Barbara C. Braziel, 74, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Friday, January 27, 2006 at Southern Senior Living in Douglas, Georgia.
Funeral Services will be held 2:00 PM., Monday, January 30, 2006 at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Fitzgerald, with Rev. Tom Braziel officiating. Interment will follow in Union Cemetery, Wilcox County. Visitation will be held from 3:00 to 5:00 Sunday afternoon at the funeral home.
Mrs. Braziel was born January 27, 1932 in Washington, D.C., to the late Stanley C. and Ruth McCrary Crown. She was a homemaker, a former para-pro at Ben Hill County Elementary School and a former secretary at the Bibb County Superior Court Clerks Office. Mrs. Braziel was a member of Northside Baptist Church in Tifton and a former member of Arbor Baptist Church in Fitzgerald, where she was a former women’s Bible study leader and former director of the youth ministry. She loved spending time with her grandchildren, assisting her husband, Rev. Bill Braziel in his ministry, gardening and decorating. Rev. and Mrs. Braziel were instrumental in establishing Immanuel Baptist Church in Newport News, VA. where Rev. Braziel was pastor for eleven years.
Mrs. Braziel is survived by her son and daughter-in-law: Tom & Cathey Braziel of Fitzgerald; daughters & sons-in-law: Joy & Tim Brenneman of Tifton and Sherry & Tim Gallagher of Amelia Island, FL and eight grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Rev. William G. “Bill” Braziel, a grandson, William Timothy Brenneman and a brother.