Juanita Perry Golden, 82, of West Berrien passed away Monday, May 2, 2022, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Her funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, May 5, 2022, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with the Rev. Johnathan Walker and the Rev. Timothy Tanner officiating. Mrs. Golden will be laid to rest at Oakey Grove Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery in West Berrien. The family will receive family and friends on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Mrs. Golden’s grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be the Deacons of Beulah Holiness Baptist Church, Lance Golden, Jason Golden and Terrell Rutland.
Born June 4, 1939, in Lenox, Mrs. Golden was the daughter of the late William Wesley Perry and Sinnie Mae Smithie Perry. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, W. L. Golden; one grandson, Trevor Golden; one great-granddaughter, Kamrynne Hall; five sisters, Annie Dora Kelly, Evie Lee Cosper, Kathleen Pearson, Genell Clements and Mary Evelyn Beverly; and four brothers, Alfred Perry, Robert Perry, Charles Perry and Lawrence Perry. She was a homemaker and attended Beulah Holiness Baptist Church in Cook County and was very active in the church until the end. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Her greatest joy was cooking for all of them.
Mrs. Golden is survived by three daughters, Gay Whitley of West Berrien, Kay (Curtis) Billings of Tifton and Barbara Elaine (Roy) Lynch of Lenox; one son, Ted (Debra) Golden of West Berrien; her grandchildren, Chris Whitley, Chad (Natasha) Whitley, Casey (Courtney) Billings, Brooke (Carl) Hancock, Jesse (Alexis) Lynch, Teresa (Len) Moore, Allyson (Michael) Gaskins, Teddy (Cady) Golden, Joey (Leslie) Golden, Sharon Boyd and Tammy Burgess; her great-grandchildren, Austin, Kaylin, Dakota, Kaylee and Kason Whitley, AmeKate and Luke Hancock, Grady and Grayson Lynch, Nate, Haley and Cainan Hall, Brennan, Ella, Ava and Bryer Gaskins, Charlee Golden and Masen Golden; one brother, Mack (Nell) Perry; and a special niece, Patricia Harris.
Flowers will be accepted, or memorial gifts may be made to the Food Bank at Beulah Holiness Baptist Church, 2303 Beulah Church Road, Adel, GA 31620.