Willodean Dean Gardner, age 87 of Carrollton, passed away Sunday, July 03, 2016. She was born February 19, 1929 in Kentucky to the late Velton Cox and Rose Kendrick Cox. She retired in 1986 from working as a spinner at Standard Coosa Thatcher. She was a devoted member of Calvary Baptist Church and dearly loved her church family. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Comer Gardner; brothers, Jesse Matthews, Bill Cox, and Lowell Cox; and sisters, Bessie Cochran and Gladys Dooley. Survivors include her daughter, Brenda Jiles Hand of Carrollton; bonus son and daughter-in-law, Junior and Faye Ward of Tallapoosa; sisters, Sara Williams of Villa Rica, and Rebecca Bradley of Senoia; brother, Larry Cox of Dallas, GA; two bonus grandchildren, Blake Duncan and Matthew Duncan; and a number of special nieces and nephews. Funeral service will be conducted Wednesday, July 06, 2016 at 11:00 AM from Martin Hightower Heritage Chapel with Rev. Kerry Cooke and Mr. Blake Duncan officiating. Entombment will follow in Carrollton City Cemetery. Those serving as pallbearers will be Matthew Duncan, Blake Duncan, Rick Frasure, Mike Grendel, Kenny Mullins, and Dean Hackney. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Tuesday, July 05, 2016 from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM. Flowers are welcome, but those desiring to make donations in her memory can do so to St. Judes Childrens Hospital at www.stjude.org . Messages of condolence may be sent to the family at www.martin-hightower.com. Martin Hightower Heritage Chapel of Carrollton has charge of the arrangements.