Elizabeth “Polly” Stokes, 87, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Thursday, July 29, 2004, at Tift Regional Medical Center.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Saturday, July 31, 2004, at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel, Fitzgerald, with Rev. William Priester and Rev. Steve Hand officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 7:00 until 9:00, Friday evening at the funeral home.
Mrs. Stokes was born August 16, 1916 in Monroe County, Georgia, to the late Lewis Edward and Ann Elizabeth Anderson Harbuck . She was a homemaker. Mrs. Stokes was a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Ben Hill County.
Mrs. Stokes is survived by her three sons: William R. (Billy) Stokes, III, Lithonia, GA, Phil and Glenn Stokes, both of Fitzgerald; one daughter: Jackie Stucki, Lithonia, GA; five grandchildren and four great grandchildren. One Sister Annie Lundy, Jacksonville, FL. She was preceded in death by her husband, William R. “W.R.” Stokes, Jr.