Donna Renee Cone

Donna Renee Cone (Cole), 64, of Cusseta, Georgia, died of terminal cancer at the home of her eldest daughter in Valley, Alabama on April 27, 2025.

She was born in Bowdon, Georgia in 1961 to Lula Beatrice Trussell (Brand) and Roy Curtis Huckeba. She worked the last 16 years at the Cusseta-Chattahoochee County Sheriff's Department as the Deputy Director of 911.

She is survived by her children, Amanda Michelle Holmes (Austin) (Donald Holmes), James Steven Cone, and Brittany Renee Kreszta Cone (Jennifer Nelson). Her grandchildren, Jaden Lance Kuaiwi Austin (Katelynne Breanna Austin), Emily Rae Smith (Austin) (Lance Matthew Smith), Olivia Marie Holmes, Niam Drew Oliver, and her great grandson Waylon Matthew Smith.

She is also survived by her Cusseta-Chattahoochee County Sheriff’s Department family, Sheriff Hank Lynch, Director of 911 Amanda Beaver, and deputies.

The family is declining to hold a public memorial service at her request.