Charles H. Stone, 75, of Irwin County, Georgia, died Sunday, March 28, 2004 at the Life Care Center in Fitzgerald.
Funeral services will be held at 2 P.M. Wednesday, March 31, 2004, at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel, Fitzgerald, Georgia with Rev. Robert McDearmid officiating. Interment will follow in Salem Cemetery, Ben Hill County, Georgia. Visitation will be held from 7:00 until 9:00, Tuesday evening at the funeral home.
Mr. Stone was born September 20, 1928, in Ben Hill County, Georgia to the late Charlie F. and Beulah Livingston Stone. He lived in the community all of his life, was a former employee of Dr. Pepper Bottling Company of Fitzgerald and retired with 35 years from Fitzgerald Ice Company. Mr. Stone served in the Georgia Army National Guard. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Fitzgerald and he loved gospel singing and music.
Mr. Stone is survived by his wife: Elizabeth Stone, Irwin County; daughter: Brenda Ottoson, Ben Hill County; step-children: Lynn Mitchell and Susan Clark, both of Ben Hill County, Jackie Gordon, Wilcox County, Debbie Howell and Allen Walker, both of Irwin County; fifteen grandchildren and four great grandchildren; sisters: Inez Gibbs and Jeanette Davis, both of Fitzgerald. He was preceded in death by one sister, Beatrice Evans.