Mary B. Sherman, 75, of Ocilla, Georgia, died Sunday, July 25, 2004, at Flint River Community Hospital, Montezuma, Georgia.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Thursday, July 29, 2004, at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel, Ocilla, with Rev. Clayton Dowd and Rev. Charlie Simpson officiating. Interment will follow in Ocilla Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 7:00 until 9:00, Wednesday evening at the funeral home in Ocilla.
Mrs. Sherman was born August 12, 1928 in Monroe, North Carolina, to the late Grover Cleveland and Nellie Petty Broome. She lived in Montezuma for the past three years from Ocilla. Mrs. Sherman attended the Ocilla Church Of God.
Mrs. Sherman is survived by her brother: J.R. Broome, Lake Park, GA; two sisters: Ola Mae Pacetti, Jacksonville, FL and Magdalene (Bill) Volner, Montezuma, GA; sister-in-law: Nellie Broome, Ocilla; many nieces, nephews and cousins. She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Sherman and twin sister, Martha Purvis.