Peggy Ann Browning Cato

Peggy Ann Browning Cato, 84, of Berlin, passed away on Sunday, December 14, 2025, at her home.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home with the Reverend Stanley Norman officiating. Interment will follow at Westview Cemetery. Cory Bridwell, Chris Alderman, Blake Cato, Nathan Cato, Jebb Cato, and Judd Cato will serve as pallbearers. Dusty Farmer will serve as an honorary pallbearer.

Visitation will be held on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home.

Born on April 27, 1941, in Berlin, Georgia, she was the daughter of Noah B. Browning and Rachel Higgs Browning.

Mrs. Cato worked as a seamstress at Sunstate. She dearly loved her family and found great joy in gospel music, cooking, and dancing. Hallmark movies were her all-time favorite, and she was a loyal Atlanta Braves fan. These simple pleasures brought her happiness and were often shared with those she loved most.

In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Evans “Tommy” Cato, and her daughter, Sharon Cato.

Mrs. Cato is survived by her children, Carol Alderman and husband Richard, James Cato and wife Paula, Tina Bridwell and husband Mark, Robert Cato and wife Sarina, Larry Cato, Tony Cato and wife Serena, and Mark Cato; 25 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren, and 6 great-great-grandchildren; brother, Bobby Browning; sister, Betty Pyles; and special caretakers, Renee Taylor, Nola Meeks, and the hospice nurses of Colquitt Regional Hospice, Ashley, Lindsay, and Natalie; and several nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Colquitt Regional Hospice, 415 Rowland Dr. Moultrie, Georgia, 31768.

Arrangements entrusted to Baker Funeral Home & Crematory.