Margaret McDuffie McCall, 83, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Friday, November 18, 2016, at her residence.
Funeral services will be held 2 PM, Sunday, November 20, 2016, at The Paulk Funeral Home Chapel, in Fitzgerald, with the Rev. Jeff Parmer officiating. Interment will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends Saturday evening, from 6 to 8, at the funeral home in Fitzgerald.
Mrs. McCall was born May 12, 1933, in Wilcox County, Georgia, to the late George David & Bessie Mae Smith McDuffie. She was a 1949 graduate of Abbeville High School. She worked in the accounting department for the Albany Water Gas & Light from 1969 to 1976 and Savannah Gas Company from 1976 to 1982. She was formerly co-owner of King Tuts Jewelry Store in Fitzgerald. Mrs. McCall was a member of the Magnolia Garden Club and a member of the Crossview Baptist Church in Fitzgerald.
She is survived by her husband of 62 years: Jimmie McCall of Fitzgerald; three children: Lynn & Keith Rawlins of Kernersville, North Carolina, Donna & Tommy Roberts of Mexico Beach, Florida and Jimmie D. McCall, II of Fitzgerald; nine grandchildren: Bradley Bancroft, Justin & Cynthia Bancroft, Sarah McCall Bancroft Bearse & Taylor, Lindy Askew, Jennifer Askew, Ellen Roberts, Jessica Paige McCall Rogers & Tyler, Ben Rawlins and Emily Brown & Seth; eight great-grandchildren: Casey Alissa Askew, Riley Bancroft, Asa Bearse, Elliot Bancroft, Jordan Rogers, Jayda Rogers, Jaxon Rogers and Frazer Brown; siblings: Ann Giddens, George McDuffie and Franklin McDuffie, all of Fitzgerald. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers: Donald McDuffie and Dellis McDuffie and three sisters: Nell Jones, Mattie Faircloth and Mary Melton.
The family suggests those desiring to send memorials may send them to Crossview Baptist Church, P O Box 413, Fitzgerald, Georgia, 31750.