Agnes Eugenia “Jean” Maddox Marchant, 87, of Tifton died Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at Tift Health Care. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 2, 2012, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Ronnie Howell and Rev. Lawrence Wiggins will officiate with burial to follow in Tift Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, August 1, 2012, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Mrs. Marchant was born on September 4, 1924 in Tift County and was the daughter of Pearion Pinkard Maddox and Delphia Shiver Maddox, both deceased. She was also preceded in death by her husband Ralph Marchant, who died in 2005; one brother, Charles Maddox; and two sisters, Elizabeth Howell and Reba Hufstetler. She was a long-time employee of Wishbone and a homemaker. She was a member of Damascus Methodist Church in Worth County.
Mrs. Marchant is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Sue Marchant of Tifton; one daughter and son-in-law, Sandra and Wayne Musselwhite of Tifton; five grandchildren and their spouses, Michael and Amy Marchant, Clay Marchant, Tina and Bill McGrath, Sherri and Travis Bennett and Stephen and Liz Musselwhite; and seven great-grandchildren, Amber and Austin Bennett and Kyleigh, Mallory, Gatlin, Kimble and Rainee Marchant.