Jordan Funeral Home, Inc. PO Box 46 Monticello, Georgia 31064 706-468-6303 Fax: 706-468-2205 Email: [email protected]

Katie Bonita Jolley Voyles, age 85, passed away Thursday, November 30, 2017, at Abbey Hospice in Social Circle.

Nita Voyles was born in Geraldine, Alabama to the late Thara Thomas Jolley and Ivella Smith Jolley. She lived in Riverdale, Georgia for a few years before making her home in Monticello fifty years ago. She was preceded in death by her husband of sixty years, John Edward Voyles in 2012.

Nita Voyles was a member of the Monticello Baptist Church. She loved to sew and cook; and worked in the cafeteria at Piedmont Academy for a number of years. She worked on the family farm and the cows were her treasure. Her greatest joy was spending time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

She is survived by her sons, Blake Edward (Kim) Voyles of Douglas, Dwight Alan (Jennie) Voyles of Douglasville and Clint Wade (Tina) Voyles of Monticello; grandchildren, C. J. Voyles, Kristen Voyles, Travis Voyles, Wade Voyles, Lauren Voyles and Kelsey Voyles; great grandchildren, Johnathan Voyles, Jade Voyles, Hunter Voyles, Easton Voyles and Taylor Voyles; and sisters, Peggy Stevens of Marietta, JoAnn Oswald of West Palm Beach, Florida and Bobbie Brown of Conyers.

Funeral services will be held at 6:00 P.M., Sunday, December 3, 2017, at the Monticello Baptist Church. A private family interment will be held at 10:00 A.M., Monday, December 4, 2017, at Williams Payne Cemetery. Rev. David Artessa and Dr. Robert Whitmire will officiate.

The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 6:00 P.M., Sunday, December 3, 2017, at Monticello Baptist Church, prior to the service.

The family suggests in lieu of flowers donations be made to the Monticello Baptist Church 334 W. Greene Street Monticello, Georgia 31064.

Jordan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.