Mae Elizabeth Golden Willis, 78, of Tifton died Thursday, November 14, 2013, at Golden Living Center. A graveside funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 16, 2013, in Tift Memorial Gardens. Rev. Kent Johnson will officiate with burial to follow. The family will receive friends on Saturday, November 16, 2013, from 12:00 p.m. until the hour of the service at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Mrs. Willis was born on December 13, 1934 in Irwin County and was the daughter of Robert Golden and Maurine Branch Golden, both deceased. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Charles Harvey Willis, who died in 2012; and one son, Randall Willis, who died in 2010. She graduated from Tift County High School in 1953 and was a homemaker and mom. She was also a member of Fourth Street Baptist Church in Tifton.
Mrs. Willis is survived by two daughters, Peggy Willis Hayes of Sylvester and Kim Willis of Houston, Texas; one daughter-in-law, Dina Willis of Tifton; one sister and brother-in-law, Mary Alice and James Miller of Paisley, Florida; one brother and sister-in-law, Ray and Lena Golden of Hanahan, South Carolina; nine grandchildren, Nichole Hayes, Joshua Brown, Payton Brown, Sarah Bluestein Holcomb, Abbey Bluestein, Koby Willis, Isaac Willis, Erick Garcia-Salas and Alex Garcia-Salas; and five great-grandchildren.