Shirley Harrell, 60, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Wednesday, January 12, 2005, at her residence.
Funeral services will be 11A.M. Saturday, January 15, 2005, at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Danny Lovett officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 9 Friday evening.
Mrs. Harrell was born July 16, 1944, in Ariton, Alabama, to Lucrell Rodgers Martin and the late Joseph. She lived in the community most of her life and was a former resident of Polk County, Florida, where she worked in the citrus groves. Mrs. Harrell was a former employee of the Life Care Center and My Flower Basket. She was an avid fisherman and gardener.
Mrs. Harrell is survived by her husband: Melvin L. Harrell, Fitzgerald; two sons: Billy Harrell and Jessie Harrell, both of Fitzgerald; two daughters: Kay Carmichael, Fitzgerald and Lynn Harrell, Bartow, Fl; mother: Lucrell Martin, Fitzgerald; ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren; three brothers: Glendell Martin, Frank Martin, Billy Joe Martin, all of Fitzgerald; one sister: Cordella Reed, Fitzgerald; several nieces and nephews.