Suzanne Sumner Hogan, 52, of Tifton died Monday, July 7, 2014, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 10, 2014, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Eric Sizemore will officiate with burial to follow at Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery in Chula. Chad Sumner, Jake Wells, Scotty Hogan, Sid Roberson, Ferrell Chappell, Troy Apodaca and Adam Sumner will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, July 9, 2014, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Mrs. Hogan was born on April 5, 1962 in Tift County and was the daughter of Martha Sue Leach Jordan of Chula and the late Harold R. Sumner. She was also preceded in death by her grandparents, Herbert and Louise Sumner and T. E. and Irma Leach. She was an insurance agent with State Farm Insurance Company in Tifton and MetLife. She was an artist and loved to paint. She also loved gardening, decorating, cooking, spending time at the beach shell-hunting. She loved spending time with her family and, most importantly, her devotional time spent with Jesus.
In addition to her mother, Mrs. Hogan is survived by her husband, Lamar Hogan of Tifton; her children, Lacey Westberry Franks and husband, Chance and their children, Tyler and Kylie, all of McDonough and Jeremy Westberry and wife, Tammy and their children, William and Maddox, all of Tifton; her step-children, Luke Hogan and wife Rebecca of Tifton and Cassie Hogan and husband, Richard Long of Tifton. Suzanne’s siblings are Scott Sumner and wife, Charlene and their children, Adam and Anna Grace of Charlotte, North Carolina and Sheryl Sumner Parks and husband, Walt and their children, Elizabeth, Ethan and Eli of Cochran.