Wanda Ann Eldridge, 54, of Irwin County, Georgia, died Wednesday, March 1, 2023, at her residence.
Funeral services will be held 2 PM, Sunday, March 5, 2023, at the Ocilla Church of God, with the Rev. Josh Bowles and Stephen McMillan officiating. Interment will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends Saturday evening, from 6 PM until 8 PM, at the funeral home in Fitzgerald.
Wanda was born July 9, 1968, in Fitzgerald, Georgia, to the late Wilbur Smith & Barbara Handley Vickers. She was an avid fisher woman and enjoyed the outdoors. Wanda dearly loved her family and grandchildren. She was a member of the Ocilla Church of God.
She is survived by her three children: Jessica Reaves & Jacob, Aaron Hawes and Kaden Eldridge; two grandchildren: Riley Reaves and Kason Reaves; two brothers: Neal Smith & Karen and Stevie Smith & Carla; a sister, Melanie Phillips & Clint; several nieces and nephews and her best friend and fishing buddy, Gene Reaves “Papa Gene”, all of Irwin County. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Whitney Johnson.