Jane Averitt Parker

Jane Averitt Parker, age 95, of the Hollingsworth Community in Alto, Georgia passed away on Tuesday, November 4, 2025.

Mrs. Parker was born on April 14, 1930 in Selma, Alabama to the late Robert Milton Averitt and Floy Gary Averitt. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her loving husband of 60 and a half years, Wendall Carter Parker.

Mrs. Parker was a graduate of Judson College and she later earned her Masters Degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. She was a prior member of Harmony Baptist Church, and a current member of The Summit Church in Mebane, North Carolina. She had served as a Southern Baptist Missionary of the Gospel with her husband totaling more than 40 years of dedicated service. This included 10 years in Panama and 31 years in Guatemala, where she continued on a volunteer basis for many years following.

Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law: LeAnne and Gray Riggsbee, of Haw River, NC; four grandchildren: Erin and Rick Kolodick, Emily and Ryan Roberts, Josh and Sarah Riggsbee, and Matt and Tameka Riggsbee; eight great-grandchildren, Izzy Kolodick, Addy Kolodick, Charlie Roberts, Lindsey Roberts, Chloe Riggsbee, Eli Rigsbee, Avery Riggsbee, and Hampton Riggsbee; several nieces and nephews; and her Guatemala Baptist Mission Family.

Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, November 22, 2025 at Harmony Baptist Church with Rev. Tony Byrd and Rev. David Turner officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 1:00 p.m. to 1:45 p.m., Saturday, November 22, 2025 at the church prior to the service.

Flowers are accepted or donations may be made to the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, 3806 Monument Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 23230.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the Whitfield Funeral Homes & Crematory, South Chapel at 1370 Industrial Boulevard, Baldwin, Georgia 30511. Telephone: 706-778-7123.