Virginia Wright Day, 94, of Fitzgerald passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 21, 2023, at Southwell Medical Center, surrounded by her family. A graveside funeral service will be held for Mrs. Day at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, February 23, 2023, at Waterloo Baptist Church Cemetery, where she will be laid to rest. The Rev. Jeff Pangle will officiate.
Born September 16, 1928, in Tift County, Mrs. Day was the daughter of the late Woodfin Henry Wright and Georgia Lessie Brown Wright. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Robert Jefferson Day; one son, Robert Eugene Day; one grandson, Jason Day; four brothers; and five sisters. She loved flowers and she was a homemaker. She was a member of Waterloo Baptist Church.
Mrs. Day is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, James Ladon and Janice Day of The Rock and Jerry Lanier and Linda Day of Tifton; one daughter, Deborah Lynn Hester of Irwin County; one sister, Ruby McCurdy of Waterloo; six grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild.