Juanita Burch

Solomons, Md.
DECEASED: Mrs. Juanita Adelaide Messick Burch, age 99, formerly of Cheraw, SC and widow of Francis R. Burch, died Thursday, November 14, 2013 at Solomons Nursing Center in Solomons, MD.


GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 2:00 P.M. Thursday, November 21, 2013 in Chatham Hill Memorial Gardens, Cheraw, SC

VISITATION: 5:00 - 7:00 P.M. Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home.

HISTORY: Mrs. Burch was born April 20, 1914 in Jonesville, NC,the daughter of the late Bruce Messick and Alsie Triplett Messick.

Juanita was a dedicated employee of the Department of the Army for 25 years as a personnel administrator. While there she earned numerous awards for outstanding and superior performance and employee appreciation. She was a devoted wife to her late husband, Francis R. Burch and a loving mother and grandmother. She was an active and devoted member of The First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston, MA. She was also an avid reader and prolific artist, painting beautiful landscapes and still life portraits featured in many art shows. Juanita had a green thumb and always had beautiful flower and vegetable gardens. She loved animals and often took in and saved many stray cats and dogs. She was an excellent cook and baker and was known for her delicious southern fried chicken. However, her greatest love was for her family, and she enjoyed spending time with them.

Juanita is survived by her daughter, Hannah Robin Langfeldt (Larry) of Solomons, MD; her grandchildren, Ralph Paul Reeder (Jennifer) of Bristol, VA and Cynthia Eve Belote (Steven) of Melfa, VA; her great-grandchildren, Nicholas Belote, Max Reeder and Eli Reeder; and her siblings, Harold Messick (Ruth) of Salt Lake City, UT and Doris Rein of Alvin, TX. In addition to her parents and husband, she was also preceded in death by her daughter, Juanita Joan Burch; five sisters, and two brothers.

Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home of Chesterfield, SC www.mrcfuneralhome.com is serving the Burch family.

GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 2:00 P.M. Thursday, November 21, 2013 in Chatham Hill Memorial Gardens, Cheraw, SC

VISITATION: 5:00 - 7:00 P.M. Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home