Mrs. Georgia Vass Heath Price, age 69 of Summerville, passed away Sunday, July 30, 2023 in a Rome hospital.
Mrs. Price was born in Savannah, Georgia on January 3, 1954, daughter of the late George Vass Richardson Heath and Mollie Rebecca Smith Malloy. She was a member of the Dry Valley Baptist Church, where she was instrumental in establishing the WMU. Mrs. Price was a member of the Grace Sunday School Class, was a former Sunday School teacher and had been active in the Youth Program. She loved to help others and her home was always open to others, as she counseled with many people in their time of need. She also loved photography and studying her Bible. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Price was preceded in death by her stepfather, William Malloy; sister, Lydia Brown; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Ewell and Vivian Price; brother-in-law, Kenneth Price; sister-in-law, Dean Parr; father-in-law, Earnest Ralph Price; and mother-in-law, Irene Price Pettyjohn.
Mrs. Price is survived by her husband, Bill Price; sons and daughters-in-law, Eddie and Cathy Price and Matthew and Heather Price; daughters and sons-in-law, Kim and Russell Graves, Sonja and Jimmy Duke and Amy and Greg Sloan; sisters and brothers-in-law, Elma Grice, Kathry and Louis Crawford and Elaine and Ralph Harrison; brothers, Darrell Heath and Jimmy Heath; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Benny and Barbara Price; sisters-in-law, Margaret Garlin and Sophia Price; grandchildren, Kellan Rankhorn, Kendall Rankhorn, Stetson Duke, Halston Duke, Houston Duke, Sophia Duke, Wyatt Duke, Brannigan Broome, Lauren Dodd, Devan Draper, Logan Holland, Maggie Sloan, Kayla Sloan, Stephanie Tisius, Hannah Price and Madison Price; 17 great grandchildren and a number of special nieces, nephews, cousins, additional family members and friends.
Funeral Services for Mrs. Price will be held Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at 6:00 P.M. at the Dry Valley Baptist Church with Pastor Lee Hickman, Rev. Terry Hampton and Rev. Benny Price officiating. Interment will follow in the Little Sand Mountain Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Rusty Hill, Mike Woods, Gary Woods, Heath Hammond, Lloyd Burke and Jacob Cordell. Honorary Pallbearers will include Kevin Moore, The Grace Sunday School Class and the WMU.
Mrs. Price will lie in state at the Dry Valley Baptist Church where the family will receive friends Wednesday afternoon from 4:00 P.M. until the funeral hour.
The family respectfully asks that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be made to the DVBC WMU or to the DVBC Youth Department, 451 Dry Valley Church Road, Summerville, GA 30747.
Coffman Funeral Home, Petitt Chapel is honored to be serving the family of Mrs. Georgia Vass Heath Price. Please visit www.coffmanfh.net to sign our online guestbook and to post condolences.
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