Miriam Frances

Spinks Padgett

Obituary

Miriam Frances Spinks Padgett, 99, of Tifton passed away Wednesday, March 26, 2004, at Tift Health Care. Her funeral service was held at 4:00 p.m. Sunday, March 30, 2004, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with the Rev. Jimmy Odum and the Rev. Brantley Seymour officiating. Mrs. Padgett was laid to rest at Salem Memorial Gardens in Tifton.

Rick Carrington, Junior Horton, Stan Walker, Sonny Carter, Ford Spinks and Monty Spinks served as pallbearers.

Born July 24, 1904, in Marion County, Mrs. Padgett was the daughter of Rolin J. Spinks and Eva Nichols. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Arvid Jay Padgett; her step-mother, Jincy Ann Ford Spinks; two brothers, Durwood Spinks and Earl Spinks; and one sister, Hazel Seymour. She was a homemaker; and she was a member of Second Baptist Church in Tifton. She had lived in Tift County since 1918.

Mrs. Padgett is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Kenneth Jay and Martha Padgett of Waynesboro; one daughter and son-in-law, Melba and Victor Vickers of Tifton; three sisters, Bernice Carter of Lenox and Ferol Cosper and Mary Alice Yarbrough, both of Tifton; three grandchildren, Shirley Carrington, Wanda Horton and Marsha Walker; four great-grandchildren, Emily Walker, Allison Walker, Rocky Carrington and Jocelyn Horton; and one great-granddaughter, Brooke Carrington.