Arlie Lynn Yancey, 82, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Monday, June 2, 2025, at her residence.
Funeral services will be held 4 PM, Saturday, June 7, 2025, at the Family Life Center at Arbor Baptist Church, in Fitzgerald, Georgia, with the Rev. Russell Whitehurst officiating. Interment will follow in the Arbor Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the services in the Family Life Center.
Mrs. Yancey was born January 14, 1943, in Urbana, Illinois, to the late Elijah Jerome & Elizabeth Weberg Adkins. She graduated from Paxton High School in Paxton, Illinois. Mrs. Yancey was a bookkeeper for H.R. Kaminsky & Sons and Deep South, in Fitzgerald, Georgia. She enjoyed reading, word searches, sudoku, visiting shut ins and preparing meals for them. Mrs. Yancey was a member of Arbor Baptist Church and she enjoyed her bible studies.
She is survived by her children: Donna D. Bryant & Tim of Valdosta and Bobby E. Garner II of Greensboro, North Carolina; four grandchildren: Jessica Stone, Bradley Grantham, Ryder Garner and Noah Garner; three great-grandchildren: Briley Marsh, Macey Marsh and Maggie Stone; one brother, Terry Adkins & Peggy of Oakwood, Illinois and a sister, Linda A. Parr & Bob of Champagne, Illinois. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Troy “Bo” Avery Yancey.
The family suggests those desiring to send memorials, please send them to Arbor Baptist Church, 1137 N. Merrimac Drive Ext., Fitzgerald, Georgia, 31750.
Paulk Funeral Home, Fitzgerald, is in charge of arrangements.