Buck Stapleton, 75, of Fitzgerald, Georgia died Wednesday, March 14, 2012, at his residence.
Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM. Friday, March 16, 2012, at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel, Fitzgerald, with Elder Jimmy Bedingfield officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7-9 Thursday evening at the funeral home.
Mr. Stapleton was born March 21, 1936 in Fitzgerald to the late Lee and Myrtice Purvis Stapleton. A life long resident of Fitzgerald, he was a carpenter working with his brother-in-law at Drexler Construction. Mr. Stapleton served in the United States Army during the Korean War Era. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather who enjoyed fishing and was of the Baptist faith.
He is survived by his wife Estelle McDonald Stapleton of Fitzgerald; daughters, Shelba Jean Waller of Fitzgerald and Shelia Ann Stapleton of Panama City, FL; grandchildren, Katrina Waller, Brian (Kim) Waller and Jep Posey; great grandchildren, Chris Brown, Ashton Waller and Gavin Waller; Brother, Tom (Carol Faye) Stapleton of Fitzgerald; sisters, Ethel (Jim) Drexler of Fitzgerald and Shirley Yeager of Moultrie as well as several nieces and nephews. Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Mary Jane Dorminy and Rudene Taylor and a brother, Lee Stapleton, Jr.