Joyce M. Fitzgerald, 72, of the Forest Glen Community in Wilcox County, Georgia, died Thursday, December 2, 2004, at Dorminy Medical Center.
Funeral services will be at held 1:30 P.M. Sunday, December 5, 2004, at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel, Fitzgerald, with the Revs. Bobby Stone and Ronny Griner officiating. Interment will follow in the Fitzgerald Family Cemetery, Wilcox County. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 9 Saturday evening.
Mrs. Fitzgerald was born May 17, 1932, in Ben Hill County, Georgia, to the late A.B. and Pearl Armantrout McCord. She lived in Ben Hill and Wilcox Counties most of her life and was a graduate of Fitzgerald High School. Mrs. Fitzgerald was a former employee of Evans Grocery Store, Margo’s Dress Shop, and Allied Department Store, all of Fitzgerald and Dix Food Center in Rochelle. She was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Wilcox County. Mrs. Fitzgerald was a wonderful mother and loving caregiver.
Survivors include her children: Debbie L. Fitzgerald, Frank H. Fitzgerald, III and Robert J. Fitzgerald, all of Abbeville; one sister: Martha Latham, Fitzgerald; several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Henry Fitzgerald, Jr.