Markie Leanna Graham McDaniel
Funeral services for Mrs. Markie Leanna Graham McDaniel will be held Sunday, August 4, 2024 at 10:00 AM in the Chapel of Higgs Funeral Home in Soperton. Burial will follow in the Bethsaida Baptist Church Cemetery in Treutlen County. Reverend Ron Bivins will officiate. Mrs. McDaniel died Wednesday, July 31, 2024.
Markie, as she was known to all, was born in Dublin, GA on August 30, 1994 and had lived all of her life in Treutlen County. She was a graduate of Treutlen High School and earned her Associate of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Southeastern Tech in Vidalia. She was a former dispatcher/jailer for the Treutlen County Sheriff’s Department and was currently employed as a jailer for the Candler County Sheriff’s Department in Metter. She was a Baptist by faith and was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Billy and Peggy Norris.
Survivors include her spouse, Alayanah Johnson of East Dublin; two sons, Kaydence and Brooks McDaniel of Soperton; father, Mark Graham of Dublin; mother, Debbie Norris Nasworthy of Soperton; two sisters, Heather (Garrett) Braddy of Soperton and Faith Graham of Dublin; paternal grandparents, Freddie and Lynda Graham of Kibbee; two nieces, Kamara and Kamber Braddy of Soperton and several cousins.
Pallbearers will be Ron Bivins, Michelle Meeks, Jordan Norris, Sergio Bustos, Ryan Griner and Selina Fowler.
Visitation will be held Saturday night from 6-8 PM at the funeral home.
Markie, as she was known to all, was born in Dublin, GA on August 30, 1994 and had lived all of her life in Treutlen County. She was a graduate of Treutlen High School and earned her Associate of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Southeastern Tech in Vidalia. She was a former dispatcher/jailer for the Treutlen County Sheriff’s Department and was currently employed as a jailer for the Candler County Sheriff’s Department in Metter. She was a Baptist by faith and was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Billy and Peggy Norris.
Survivors include her spouse, Alayanah Johnson of East Dublin; two sons, Kaydence and Brooks McDaniel of Soperton; father, Mark Graham of Dublin; mother, Debbie Norris Nasworthy of Soperton; two sisters, Heather (Garrett) Braddy of Soperton and Faith Graham of Dublin; paternal grandparents, Freddie and Lynda Graham of Kibbee; two nieces, Kamara and Kamber Braddy of Soperton and several cousins.
Pallbearers will be Ron Bivins, Michelle Meeks, Jordan Norris, Sergio Bustos, Ryan Griner and Selina Fowler.
Visitation will be held Saturday night from 6-8 PM at the funeral home.