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William Harold McKie
November 22, 2017

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William Harold McKie, 70, of Abbeville, Georgia, died Wednesday, November 22, 2017, at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida.

Funeral services will be held 2 PM, Saturday, November 25, 2017, at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Ben Hill County with the Rev. Fred Eister officiating. Interment will follow in Bethlehem Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8 Friday evening at the funeral home in Fitzgerald.

Mr. McKie was born October 3, 1947 in Pulaski County, Georgia to the late William Howard McKie and the late Louise Mays McKie Uzdzinski. He was a 1965 graduate of Abbeville High School. Mr. McKie was an insurance salesman for United Family Life based at Paulk Funeral Home. He was a rural carrier with the U.S. Post Office, retiring after 28 years. Following his retirement, he worked as a salesman at Budget Car Sales in Fitzgerald and Douglas and as a credit Manager at Jones Chrysler in Tifton. Mr. McKie owned and operated Dixie Tire & Battery in Fitzgerald. He served as a board member for Irwin EMC for 30 years and coached baseball and softball for DLS. He was an active member of Bethlehem Baptist Church where he currently served as a deacon, Adult Sunday school teacher, and treasurer for the church cemetery. He formerly taught the Junior boys Sunday school class, served as Sunday school and Training Union director, and coached in the church’s softball league.

He is survived by his wife Carol Walker McKie of Abbeville, with whom he celebrated 50 years of marriage this year. He was a loving father to his children Paul (Tracy) McKie and Leslie (Mike) Padgett. He loved his grandchildren dearly: Payton McKie, Ethan McKie, Alyssa McKie, Grace Padgett, Emma Claire Padgett and Mackie Padgett.

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