Ella Jean Prescott Croft, 96, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Tuesday, December 3, 2024, at her daughter’s residence in Fitzgerald.
Funeral services will be held 1 PM, Saturday, December 7, 2024, at The Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Fitzgerald, with the Rev. Kenny Croft and the Rev. Tommy Land, Jr. officiating. Interment will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery, in Fitzgerald, Georgia. The family will receive friends from Noon until 1 PM at the funeral home.
Mrs. Croft was born June 24, 1928, in Fitzgerald, Georgia, to the late Rufus & Estelle Newsome Prescott. She worked as a dental assistant and a hygienist for Dr. Kirkley. She also was the office manager for GTE in Fitzgerald. She loved her family and enjoyed cooking lunch for them in her retired years. Mrs. Croft was a longtime member of Northside Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school with her husband Phillip, in the Open Bible Sunday school class. The loved sharing Jesus with others!
She is survived by her children: Bruce Harper & Heidi of Irwin County, Rhonda Mixon & Teddy of Irwin County and Jeanie Harper & Browne of Fitzgerald; stepchildren that she loved liker her own: Randall Croft of Douglas, Kenny Croft & Karen of Wilcox County and Julie Spicer & David of Fitzgerald; grandchildren: Lisa Smith & Paul, Alan Mixon & Rebecca, Amber Croft White, Brandy & Jamie Baggett, Phil & T.J. Croft and Travis Shinholster; a brother, James Prescott of Atlanta and a sister, Nancy Jolley of Fitzgerald. Numerous nieces and nephews, as well as great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson also survive. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Lacy Harper; her second husband, Phillip Croft; a brother, Richard Prescott; two sisters: Dorothy Cherry and Annie Rowland and a granddaughter, Lana Harper.
The family would like to thank their longtime family friend, Kathy Stanley, for all the loving care she showed to their mother, along with Hospice Care Options of Ocilla, especially Tonya, Lola, Helen and Norma.
Paulk Funeral Home, Fitzgerald, is in charge of arrangements.