Mandi L. Harper, 41, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Sunday, June 7, 2026, at Dorminy Medical Center in Fitzgerald, Georgia.
Funeral services will be held 11 AM, Thursday, June 11, 2026, at The Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Fitzgerald, Georgia, with the Pastor Bryan Luke and Bro. Andy Harper officiating. Interment will follow in Antioch Cemetery, Wilcox County. The family will receive friends from 6-8 Wednesday evening at the funeral home in Fitzgerald.
Mandi was born April 30, 1985, in Lexington Park, Maryland, to Kevin R. Zarth and Laurie Livingstone Luke. She was a 2003 graduate of Wilcox County High School. She worked for American Blanching and was an avid animal lover, especially dogs. Mandi enjoyed gardening and crossword puzzles. She loved being outside on the river or riding dirt roads.
She is survived by her husband, Clint Harper of Fitzgerald; children: Joshua Luke Handley, Dakota Harper, Hayden Harper, and McKenzie Harper; mother, Laurie & Bryan Luke of Abbeville; father, Kevin & Vera Zarth of North Carolina; a brother, Evan Tyler Luke & Jasmine of Fitzgerald; grandmother, Janine Lamb; aunt, Candie & John Brand; uncle, Tyler Lovett, all of Monroe, North Carolina; along with two nieces, one nephew, and many extended Harper family members and friends who loved her dearly. She was preceded in death by her twin daughters, Heather & Hannah Handley.
Paulk Funeral Home, Fitzgerald, is in charge of arrangements.