Bennie Douglas, 59 of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Monday, March 7, 2005, at Tift Regional Medical Center in Tifton, Georgia.
Funeral services will be held 11:00 A.M., Wednesday, March 9, 2005, at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel, Fitzgerald, with Rev. Leroy Spivey officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7:00 to 9:00 Tuesday evening.
Mr. Douglas was born August 16, 1945, in Ben Hill County, Georgia, to the late Sylvester S. and Ruby Smith Douglas. A 1965 graduate of Fitzgerald High School, Mr. Douglas had lived here all of his life. He was a former employee of Fitzgerald Mills, Irwin Manufacturing, and H.R. Kaminsky and Sons. He attended the Fitzgerald Church of God.
Survivors include three sisters: Nell D. Johnson, Alva Jean Douglas, and Betty Jo Costa, all of Fitzgerald; two nephews; one niece; one great-niece; and several aunts and uncles.