Floy Mae Booth Paulk, 86, of Tifton died Monday, September 18, 2023, at Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Florida. Her funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, September 22, 2023, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with the Rev. Ike Branch officiating. Mrs. Paulk will be laid to rest at Oak Ridge Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Thursday, September 21, 2023, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Robert Paulk, Jason Morris, Harrell Rackley, Josh Grice, Nathan Angle, Derek Pilkinton, Travis Harper and Ty Smith will serve as pallbearers.
Born December 18, 1936, in Tifton, Mrs. Paulk was the daughter of the late Clarence Ross Booth and Lois Crum Booth. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Robert Eugene Paulk, Sr.; one sister, Frances Booth; one granddaughter, Tasha Moore; and two great-grandsons, Eli Griffin and Tyler Gay. Before retiring, she was a devoted nurse for 50 years and retired from Tift Regional Medical Center. She was a member of Tifton’s First Church of the Nazarene and an avid supporter of Peanut Butter and Jesus.
Mrs. Paulk is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Bobby and Barbara Paulk and Randy and Beverly Paulk, all of Tifton; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Cathy Bryant of Tifton and Nancy and Robert Lentz of Tifton and Beth and Mike Grice of Rocky Mount, Virginia; one brother and sister-in-law, C.R. and Jeri Booth of Lake Wales, Florida; eight grandchildren, Robert Paulk, Jessica Rackley, Farron Morris, Josh Grice, Callie Angle, Brittany Pilkinton, Crystal Kennedy and Brooke Owen; 18 great-grandchildren; and six great-great grandchildren.
Flowers will be accepted or memorial gifts may be made to Peanut Butter and Jesus, 91 Springhill Church Road, Tifton, GA 31793; Shands Hospital Emergency Department, 1515 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, Florida 32608; or Tifton’s First Church of the Nazarene, P. O. Box 315, Tifton, GA 31793.