Elizabeth Walker Stone, 78, of Fitzgerald, died Wednesday, November 16, 2011, at her residence.
Funeral services will be held 2 P.M. Friday, November 18, at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Fitzgerald with the Rev. Edsel Young officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7-9 Thursday evening at the funeral home.
Mrs. Stone was born July 16, 1933 in Wilcox County to the late Van Buren and Lillie Mae Bolden McKie. She was a devoted homemaker and lived in the community most of her life. Mrs. Stone received her nurse’s training from the Ben Hill County Hospital. She was a member of West Side Baptist Church and was a loving wife, mother and grandmother.
She is survived by her children, Lynn (J.W.) Mitchell of Fitzgerald, Jackie (Mike) Gordon of Abbeville, Debbie (Donnie) Howell and Allen (Sherry) Walker of Fitzgerald and Susan (Jeffrey) Clark of Bowling Green, KY; 13 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren; sister, Gladys (Gerald) Hardin of Fitzgerald; brother, Dillard (Ava Lee) McKie of Griffin as well as several nieces and nephews. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband of 38 years, Johnny Walker and second husband, Charles Stone, great grandchild, Alexis Helms, brother, Marvin McKie and a sister, Mozelle Sutton.