Sandra Leslie, 73, of Ocilla, Georgia, died Friday, August 22, 2025, at her daughter’s residence, with her family by her side.
Funeral services will be held 2 PM, Tuesday, August 26, 2025, at Lax Holiness Church, in Coffee County, Georgia, with Pastor David Rowe officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends Monday evening, from 6 PM until 8 PM, at the funeral home in Ocilla.
Mrs. Leslie was born May 18, 1952, in Fayette, Alabama, to the late Willis and Thelma Haley Holloway. She obtained her cosmetology license and later attended ABAC. Mrs. Leslie worked for the Department of Agriculture local farm offices in Fitzgerald and Ocilla, retiring after 22 years of service. She was a homemaker who loved to fish, work outside with her flowers, camp with her family and was known for her fantastic cooking abilities. Most of all, she will be remembered by the love she had for her family and her willingness to always help others. She was a member of Lax Holiness Church.
She is survived by her daughter, Michelle Apperson & Kelly of Ocilla; grandchildren: Ethan Apperson and Leslie Apperson of Ocilla; sister, Linda Holloway of Richmond, Virginia; special nephews, Phil Guthrie of Lake Park, Georgia and Henry Guthrie of Ohio. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Jerry Reliford; husband of 47 years, Henry “Buck” Leslie; brothers, Henry Lee Holloway, Randy Holloway, Homer Holloway; sisters, Violet Guthrie, Wilma Baldree, and Margie Roberson.
Paulk Funeral Home, Ocilla, is in charge of arrangements.