Mae Jo Spradley Cassell, 85, of Tifton passed away Tuesday, July 19, 2022, at her residence. Her funeral service will be held at 4:00 p.m. Friday, July 22, 2022, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with the Rev. Rickey Wells officiating. Mr. Cassell will be laid to rest at Tift Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Friday, July 22, 2022, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals from 3:00 p.m. until the hour of the service.
Born June 6, 1937, in Tifton, Mrs. Cassell was the daughter of the late Elijah Spradley and Elizabeth Hayman Spradley Bishop. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Charles Henry Cassell, Jr.; two sons, Ronald Polley and Eric Polley; four brothers; and four sisters. Before retiring, she worked at J. P. Stevens, she worked as a waitress; and she was a homemaker. She was a member of Victory Baptist Church.
Mrs. Cassell is survived by one son, Kenneth Polley of Tifton; one daughter, Bridgett Courson of Fitzgerald; three brothers, Charles Bishop, Jim Bishop and David Bishop; six sisters, Jean Stoufer, Carolyn Brannen, Virginia Hatcher, Nell Pancake, Grace Messer and Mary Beth Bishop; three grandchildren, Leigh Ann Busbin, Alisha Huff and Christopher Polley; and five great-grandchildren.
Flowers will be accepted or memorial gifts may be made to Brother Charlie’s Rescue Center, P. O. Box 7712, Tifton, GA 31793.