Karen Minchew, 49, of Enigma passed away Monday, February 29, 2016, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Her funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, March 3, 2016, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Ms. Minchew will be laid to rest at Turner Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Enigma. The family will receive friends Thursday, March 3, 2016, from 1:00 p.m. until the hour of the service at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Daniel McMillan, Austin Harris, Shaun Harris, Steven Bynum, Daniel Bailey and Marcus Johnson will serve as pallbearers.
Born October 30, 1966 in Ocilla, Ms. Minchew was the daughter of Brenda Jewell McMillan Giddens and the late Howell Minchew, Sr. She was also preceded in death by one brother, Gerald Minchew. She was a homemaker.
In addition to her mother, Ms. Minchew is survived by two daughters, Karen Nicole Minchew and Amanda Minchew-Barnes, both of Enigma; a brother, Howell Minchew, Jr. of Ambrose; a sister, Charlotte Ann Giddens of Enigma; and two grandchildren, Charliann Minchew-Barnes and Howell Kevin DaLasen Minchew.