Anita “Edel” Dees Suggs, 82, of Tifton passed away Wednesday, April 20, 2022, at her residence. Her funeral service will be held at 4:00 p.m., Saturday, April 23, 2020, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with Pastor John Sewell officiating. Mrs. Suggs will be laid to rest at Oak Ridge Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Saturday, April 23, 2022, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals from 3:00 p.m. until the hour of the service.
Ryan Vowell, Shane Gilbert, Derrick Dillard, Hunter Ross Nolin and Naelvis Velasquez will serve as pallbearers.
Born January 18, 1940, in Jacksonville, Florida, Mrs. Suggs was the daughter of the late Carson Dees and Ethel Alice Craig Dees. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, Rayford Theodore Suggs; and a grandson, J. J. Grantham. She was a homemaker.
Mrs. Suggs is survived by three daughters and sons-in-law, Angela and Robbie Gilbert, Gloria and Sammy Dillard and Gaye and Bill Grantham, all of Tifton; six grandchildren and their spouses, Heather and Brian Nolin, Shauna Segui, Shane and Jessica Gilbert, Ashley and Ryan Vowell, Derrick and Melissa Dillard and Jaci Bryan; 16 great-grandchildren, Hunter and Claire Nolin, Tatum Mercer, Grady and Collins Segui, Jordan, Halleigh, Grace and Carlee Gilbert, Jaden Grantham, Ryley and Charlie Vowell, Madilyn Dillard, Emmalyn, Brantley and Brody Bryan; four great-great grandchildren, Luxx, Zoey and Elizabeth Gilbert and Rynleigh Wilcox; one sister, Carolyn Dees Dunn of Macon; and her baby dog, Snuggles.