Jean Battle Gute

Published 6:54 pm Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Jean Battle Gute, 82, of Bainbridge, passed away Sunday, March 15, 2015 at Memorial Manor.
The graveside funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at Oak City Cemetery with Dr. Gerald A. Little officiating. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com. Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, 322 Eighth Ave., 7th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10001.
Mrs. Gute was born December 26, 1932 in Bainbridge, the daughter of Paul Harold Battle and Edna Huff Battle. She was a graduate of Bainbridge High School and attended Huntington College. Jean served for over twenty years with the Department of Family and Children’s Services. Mrs. Gute was a woman who loved; she loved to walk, flowers, beagles, the Little Theatre, and her grandchildren most of all.
Survivors include her children, George W. “Bill” Gute, III of Bainbridge, and Merry Ellen Spence of Kathleen, Ga.;  her grandchildren, Cayla Jean Gute of Bainbridge, James William Spence of Athens, and Anna Marie Spence of Kathleen.
Ivey Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.