Sara Willingham

Sara Batson Willingham, 77, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Saturday, August 16, 2008 at Memorial Hospital. The family will receive friends Sunday, August 17, 2008 from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. at Ivey Funeral Home. A private graveside funeral service will follow at Roselawn Memory Gardens. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Memorial donations, may be made to Bainbridge-Decatur County Humane Society, P.O. Box 429, Bainbridge, GA 39818. Mrs. Willingham was born July 21, 1931 in Lanett, AL, the daughter of Clyde Batson and Annie Lee Thrower Batson. She was a graduate of Handley High School in Roanoke, AL, and was a retired secretary. She was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Willingham was preceded in death by her husband, Travis M. Willingham, Jr. and her brother, Jim Stafford. Survivors include one daughter, Cathi W. Galpin and her husband Bill of Bainbridge, GA; two grandchildren, Awbree Galpin and Keller Galpin, both of Bainbridge, GA; and her sister, Kay Pinkard of Roanoke, AL.