FITZGERALD — Alice Rudine Merritt, 80, of Fitzgerald died Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009 at Tift Health Care. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Osierfield Cemetery with the Rev. David Fisher officiating. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at Paulk Funeral Home.
Mrs. Merritt was born Oct. 5, 1928 in Ben Hill County to the late Archie L. and Eva Berryhill Merritt. She lived in Fitzgerald all of her life and was a former employee of H.R. Kaminsky and Sons. She was a member of Northside Baptist Church.
Mrs. Merritt is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Randy G. and Barbara Merritt of Fitzgerald; brothers and sisters-in-law, Marvin and Glynell Merritt of Fitzgerald and Larry Merritt of Houston, Texas; sisters and brother-in-law, Martha and Leonard Merritt of St. Simons Island and Laquita Joyner of Pelzer, S.C.; special friends, Dora Akins and Tracy White; and several nieces and nephews.
TO sign the online guest registry, go to www.paulkfuernalhome.com. Paulk Funeral Home in Fitzgerald is in charge of arrangements.
Obituaries
August 6, 2009
Raw Video: Gay Protest Blocked in Moscow
Vatican in Chaos After Butler Arrested for Leaks
Jimmy Carter Endorses Egypt's Election Results
Biden Addresses West Point Graduating Class
Dozens of Children Killed in New Syria Attack
Raw Video: Activists Allege Massacre in Syria
NJ Man Charged With Murder in Death of Patz
Support, Fun for Kids of Fallen Soldiers at Camp
Fugitive Penguin Caught, Returned to Aquarium
50 Years Later, Underground Fire Still Burning
Light Show Transforms Sydney Opera House
Raw Video: Unruly Passenger Restrained in Miami
Raw Video: Robber Uses Drive-thru Window
Raw Video: Dragon Arrives at Space Station
Calif.'s Coronado Named Nation's Best Beach
CEO Salaries Become Sore Issue in Labor Disputes
