Archie L. Stevens, 54, of Irwin County, Georgia, died Monday, December 2, 2013, at his residence.
Funeral services will be held 4 PM, Wednesday, December 4, 2013, at The Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Fitzgerald with the Rev. Dewain Joiner officiating. Interment will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends 7 to 9, Tuesday evening, at the Funeral Home in Fitzgerald.
Mr. Stevens was born May 26, 1959, in Coffee County, Georgia, to the late Archie Edward and Beatrice Ray Stevens. He lived in the community all of his life and was a 1976 graduate of Irwin County High School. He was owner and operator of Archie Stevens Drywall. Mr. Stevens loved to hunt, watch the Georgia Bulldogs and ride his Harley Davidson motorcycle. He was a member of the Fitzgerald Church of God.
He is survived by his wife of 11 years: Susie Stevens of Irwin County; daughter: Regina Karen Stevens of Fitzgerald; step-daughter: Kristina and Robby Clements of Fitzgerald; son: Henry Phillip Soles of Berrien County; three grandsons: Kaylob Stevens, Kaycee Mathis and Bryce Clements; two granddaughters: Tikiya Mathis and Emma Grace Clements; a sister: Nadine Gray of Irwin County; a step-brother: Gary and Sonya Chaney of Coffee County and a step-sister: Rhonda Tarrant of Irwin County.