Sept. 24, 1931 - Feb. 22, 2025
Garoldean Kay Bostick, age 93, of Jones County, Georgia, passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 22, 2025, surrounded by her loving family. Garoldean was born on September 24, 1931, in Belleville, Kansas, to Orie Willis and Gladyse Arthur Benjamin. She was a devoted wife to the late Sidney Lawson Bostick and a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-greatgrandmother. A woman of deep faith, she was a longtime member of New Haven Baptist Church where she taught Vacation Bible School and shared her beautiful soprano voice and, on many occasions, she would be asked to sing a solo impromptu and also enjoyed singing in the church choir.
She also spent several years as a member of New Hope Baptist Church and taught Vacation Bible School as well.
Garoldean found joy in fishing, growing flowers, raising animals, and crafting. She will be remembered as funny, friendly, faith-filled, selfless, loving, sincere, supportive, resilient, devoted, and joyful. She cherished time with her family, especially during their trips to Jekyll Island. She instilled in her loved ones the values of hard work and dedication.
She is survived by her children, Rosella Malone (Rocky), Laura Saxon (Nicchi), Patsy Bostick Crammer, Bobby Crammer (Janet), Charis Brantley (Mark), Richard K. Bostick (Melinda), and Charlotte Flowers (Todd); her sister, Carol Fay Arnold; 28 grandchildren; 43 great-grandchildren; 11 great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Orie Willis and Gladyse Benjamin; her husband, Sidney Lawson Bostick; her sons, Billy A. Crammer and Michael L. Crammer; her brother, Arthur Rex Willis; her sister-in-law, Louise Cook Willis and brother in-law Eugene Arnold.
A visitation was held on Saturday, March 1, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Gray Memorial Chapel and Crematory, 4378 Gray Highway, Gray, Georgia 31032. Funeral services followed at 11:00 a.m., officiated by Rev.
Gabby Loyd and Brad Blackmon. Interment took place at Ivey Baptist Church Cemetery.
Flowers will be accepted, or donations may be made in Garoldean’s memory to the Salvation Army of Macon, 1925 Broadway, Macon, Georgia 31201.
Gray Memorial Chapel is honored to serve the Bostick family during this time. Online condolences and cherished memories may be shared at graymemorialchapel. com.
