Jessica Lynn Gayton, 30, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Friday, June 22, 2018, in Ben Hill County.
Funeral services will be held 4 PM, Tuesday, June 26, 2018, at The Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Fitzgerald, with the Rev. Dewain Joiner officiating. Interment will follow in Salem Cemetery, Ben Hill County. The family will receive friends from 2-4 on Tuesday afternoon at the funeral home.
Jessica was born March 30, 1988, in Pensacola, Florida to Rick & Dea Hess Parten. She was a 2006 graduate of Fitzgerald High School. She also attended the former East Central Technical College. She was the store manager for Highway 107 Express and formerly worked at Bold Corporation, American Blanching, and Delphi. Jessica loved to decorate her home, particularly during the Fall season and at Christmas. She enjoyed fishing, mud bogging, and shopping. She loved playing with her kids and spending time in the mountains. She was a member of the Fitzgerald Church of God.
She is survived by her husband, Jason Gayton of Fitzgerald; her children: Kaiden, Jade, Mikey, Kara, and Brylee; her parents, Rick & Dea Parten of Fitzgerald; a sister, Heather & Denny McCook of Fitzgerald; a brother, Shawn & Brooklyn Parten of Jacksonville, Florida; her parents-in-law, Gary & Melissa Gayton of Fitzgerald; brothers-in-law, Michael Gayton of Fitzgerald and Terrance White of Fitzgerald; and a grandfather-in-law, W.L. James of Rochelle. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Dallas Oney Parten, LaWanda Parten, and Margery Parten and a grandmother-in-law, Edith James.