Betty Jo Davis Drew, 80, of Tifton passed away Wednesday, May 25, 2022, at her residence. Her funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, May 30, 2022, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. A private family interment will be held at Tift Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Monday, May 30, 2022, at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals from 1:00 p.m. until the hour of the service.
Born January 16, 1942, in Albany, Ms. Drew was the daughter of the late Roy Davis and Marjorie Peach Davis. She was also preceded in death by one sister, Peggy Davis Gill. She retired from UPS and was the first woman inducted into the Circle of Honor. She was of the Baptist faith.
Ms. Drew is survived by two sons and one daughter-in-law, Kenneth Hicks and John and Tammy Hicks, all of Tifton; one daughter, Beth Owen of Tifton; one brother and sister-in-law, Ted and Edana Davis of Bradenton, Florida; two sisters, Patsy Shanholtzer of Gallatin, Tennessee and Penny Barnett of Dunlap, Tennessee; nine grandchildren, Danielle Hicks Crosby, Johnna Hicks Stevens, Bo Hicks, Caleb Hicks, Aleck Rankin, Krysti Webb, Rachel Saucier, Sarah Saucier Key and Tammy Owen; and twelve great-grandchildren.