Lavada Whitley, 88, of Ocilla died Friday, February 16 at Palemon Gaskins Nursing Home in Ocilla.
Funeral services will be held 11 AM, Monday, February 19 at Pine Hill Baptist Church, Ocilla with Rev. Huey Nichols and Rev. Charles Nichols officiating. Interment will follow in Brushy Creek Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7-9 Saturday and Sunday evening at the funeral home in Ocilla.
Mrs. Whitley was born December 13, 1918, in Ocilla, Georgia, to the late Isaac and Ida Hickman Ring. She had lived in the community all of her life. Mrs. Whitley was a former nurse’s aide for Irwin County Hospital working almost 40 years and retiring at the age of 78. She was a member of the Pine Hill Baptist Church.
She is survived by her four sons and daughters-in-law: Elie Carroll & Nina Whitley of Fitzgerald, Isaac Daniel & Faye Whitley of Ocilla, Kaylon & Blondean Whitley of Ocilla, and Michael Whitley of Ocilla; eight grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Elie Whitley, two sisters, and one brother.