Norma Jean Hancock, 77, passed away Saturday, June 23, 2012 at the Suwannee Valley Care Center (Haven Hospice). She was born in Lake City, the daughter of Curtis & Hester (Smith) Sistrunk. She attended Columbia County High School and in 1964, along with her mother and later her daughter, she owned and operated the Corner Kitchen for the next 41 years. She was a loving wife, mother, grand and great grandmother who enjoyed cooking, making new friends and spending time with her family and her extended church family at Christ Central Ministries. She was preceded in death by her brother, Robert Sistrunk and her son, Roland Hancock.
Survivors include her husband of 62 years, Wesley Hancock of Lake City, FL; daughter, Deborah Blakley (Harold) of Lake City, FL; brother, Rodney Sistrunk (Betty) of Old Town, FL; sister, Shari Bundy (Bobby) of Lake City, FL; grandchildren, Michael Blakley (Mellissa), Shawn Blakley, Justin Blakley (Lacie) and Heather Griffis (Chris); great grandchildren, Wesley, Dalton, & Lawsyn Blakley and Carissa & Christopher Griffis.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 26, 2012 in the chapel of Gateway-Forest Lawn Funeral Home with Pastor Lonnie Johns, Pastor Mark Johns, and Pastor Ray Johns officiating. Interment will follow in Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemtery. Visitation with the family will be held one hour prior to services. (1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m.) GATEWAY-FOREST LAWN FUNERAL HOME, 3596 South U.S. Hwy 441, Lake City, Florida 32025 (386) 752-1954. Please leave words of encouragement for the family at www.gatewayforestlawn.com