Miss Cynthia Allyson Maffett, age 54, of Sandersville died on Monday October 22 in a Washington County Hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, October 28, 2018, at First Baptist Church of Sandersville, with burial in Washington County Memorial Gardens. Reverend Lee Lacey will officiate.
Miss Maffett was a native and life-long resident of Washington County, the daughter of the late C. W. “Jack” Maffett and the late Emma Ruth Maffett. She was a pre-kindergarten teacher with Bibb County Board of Education at Southfield Elementary School. Miss Maffett was a graduate of Georgia College with a degree in education and received her Master’s Degree in Special Education from Clemson University. She was an avid Clemson fan and loved those Clemson Tigers. She was a member of the Clemson Alumni Association. Miss Maffett was a member of the Georgia Association and Bibb County Association of Educators. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Sandersville and the Mike Beckworth Sunday School Class. She was an honorary member of the McDonald’s Coffee Club.
Survivors are: her sister, Stephanie Maffett Salzinger and her husband Sanford of Atlanta; a niece, Meredith Salzinger; a nephew, Phillip Salzinger; two aunts, Mardelle Carter of Bickley and Mary Ann Cawley of Macon; and several cousins.
The family will receive friends at May and Smith Funeral Home in Sandersville from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday.
The family suggest donations be made to Southfield Elementary Parent -Teachers Association, 4375 Bloomfield Drive Ext., Macon, Georgia 31206 or to First Baptist Church of Sandersville Library Fund, 316 Mathis Circle, Sandersville, Georgia 31082.
May and Smith Funeral Directors in Sandersville is in charge of the arrangements.