Patricia Wimberly Gadd

September 3, 1953 – August 8, 2016

Patricia Wimberly Gadd, 62, of Bainbridge, Ga., passed away Monday, August 8, 2016.

The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, August 11, 2016, at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Dewitt Phillips officiating. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery with Reid Poitevint, Ryley Poitevint, Hank Holt III, William Johnson, Matt Johnson, and Scotty Whitaker serving as active pallbearers.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 10, 2016, at Ivey Funeral Home. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com. Memorial donations may be made to: Cedar Grove Cemetery Fund, P. O. Box 247, Climax, GA 39834.

Patricia Gail Wimberly was born September 3, 1953, in Bainbridge, Ga., the daughter of William Henry Wimberly and Vernie Ella Norris Wimberly. Patricia lived most of her life in Decatur County and was a member of The Potter’s House.

Patricia loved everybody. She was dubbed “The Best Mom” for raising a bunch of crazy girls and taking in kids that had nowhere else to go. Her home has been described as a revolving door. Patricia was a firefighter and when she wasn’t in turn out gear she sported her style in short dresses and go-go boots.

Survivors include her daughters, Tanya Alphord and Tammy Alphord Dollar and her husband, Justin, of Bainbridge; her siblings, Poshil Hand and her husband, Herman, Junior Wimberly, and Mary Ann Goodwin, all of Bainbridge; and her grandchildren, Reid Poitevint, Ryley Poitevint, Ella Dollar and Judson Dollar. In addition to her parents, Patricia was preceded in death by her brothers, Alvin Wimberly, Jerry Wimberly and Wallace Wimberly, and her granddaughter, Abigail Dollar.