Un être cher | Mattie Jo Duke
DATES | Décembre 16, 1935 – Mars 5, 2012
CIMETIÈRE | Ocilla City
LOCATION dans le cimetière | Enter through the main gate, 2nd drive to the left and go to the end of the drive to the fence, le lot est alors à droite.
Maisons funéraires | Paulk Funeral Home, 301 S. Main St., Fitzgerald, Géorgie 31750 - T: 229 423 2033
Mme. Duke was born December 16, 1935 in Irwin County to the late J.C. Pettis and the late Thelma Myrick Pettis Grantham. A graduate of Ocilla High School, she received her nurse’s training at Portsmouth General Hospital in Portsmouth, VA where she lived for 20 ans. She was retired Director of Irwin County Emergency Medical Services, a former nurse at Irwin County Hospital, office nurse for Dr. Billy Sams, and a nurse for Palemon Gaskins Nursing Home. Mme. Duke served as Deputy Coroner of Irwin County for 12 ans. She was Volunteer Chairman of the Red Cross Blood Mobile. A giving and caring person, Irwin County Commissioners recognized her in March, 2000 with a resolution showing gratitude for her many years of service to Irwin County. She was a member of Pine Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Ocilla.
She is survived by her children: Michael and Cheryl Royals, Becky and Jerry Edwards, and Fred L. Duke, Jr., all of Ocilla, Linda D. Bullington and Jerry Williams of Fitzgerald, and Jimmy and Angel Duke of Birmingham, AL; 12 petits enfants, 20 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Avec ses parents, she was preceded in death by a great-grandchild and a brother.