Anna Mae Diaz Perez Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Services for Anna Mae Perez will be held on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at 11:00AM at Allen & Allen Funeral Home Chapel in Thomasville, Georgia. Deacon John Blaha from St. Augustine's Catholic Church will officiate the service with interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Perez passed away on Wednesday, March 5, 2020 at her residence surrounded by her immediate family and close friend, Martha Barfield. Anna Mae was born in Tampa, Florida on July 13, 1930 Anna Mae (Diaz) Perez graduated from Sacred Heart Academy in Tampa, Florida where she was born and raised. Anna Mae was active in school, enjoyed playing volleyball and was also a cheer leader for the Sacred Heart Academy Women’s Basketball Team, state champs. She married Charles William Perez, Jr. one year after graduation and was a stay at home mother to four beautiful and talented daughters. She became very active in school from homeroom mother to PTA President. Also was an active officer in the Sacred Heart Church Parish and the Catholic Deanery as well as the Catholic Women’s Club of Hillsborough County serving a term as President. Once, the daughters left for college she and her husband, Charlie, enjoyed sailing whenever they could. Both Anna Mae and Charlie retired and moved to Thomasville, Georgia in 1994 and had loved living Thomasville ever since. Anna Mae joined the Thomasville Women’s Club and enjoyed serving several terms as President, in addition to becoming a member of the Thomasville Garden Club and made many wonderful friends. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Charles William Perez, Jr. of 65 wonderful years of marriage and her oldest daughter, Rebecca A. Perez Moncrief in 2019. Anna Mae is survived by her daughters, Mariana Perez Moody (Stephen) of Jacksonville, Florida, Grace E. Perez of San Ramon, California, Carla Perez Laviolette (John) of Metairie, Louisiana. Grandchildren, Jessica Marie Ross (Brad), Melanie Christine Cross (Stephen), Daniel Timothy Murphy (Laura), Rena Perez Bands (Dan), Larissa Marie Fleming, Christopher Charles Burkert, Ross Edward Burkert, Lauren Nicole Williams (Jeff), Marcelle Elise Beaulieu and Amy Rene Laviolette; Great-Grand Children Connor Bradley Ross, Riley Marie Ross, Dylan Timothy Cross, Liam Stephen Cross, Cadence Nicole Williams and Selah Joy Williams; nephews, Richard Poe (Pam), Bruce Poe (Marti), Dale Poe and niece Branda Poe Kyzer (Jimmy).

Anna Mae Diaz Perez

July 13, 1930 - March 5, 2020