Jennings Funeral Home & Crematory

Services will be held on Friday, November 24th at 11:30 at Jennings Funeral Home in Sarasota followed by a 1:30 service at Sarasota National Cemetery. To share memories, please visit www.jenningsfhc.com

The gentle, southern soul of Marianne Mock Wallace of Sarasota, Florida, left this earth on July 23, 2021. Marianne was born April 8, 1936 in Albany. She was the eldest daughter of George Bernard Mock and Penelope (Neppie) Whaley Mock. She was an honor student, a graduate of Albany High School Class of 1954, and attended Valdosta State College. She was a member of St. Teresa's Catholic Church and the Junior League of Albany. She worked at an architectural firm, and later at First State Bank in Albany. She met her husband Jim Wallace, an Air Force pilot, while he was stationed at Turner Air Force Base in Albany. She and Jim wed in 1965, and after the Air Force, Jim had a career as...

July 15 1949 - May 12, 2021 Steve passed away at Sarasota Memorial Hospital after a short illness. He was a Navy corpsman with the 2nd Marine Division and was stationed in Pensacola, Florida between 1966-1969. On his return to Cuyahoga Falls and Akron, Ohio, Steve met and later married Sally W. Silver in September of 1979. While working in maintenance, Steve began attending cooking classes and began training himself to cook. With the guidance of Russ Vernon of West Point Market in Akron, Ohio, Steve became a "chef" for his family and friends. Moving to Sarasota, Florida in 1989, Steve and Sally discovered Morton's Market and the Ted Morton family. Their friendship enabled Steve to...