Mrs. Patricia Graddy Driskell, 79, of Adel, Georgia, passed away July 6, 2014 at Tift Regional Medical Center in Tifton, Georgia. She was born May 31, 1935 in Cecil, Georgia to the late Ivey Newton Graddy and the late Eula Odell Hall Graddy. She lived in Cook County most of her life and was a member of Gordon Avenue Baptist Church and was retired from Tift Regional Medical Center where she worked as a unit secretary.

Mrs. Driskell is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Pam and Barry Medley of Adel; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Jerry Hayes, and Jeffery and Tammy Hayes, all of Adel; two step-sons, Mark Driskell of Tifton, and Paul Driskell of Lady Lake, Florida; a granddaughter, Patricia Medley of Adel; two great-grandchildren, Emily and Connor Medley, both of Adel; and a sister, Hazel Graddy Simmons of Valdosta, Georgia. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wallace Driskell.

Mrs. Driskell's family received friends Monday, July 7, 2014 from 6 until 8 pm at Boone Funeral Home, 1804 S. Hutchinson Ave. in Adel. The funeral service took place Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at 11 am at Gordon Avenue Baptist Church with Rev. Wayne Boykin officiating. Burial followed at Tift Memorial Gardens in Tifton. Byrd Simmons, Dennis Baldree, Roger Grant, Nick Burger, Greg Cowart, and Doug Sumner served as pallbearers. Nancy Smith played the piano and the congregation sang "Victory in Jesus." Condolences may be expressed to the family online at www.boonefunerals.com .

--Boone Funeral Home is serving the family of Mrs. Driskell.