SUSAN ELLEN (COX) LAYNE

SUSAN LAYNE, 60, OF SEBRING, FLORIDA, PASSED AWAY ON FEB.12, 2023. SHE WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 19, 1962, IN GREENVILLE, OHIO.SUSAN WAS THE DAUGHTER OF MARY JANE NICKELSON AND ROBERT COX. SHE WAS PRESBYTERIAN.

SUSAN GRADUATED FROM NATIONAL TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL IN NEW PARIS, OHIO.AFTER GRADUATION, ON AUGUST 31, 1981, SUSAN MARRIED RICHARD "RICK" LAYNE. IN FACT, RICK MENTIONED THAT SHE WAS ONLY 17 YEARS OLD.  SO, HE HAD TO SEEK HER PARENTS PERMISSION TO MARRY HER. THEY REMAINED MARRIED AND IN LOVE FOR 42 YEARS UNTIL HER PASSING. THE FAMILY MOVED TO CLEARWATER IN 1982 AND THEY LIVED THERE FOR 5 YEARS. IN 1987, RICK AND SUSAN MOVED TO SEBRING.

SHE WORKED AS A PHLEMBOTOMIST FOR THE HIGHLANDS COUNTY BLOOD BANK UNTIL HER DISABLITY.

SUSAN LOVED GROWING RED ROSES IN HER GARDEN.  WHEN ASKED WHAT WAS HER FAVORITE FOOD HER SISTER NANCY SAID SUSAN LOVED EATING ANYTHING SHE OR THEIR MOTHER WOULD COOK.

RICK AND SUSAN HAD FOUR FUR BABIES NAMED BLUE, DIAMOND, MING AND JUNO. 

SHE LEAVES BEHIND, HER HUSBAND, RICK; SISTER, NANCY HENRY; BROTHER IN LAW, GEORGE L. HENRY; NIECE, RACHAEL HENRY; GREAT-NEPHEWS, GRAEYSON  AND GRIFFYN HARTSEIL; GREAT NIECE, RAENA HARTSEIL; BROTHER IN LAW, GEORGE HENRY; AND HER BEST FRIENDS, SUE ANEY AND ROBIN WILSON.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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