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Susan Lynn Pritchard Douglas, 72, of Blackshear, passed away Saturday afternoon, September 14, 2024, at her sister's residence in Waycross following an extended illness.
Born September 26, 1951, in Tifton, she was a daughter of the late Elmer Eug ene “Gene” and Lillian Ruth Arr ington Pritchard. She and her family moved to Pierce County in 1963 and she was a 1969 graduate of Blackshear High School. She received her bachelor’s degree in education and her master’s degree in education from Valdosta State University.
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She retired from the Pierce County Board of Education, having taught for many years at Grady Street Elementary and Blackshear Elementary.
A member of First Baptist Church in Blackshear, she attended the Workers for Christ Sunday School Class and the JOY Group and had served on mission trips to Haiti and Honduras.
She enjoyed trips to Daytona Beach with family and friends and enjoyed traveling to other interesting locations, most recently an Alaskan cruise and a bus tour of New England.
She loved watching the Pierce County Bears and the University of Georgia football teams, especially when the Bulldog games included “steak night” with her family.
Other joys included shopping trips with her lady friends, lunches with her group of retired teachers, and lunch dates with her special friends/Ya Ya’s: Pam Walker, Glenna Strickland, Cassie Todd, Jane Bowen, Deborah Walker and Judy Dixon.
Along with her close friends, Pam Walker and Glenna Strickland, they began the Big Z Warehouse Sale, a long-time sale featuring many types of vendors that drew thousands to the Blackshear community looking for deals. She was also a dog lover and raised cocker spaniels for years with her husband.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Roger Hayes Douglas.
Survivors include her two siblings, Marty Sikes (husband Freddie), Waycross, and Tommy Pritchard (wife Beth), Blackshear; nieces and nephews, Neile and Ben Bennett, Blackshear, Wade and Crystal Horsting, Perry, Joli and Jason Stretch, Colorado Springs, CO, and Jeff and Mandi Pritchard, Overland Park, KS; numerous great-nieces, greatnephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17, from the First Baptist Church in Blackshear with the Rev. Dr. Justin Gambrell and the Rev. Dr. Bill Young officiating.
Interment followed in Oakland Cemetery in Waycross.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to First Baptist Church “Fulfill the Vision” Fund, 670 Main Street, Blackshear, Georgia 31516 or to Hospice Satilla, 808 Evergreen Way, Waycross, GA 31503.
Sympathy may be expressed by signing online at www.hartfh.com.
Hart Funeral Home of Blackshear was in charge of arrangements.
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