Sarah Geraldine “Gerry” Price McMahan, 84, of Grovetown, went to be with her Heavenly Father on Friday, June 19, 2015 in Hawkinsville.
Funeral services will be held 2 PM, Monday, June 22, 2015, at Ocilla United Methodist Church in Ocilla with the Rev. Jay Roberson officiating. Her grandson, Heath Milford, will give the eulogy. Interment will follow in the Frank Cemetery, Irwin County. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service in the sanctuary of Ocilla UMC.
Mrs. McMahan was born October 9, 1930, in Abbeville County, South Carolina, to the late Sylvester Arch Price and Annie Corine Ware Price. She was a homemaker and was employed by the Department of Human Resources. Gerry cherished her family and friends who will miss her more than words can say. She was a member of Powell Baptist Church in Punkin Center community and also attended West Side Baptist Church in Martinez.
She is survived by her husband and “love of her life” of 65 years, Cleveland Montgomery “Mac” McMahan of Grovetown; children: Sarah Janet Baldwin of Quincy, FL., Dr. Howard Cleveland McMahan and wife Janet Lee Miller McMahan of Ocilla, Mary Lynn McMahan Milford and husband Darryl Leonard Milford of Lexington, SC, and Dr. Alan Price McMahan of Eastman; her grandchildren: Rhonda Lynn Baldwin Zimmerman & Kenny Zimmerman, Angelynn Lee McMahan Young, Bridget Alicia McMahan Walters & Wes Walters, Lindsey Heath Milford & Becca Milford, Howard “Hank” Cleveland McMahan, Jr., and Brandalyn Loraine Milford Heiting & Jamie Heiting; and great-grandchildren: Madison Lee Young, Preslee Lorie Walters, Darbee Ann Young, Wesley Cleveland Walters, Miles Brandon Zimmerman, Riley Taylor Zimmerman, Howard Cleveland “Cleve” McMahan III and Cash Allen McMahan. She leaves behind numerous loving relatives and friends. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son-in-law, Donald Baldwin; a grandson, Benjamin “Ben” Miller McMahan; two sisters, Rosa June Ferguson and Carrie Loraine Crawford; and a brother, Robert Arch Price.
Gerry loved flowers, so you may send flowers as you wish or a donation to the National Heart and Stroke Foundation, or your local foundation, and/or the Ben McMahan Water Filter Foundation in care of Ocilla United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 61, Ocilla, GA 31774.