Bobby Clarence Kent

Mr. Bobby Clarence Kent, age 82 of Sparta, passed away on Saturday, May 20, 2023. A Celebration of Life service will be held on Friday, May 26, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. at Pierce Memorial United Methodist Church in Sparta with burial following in Sparta City Cemetery. Reverend Darrell McGinnis will officiate. Honorary pallbearers will be Sid Cox, Gary Haynes, Ken Joiner and the members of the Men’s Sunday School Class of Pierce Memorial United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends on Friday from 1:00 p.m. until the hour of the service at the church.

Mr. Kent was born in Mitchell, Georgia, the son of the late Johnny Clarence “JC” Kent and the late Lillie Mae Black Kent. Bobby was very much a “people person” and was active in his church as a member of the choir. Mr. Kent enjoyed spending his free time serving with the Hancock County Helping Hands ministry. He was a great golfer and a former member of the Georgia National Guard. Bobby is best described by his family as a “professional piddler,” taking on various tasks and hobbies from goldfish to goats and everything in between. Mr. Kent touched the lives of many, and he will be greatly missed. In addition to his parents, he is proceeded in death by his brother, James Kent.

Mr. Kent is survived by his loving wife, Harriette Dickens Kent; sons, Clay Kent and his wife Carolyn of Milledgeville, and Timothy Kent and his wife Stephanie of Oklahoma City; stepchildren, Jan Garland and her husband Ronny of Sparta, and Mark Rachels and his wife Jeanne of Conyers; grandchildren, Leila Rose Kent, Paul Garland and his wife Melissa, Megan Bass and her husband Owen, Zach Rachels, and Jeremy Rachels; sisters, Ruth Smith of Sandersville, Ann Dye and her husband Roger of Sparta, and Gail Jackson and her husband Ricky of Riddleville; brother, William Kent and his wife Pauline of Jasper; sister-in-law, Judy Kent of Sandersville; and many loving nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers the family suggestions donations be made in Mr. Kent’s memory to Pierce Memorial United Methodist Church, 21 Boland Street, Sparta, GA 31087 or Hancock Helping Hands, P.O. Box 688, Sparta, GA 31087.

A condolence may be made online at www.mayandsmithfuneraldirectors.com

May and Smith Funeral Directors is in charge of these arrangements.