Patricia Diane Miley Sizemore, age 91 of Ray City, Georgia passed away, Tuesday, January 10, 2023 in South Georgia Medical Center, Valdosta, Georgia after a brief illness. Diane was born October 4, 1931 in Brunswick, Glynn County, Georgia to the late Lessie Ann Guthrie Miley Futch and John David Miley Sr. She attended Berry College in Mount Berry, Georgia. She retired from teaching Pre-K at Moody AFB and was an avid gardener. She was preceded in death by her parents and stepfather Rossie D. Futch; a brother, John David Miley, Jr.; step-sisters, Lounelle Fountain, Hazel Brantley, and Edna Frances Mayo.
She is survived by her loving husband of seventy-one years, James “Joe” Sizemore, Sr. of Ray City, Georgia, their children, James “Jim” Sizemore, Jr., of Ray City, Georgia, Lee Ann Stafford and husband George of Panama City Florida, Jonathan “Jon” Sizemore and wife Virginia of Decatur, Georgia; grandchildren, Lauren Swilley (Will), James “Jay” Sizemore, III (Chelsey), Kelly Walker (David), Jacob “Jake” Stafford, Joseph “Hunter” Sizemore, Danica Todd (Charles), Derek Barkalow; great-grandchildren, Oliver Hall, Eloise Walker and Sophia Sizemore.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am, Friday, January 13, 2023 at Music Funeral Services, Lakeland. The family will receive friends one hour before the service at the funeral home. Interment will follow in New Ramah Cemetery, Ray City, Georgia. Kind words and expressions of sympathy can be left for the family at
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. The Patricia Diane Miley Sizemore family is being served by the caring and professional staff of Music Funeral Services, Lakeland.