Posted on February 11, 2025

Gloria Karen Ezell

July 26, 1943 — February 10, 2025

Gloria Karen (Rocky) Ezell passed away February 10, 2025 from complications of flu and pneumonia.  She was born in Perry, Florida on July  26, 1943 to Livingston Gill Dail and Mabel Eason Calhoun Dail.  After losing her mother, she was raised by her sister, Patricia, and her husband Beasley Williams.  She graduated from Taylor County High School where she was a cheerleader and made many life-long friendships.  She married her high school sweetheart, Billy Ezell, and was just short of celebrating sixty years of marriage before passing.  While raising her family, she served as sales manager of Sports-Craft Boats and then as a hiring intake specialist for Procter & Gamble at Foley.  Her passion was her family and doing for others in times of need.  She could always be counted on for preparing homemade dinners, cakes, and pies for both celebrations and funeral gatherings. Playing bridge was a favorite pastime that she enjoyed for many years after retirement.  The bridge ladies gave her many new friendships that she treasured.  She is survived by her husband Billy Frank Ezell; daughters Mitzi (Jim) McBride Brannen and Jodie (Chris) Turner of Tallahassee, Florida; sisters Meridy Robertson  and Raven Wagoner, and brother Terry (Vonnie) Dail, four grandsons, William McBride, Andrew (Meredith) McBride, Kaleb Towles, and Cole Turner, and a host of nieces, nephews and lifelong friends.  She was preceded in death by her sister, Patricia Woods, and her brother Paul Dail.  Funeral Services will be held on Friday, February 14, 2025 at noon at First Baptist Church in Perry, FL with Pastor Steven Ruff and Kenneth (Kent) Thompson officiating. Interment services will follow immediately afterwards in Woodlawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. to 12 noon prior to the service. All arrangements are under the direction of Burns Funeral Home of Perry. Donations can be made her memory to First Baptist Church of Perry, Florida.