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Tommy W. Owens
June 01, 2017

Obituary

Tommy W. Owens, 81, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Thursday, June 1, 2017, at Tift Regional Medical Center, in Tifton, Georgia.

Funeral services will be held 2 PM, Sunday, June 4, 2017, at The Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Fitzgerald, with the Rev. Sonny Pate officiating. Interment will follow in the Big Creek Cemetery in Irwin County, Georgia. The family will receive friends Sunday afternoon from, 1 PM until 2 PM, at the funeral home in Fitzgerald.

Mr. Owens was born January 3, 1936, in Irwin County, Georgia, to the late Dewey & Mary Hogan Owens. He lived in the Ben Hill County community most of his life and retired from the City of Fitzgerald, working in landscaping. He enjoyed fishing, woodworking and gardening. Mr. Owens was of the Baptist faith.

He is survived by his step-daughter, Dianne Hodges & Jake of Cordele; a step-son, Charlie Sheffield & Marie of Calvert, Texas; step-daughter-in-law, Barbara Sheffield of Fitzgerald; a brother, Jimmy Owens of South Carolina; step-grandchildren: Tammy Brooke & Bob of Sycamore, Terry Sheffield & Keva of Fitzgerald, Brenda Johns & Robert of Fitzgerald and Becky Vaughn & Danny of Cordele; ten step-great-grandchildren and two step-great-great-grandchildren. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Ruth Holcomb Owens and a step-son, Bobby Sheffield.

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Paulk Funeral Home
301 South Main Street
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
229-423-2033