Judy Shiver Alston, 76, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Thursday, August 10, 2023, at Tift Regional Medical Center in Tifton, Georgia.
Graveside services will be held 4 PM, Sunday, August 13, 2023, at Evergreen Cemetery, in Fitzgerald, Georgia, with David Breyfogle officiating. The family will receive friends Saturday evening, from 6 PM until 8 PM, at the funeral home in Fitzgerald.
Mrs. Alston was born February 13, 1947, in Lakeland, Florida, to the late Ernest Wayne Shiver & Cleo Bennett Sutton. She was a former employee in housekeeping with Dorminy Medical Center. Mrs. Alston loved to cook, bake and decorate cakes. She was of the Holiness faith.
She is survived by her children: Tammy Holloman, Cammie & Carl Reese, Lee & Laura Hodges Taylor, all of Fitzgerald and Joshua & Florence Alston of Sylacauga, Alabama; grandchildren: Brandy & Matt Costa, Jennifer & Christian Menjiver, Matt & Niki Brasher, Kayla & Jason Lee, Kandi Reese, Carl Reese, Jr., Codey & Hillary Taylor, Kendel Craig & Amanda Hodges, Samuel J. Hodges, Kadie & John Tripp and Dylan Wilcox; 23 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; siblings: Rodney & Barbara Sutton, Janice & Steve Holman and Carol Holloman, all of Fitzgerald and Whitney Shiver of Lakeland, Georgia; and three sisters-in-law: Georgiana Shiver, Robin Sutton and Nellie Sutton, all of Fitzgerald. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Joe Willie Alston and three brothers: Wayne Shiver, Curtis Sutton and Travis Sutton.