Jere Anna Sumner Hargett, 74, of Sparks passed away Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at her residence. Her funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, February 20, 2022, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with the Rev. Jimmy Parker officiating. Mrs. Hargett will be laid to rest at Oak Ridge Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Saturday, February 19, 2022, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. The family will be meeting at the home of Becky Connell, 121 North Hutchinson Avenue in Adel and will be receiving friends at this address on Friday, February 18, 2022, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Courtney Howell, Chad Alexander, Chuck Powell, Eric Saunders, Glenn Saunders, Jonathan Rogers, Ryan Lindsey, Daniel Connell, Will Daughtrey and Gehrig Rogers will serve as pallbearers.
Born June 11, 1947, in Tifton, Mrs. Hargett was the daughter of the late Steve Sumner and Louise Nipper Sumner. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Richard Wayne Hargett, who passed away September 6, 2021. She was a retired educator and a member of Brushy Creek Baptist Church in Cook County. She was also a member of the Adel Pilot Club, Alpha Delta Kappa Teachers Sorority, the Cook County Arts Council and the Cook County Retired Teachers Association.
Mrs. Hargett is survived by two sisters and brothers-in-law, Jan and Ken Saunders of Hahira and Marthi and Peter Munson of Bluffton, South Carolina; one brother and sister-in-law, Bill and Carol Ann Lindsey of Macon; an aunt, Kitty Noles of Adel; her nieces and nephews, Melissa and Jonathan Rogers, Glenn and Erin Saunders, Eric Saunders, Ryan Lindsey and Jensen Lindsey. She was also survived by five sisters-in-law and their husbands, Ann Hargett, Rosemary and Rodney Alexander, Nelda and Charles Powell, all of Tifton, Janice and Larry Dees of Ty Ty and Clarice and Tobie Sumler of Tifton; a sister-in-law, Gail Hargett of Sumner; and many nieces and nephews of the Hargett family.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the Cook County Educational Foundation, 1109 North Parrish Avenue, Adel, GA 31620.