.

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December 1, 2017

Grandchild

Tina Cooper

December 2, 2017

Dear Granny,
Precious memories fill my heart & mind as you are remembered today!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! ( Heaven style)
Nothing on earth in time could come close to the celebration you are enjoying right now....
And, it will never end!!!
I love you!
Tina Cooper

March 2, 2017

Sharon Cole (formerly of POA)

She was always "Sis. Hansford" to me. Many wonderful times with this precious lady are in my memory bank - she baked the wedding cake for my baby sister, she also made the attendants' dresses for that same sister's wedding, many occasions we spent together socially and in church. However, the memory most dear to me is the night I called my friend at 9:00 pm asking if she would go to the church prayer room with me because I had such a heavy burden to pray. Without hesitation, Sis. Hansford said yes. We spent hours that night in the prayer room of the old POA church on Sheeler Rd. until about 3:00 am the next morning - praying on our faces the entire time. That night was a turning point in the rededication & reconsecration of my life to God. I had no idea at that time for what God was preparing me, but I am eternally grateful to this lady who did not say no when I asked. I shall never forget her and have shared to many the testimony of spending that night in prayer with her and the prayers we prayed. We both saw many of those prayers answered and some still in process. I loved her dearly and am praying for comfort for her loved ones and friends.

March 1, 2017

Shirley Hansford

Aunt Vila Mae you are dearly loved and will be truly missed! I know you are celebrating in heaven tonight amongst the Angels Fly high sweet Lady!!!!!!

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