JoAnn Handley Owens, 79, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Saturday, August 20, 2022, at her daughter’s residence in Tifton, Georgia.
Funeral services will be held 11 AM, Tuesday, August 23, 2022, at The Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Fitzgerald, Georgia, with the Rev. Dr. Lloyd Stembridge officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8 Monday evening at the funeral home in Fitzgerald.
Mrs. Owens was born September 8, 1943, in Ocilla, Georgia, to the late Jimmy Handley and the late Louise Melvin Handley Surratt. She earned her LPN degree from Ben Hill-Irwin Tech and worked at Dorminy Medical Center. She enjoyed watching TV and loved her dogs. She was a member of the former Northside Baptist Church.
She is survived by her three daughters: Susan & Ernie Parsons of Tifton, Missy Lott of FItzgerald and Terri & Bradley Floyd of Tifton; grandchildren: Brad & Julie Floyd, Joey & Danielle Parsons, Courtney & Hunter Greer, Brooke & Garry Shaw, Michael & Alyssa Lott, Nikki Lott & Eric Stout, and Drew & Amara Floyd; great-grandchildren: Aiden Greer, Lucy Greer, David Floyd, Della Floyd, Addi G. Floyd, Kaley Parsons, Kinsley Parsons, Caleb Wilkerson, Aaron Lott, Riley Stout, Zoey Stout, and Rhett Shaw; a sister, Betty Johnson of LaFayette; and a brother, Damon Handley of Springboat, Colorado. Several nieces and nephews also survive. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Almond Jason Owens; a sister, Arbadella Cooksey; and a brother, Jim Handley.