Jessie Faye Lister

Ms. Jessie Faye Durden Lister, age 67, of Gray died on Wednesday August 12, 2020 at Coliseum Hospital in Macon. Graveside funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, August 16, 2020 in Zeta Cemetery in Tennille.  Pastor Weston Williford will officiate.

Ms. Lister was a native of Washington County, the daughter of the late Jesse James Durden and the late Doris Meeks Durden.  She had previously resided in Washington County and was a homemaker.

Survivors are her children, Tony Smith and his wife Lisa of Franklin GA, Paula Tatum and her husband Stephen of Adel,  and James Smith of Gray; step daughter, Cranell Bryant of McRae; nine grandchildren: Johnathan Smith, Tiffany Spradlin, Jessica Pennington, Jennifer Lindsey, Julie Lindsey, Hayley Smith, Zoe Scott, Brandon Smith, and Austin Smith; and 17 great grandchildren; brothers and sisters, Johnny Durden and his wife Arlene of Tennille, Carolyn Phillips of Gray, Sarah Parker and her husband David of East Dublin, Matthew Durden of Dublin, and Amanda Durden of Deepstep; and several nieces and nephews.

May and Smith Funeral Directors in Sandersville is in charge of the arrangements. www.mayandsmithfuneraldirectors.com