Norma Faye Prescott

Norma Faye Hardy Prescott, 80, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Sunday, September 18, 2022, at her residence.

Funeral services will be held 2 PM, Thursday, September 22, 2022, at First Baptist Church of Fitzgerald, with the Rev. Greg Pope and the Rev. Farise Taylor officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery, Fitzgerald. The family will receive friends from 6-8 Wednesday evening at the funeral home in Fitzgerald.

Mrs. Prescott was born November 5, 1941, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, to the late Morgan & Ruth Fly Hardy. She was a pharmacy technician for Prescott's Pharmacy and owned and operated Prescott's Hearing Aid Center. She was an active Lioness in the Fitzgerald Club for many years and was always available to chaperone school trips and activities for her children. She enjoyed traveling and was an avid camper. Reading mystery novels and tending to her dogs were her favorite past times. Mrs. Prescott was a wonderful cook and she had a special fondness for semi-sweet chocolate morsels. She was known to talk to anyone that would listen, make a "joyful noise" in song, and was never seen without her red lipstick. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Fitzgerald and the Jim Carlton Sunday school class.

She is survived by her husband of 61 years, Russell E. "Buddy" Prescott, Jr. of Fitzgerald; children: Dona Lott of Fitzgerald, Teresa Benson & Tommy of Ocilla, and Russell E. "Rusty" Prescott, III & Rachel of Spartanburg, South Carolina; grandchildren: Candice Lott, Keith Lott, Jr. & Rachel, Chad Lott & Lilly, Haley Benson, Cody Benson, Meagan Prescott, Andrew Prescott, Emma Prescott, Lucas Prescott, and John Prescott; and a great-grandchild, C.J. Lott. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son-in-law, Keith Lott; two great-grandchildren: Denver Lott and Demi Rose Lott; a brother, John Jeffery Hardy; and her twin sister, Linda Gray Hardy Bowden.