Gennieve Chaney Dukes, 78, of Ocilla, Georgia, died on Wednesday morning, January 12, 2005 at Dorminy Medical Center.
Funeral services will be held 2 PM, Saturday, January 15, 2005, at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel, Ocilla, with the Rev. Donnie Pridgen officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery, Fitzgerald. Visitation will be held from 7:00 until 9:00, Friday evening at the funeral home in Ocilla.
Mrs. Dukes was born September 4, 1926, in Irwin County, Georgia, to the late George Mose and Nellie Jones Chaney. She was a homemaker and lived in Irwin County and Ben Hill County all of her life. Mrs. Dukes was a member of Lax Community Church and a former member of Westside Baptist Church in Fitzgerald.
Mrs. Dukes is survived by her brother and sister-in-law: Dan G. and Susie Chaney of Ocilla and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lester H. Dukes, five sisters and two brothers.