Patricia E.

Stephens

Patricia Elizabeth Delahanty Stephens, 83, of Thomasville, passed away on Tuesday, June 14, 2022, at Archbold Memorial Hospital. Funeral Services will be held at Whiddon Shiver Funeral Home at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, June 17 ^th , with Pastor Mike Nichols officiating. Visitation will be held in the funeral home chapel from 3:00 – 4:00 pm (the hour before the funeral service). Patricia will be laid to rest at Laurel Hill Cemetery alongside her late husband, David Timothy Stephens, who preceded her in death on January 28, 2021. Patricia was born on June 22, 1938, in Miami, FL, to the late Richard Harrison Delahanty and Ruth Cole Hooe. She married David Timothy Stephens on October 9, 1959, in Miami, FL. Patricia was of the Christian faith and retired as the Vital Records Clerk for the Georgia Department of Public Health. She was a loving mother who enjoyed cooking for her family and friends, reading, folk art painting, sewing, and studying genealogy. A very generous woman, she used her gifts to bring joy to others by crocheting hats for pediatric cancer patients, playing hymns for the residents at a local assisted living facility, and making her delicious pecan cakes and divinity. Patricia will truly missed by all who loved her. Survivors include: her daughters, Laura Stephens Nichols (Mike) of Thomasville, GA, Connie Stephens Robinson (Tim) of Dixie, GA, and Tammy Stephens Griffin (Dr. Charles) of Tifton, GA, grandchildren, Michelle Nichols Godwin (Matthew), Rebecca Nichols Powe (Wes), Billy Griffin, Brian Griffin, and Dr. Chase Griffin (Alyssa), great grandchildren, Zoe Godwin and Skye Godwin, and a half-brother, Rev. Patrick Delahanty. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by a loving stepfather, Thomas Bernard Hooe. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: The Gideons International, National MS Society or Alzheimer's Association.