Robert Wilbur “R.W.” Solomon, 65, of Fitzgerald, died Wednesday morning April 11, at his residence.
Funeral services will be held 2 P.M., Friday, April 13, at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Fitzgerald, with Rev. Barry Gordon and Rev. Joe Vaughn officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 Thursday evening at the funeral home.
Mr. Solomon was born December 17, 1941 in Fitzgerald, Georgia, to the late Wilbur Solomon and the late Lillian Lucille Griffin Tomberlin. He lived in the community most of his life. Mr. Solomon was a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church and attended Crossview Baptist Church. He loved reading his Bible, going to church and spending time with his friends at Sunny Dale Service Center in Ocilla.
Mr. Solomon is survived by a brother and sister, Marion Tomberlin and Betty Jo Tomberlin, both of Fitzgerald; uncle, Alton Griffin, Sr., of Fitzgerald; special caregivers, Ann Giddens and Margaret McCall, both of Fitzgerald as well as a number of cousins and special friends from Sunny Dale Service Center.
Memorials may be sent to the Irwin County Association For Retarded Citizens, P.O. Box 611, Ocilla, GA 31774.