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Gail Johnson Cotton Nix

1947 - 2020

BORN

1947

DIED

2020

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Pruitt Funeral Home - Royston

47 Franklin Spring Street

Royston, Georgia

Gail Nix Obituary

1947 - 2020 Mrs. Gail Johnson Cotton Nix, 72, of Watkinsville, GA passed away on Monday, March 9, 2020, at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center.

Mrs. Nix was born in Royston, GA on September 24, 1947, daughter of the late H.Y. Johnson and the late Colette Ginn Johnson. She was a clown impersonator having worked at Balloon Bazaar.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Gari C. Nix.

Survivors include her daughter, Tammy Cotton of Watkinsville, GA; sister, Jenny Johnson Mann of Carrollton, GA; and aunts, Bobbie Ridgway and Clifford Ridgway both of Royston, GA.

Graveside services for Mrs. Nix will be held at the Rose Hill Cemetery at 11:00 a.m. on Friday morning.

The family will receive friends at Pruitt Funeral Home from 10:00 a.m. until funeral hour on Friday morning. The family is at their respective homes.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the charity of one's choice .

Pruitt Funeral Home in Royston, GA is in charge of arrangements.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Athens Banner-Herald on Mar. 11, 2020.

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Tammy, my thoughts and prayers are with you and family. You sure took care of a very special lady You are loved by many me included and you are so good to others. Always know how much I love you. Aunt Gail

Sandy MacKay

March 11, 2020

Tammy,
I am so sorry for the loss of your mother. My thoughts and prayers for peace and comfort are with you.

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Pruitt Funeral Home - Royston

47 Franklin Spring Street P.O. Box 465, Royston, GA 30662

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