Susan Elaine Tharpe Vann, 72 of Bonifay, Florida died on July 28, 2021 in Hospice at Wiregrass Hospital in Geneva, Alabama.

Susan was born in Savannah, Georgia on May 6, 1949 to James A. Tharpe Sr. and Dorothy Lois Pope Tharpe. She moved to Miami, Florida in high school. Susan married Ronald O. Williams in Miami and they had 5 sons. Her youngest son, Roy Anthony Williams, died at the age of 5 and Susan relocated to the Florida Panhandle after she and Ronald divorced. She later married Jimmy Vann and they resided in Bonifay, Florida where she lived until her time of death.

Susan was a devoted daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother and her grandchildren were the light of her life. She was a dedicated caregiver to her Dad, Mother, and husband, Jimmy until the time of their deaths.

Susan is preceded in death by her mother & father, her son, Roy Anthony, husband, Jimmy, brother, Howard, and brother-in-law, Timothy O'Quinn.

Left to honor her memory are sons, Ronald Williams (Kelly), Michael Williams (Tara), Jimmy Williams (Susan), and Joseph Williams, grandsons, Jake Williams, Randy Williams and Alex Williams, granddaughters, Jamie Jacobs, Sarah Williams, and Lexi Williams, great grandson, Nate Jacobs and great granddaughters, Ginny Jacobs, Katie Williams, and Poppy Jacobs, brother, James Tharpe, sisters, Debra O'Quinn and Judith Piepgras and step-children, Nicki Griffin, Faith Bradshaw, and Bud Vann, daughter-laws, Jennifer Horton and Heidi Williams  and many nieces and nephews.

The family will hold a private memorial for Susan in the near future.

We would like to thank Florala Nursing and Rehab in Florala, Alabama for loving care given to Susan over the past eight months and Wiregrass Hospital in Geneva, Alabama for the excellent care and compassion shown to Susan and her family in this difficult time. Thanks also to Southern Care Hospice in Enterprise, Alabama for the care and compassion given in her last days.