Kathy Strickland Whaley, 57, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Monday, November 25, 2024, at Tift Regional Medical Center in Tifton, Georgia.
Graveside services will be held 2 PM, Friday, November 29, 2024, at Evergreen Cemetery in Fitzgerald, Georgia, with the Rev. David Biggers and the Rev. Jeremy Cox officiating. The family will receive friends from Noon until 1:30 at the funeral home on Friday.
Kathy was born April 28, 1967, in Fitzgerald, Georgia, to Sage & Faye Hester Strickland of Fitzgerald. She was a 1985 graduate of Fitzgerald High School and attended Valdosta State. She worked for the Jay Firm for several years and had worked for the Ben Hill County Tax Assessors office for over 20 years. She was an avid reader and enjoyed camping.
In addition to her parents, she is survived by her husband, Randy Whaley of Fitzgerald; sons: William Andrew Biggers of Fitzgerald and Jeremy Allen Biggers & Megan of Excel, Alabama; step-children: Allyson Whaley of Fitzgerald and Nicolas Whaley & Tashena of Wartburg, Tennessee; grandchildren: Conner Biggers, Madelyn Biggers, Jasper Avery Biggers, and Dalton Lane; and two sisters: Cyndi Myrick & Jack of Carthage, North Carolina and Tina Pridgen of Ft. Myers, Florida.
Paulk Funeral Home, Fitzgerald, is in charge of arrangements.