IRWIN COUNTY —
Oliver Broom, 93, of Irwin County died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Paulk Funeral Home in Ocilla. Interment will follow at Brushy Creek Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 7 until 9 tonight at the funeral home in Ocilla.
Mr. Broom was born Jan. 5, 1919, in Irwin County to the late Robert Alonza Broom and Mary Ann Cox Broom. A retired, hardworking farmer who was known for growing pumpkins, Mr. Broom lived in the community most of his life. He was a member of Mount Olive Baptist Church.
Mr. Broom is survived by his daughter, Shirley B. Tankersley; two sons and daughters-in-law, J.M. and Dale Broome, Harvey and Nina Broome, all of Ocilla; two sisters and brother-in-law, Wilma Alford of Nashville, Lucille and Sonny Brooks of Albany; nine grandchildren, Gaya Simmons, Angie Williams, Morris Tankersley, Amanda McIntyre, Fred Broome, Nan Vassey, Tammie Sandford, Michael Tankersley and Della McClelland Farmer and 14 great-grandchildren. Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife Edna Morris Broom and son-in-law, Gary Tankersley. Paulk Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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