Geri Daneen Bland Stanley

Geri Daneen Bland Stanley of Hodgenville, KY, daughter of Gerald “Jerry” Bland and the late Linda Tucker Bland, was born December 8, 1965 in Indianapolis, IN and departed this life on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 at Baptist Health Hardin in Elizabethtown. She was 57 years of age.

She professed faith in Christ and attended Greater Works Church in Hodgenville. She loved gardening, feeding the birds, her dogs: Sam and Ben, and spending time with family and friends. She especially enjoyed teaching and studying the Bible with her friends.

She united in marriage to Jackey “Jack” Randall Stanley who preceded her in death in 2020.

Survivors include her daughter: Jessica Wafford and husband Ryan of Hodgenville, Her father: Gerald “Jerry” Bland and significant other Cecile Moore of Mannsville, KY, one brother: Jason Bland and wife Kim of Campbellsville. Three grandchildren: Evan Wafford, Owen Wafford, and Hensley Wafford all of Hodgenville. One niece: Madelyn Bland.

Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her mother, Linda Tucker Bland, one daughter: Gentry Michael Stanley, one brother: Michael Todd Bland, and a nephew: Dylan Michael Bland.

The funeral service for Geri Daneen Bland Stanley will be held Saturday, August 26, 2023 at 11 A.M. at the L.R. Petty Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in the Tallow Creek Cemetery.

Pastor Edward Palmer will officiate.

The family request visitation on Friday, August 25, 2023 from 5 – 8 P.M. at the L.R. Petty Funeral Home.

Serving as pallbearers will be: Ryan Todd, Jansen Hughes, Kerry Gusler, Brad Underwood, David Tucker, Kent Bland

Memorials are suggested to be donations to the Galilean Children’s Home or to Gideon Bibles and can be made at the funeral home.

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