Shirley Fay Gilbert, 80, passed away, Tuesday, January 24, 2023, at a local hospice care facility. The family will greet friends from 1:00 PM–2:00 PM, Sunday, January 29, 2023 at Snow’s Funerals and Cremations at Macon Memorial Park. Services will follow in the funeral home chapel at 2:00 PM with interment at Macon Memorial Park Cemetery. Rev. Alan Sorrow will officiate.
Mrs. Gilbert was born January 18, 1943, in Thomaston to the late Loy Hunt and Martha Gladys Walls Hunt. She was a retired meat cutter for Big Star Foods in Forsyth and was a member of Lizella Methodist Church. Mrs. Gilbert enjoyed cleaning her house, camping and attending Bluegrass Festivals. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jerry Randall Gilbert.
Mrs. Gilbert is survived by her children: Penny Palmer, William Timothy Gilbert (Jency) and Tammy Yvonne Gilbert; grandchildren: William Kyle Palmer (Kristen), Kaitlyn Palmer Baugh (Jarod), Ethan Ford Palmer, Timiyah Gilbert and Timeyah B. Gilbert; siblings: Roger Hunt, Dorothy Peacock, Jerry Hunt, Laverne Hunt, Randy Hunt and Kenneth Hunt; as well as several beloved nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society at www.cancer.org.
Snow’s Funerals and Cremations at Macon Memorial Park has been entrusted with arrangement. Please visit our website at www.mmpmacon.com to express online condolences.