Patricia Cannington

Patricia Cutchens "Patty" Cannington, 67, of Lumpkin, GA, passed away Sunday, April 1, 2012 at Stewart-Webster Hospital in Richland, GA. The funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Austin Phillip officiating and will conclude at the chapel. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Interment will be at Roselawn Memory Gardens. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at First Baptist Church in Lumpkin, GA with Rev. Wayne Williams officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service at the church. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Historic Westville, P. O. Box 1850, Lumpkin, GA 31815. Patty was born December 9, 1944 in Bainbridge, GA, the daughter of R. J. Cutchens and Wilma Barfield Cutchens. She was a graduate of Bainbridge High School, Class of 1962 and attended South Georgia Technical College. Patty was a retired tourism director for Westville and a member of First Baptist Church in Lumpkin, GA. Survivors include her husband of 49 years, Ed Cannington of Lumpkin, GA; her son W. E. "Trey" Cannington, III of Germany; her daughter, Jill C. Bennett and her husband, Kelly, of Lumpkin, GA; her sister, Janice C. Cooper, of Bainbridge, GA; her brother, Jimmy Cutchens and his wife, Beverly, of Bainbridge, GA; and her grandchildren, Cody Bennett and Carson Bennett, both of Lumpkin, GA.