Thetis Elaine Watson Haire, 90, of Tifton died Monday, March 3, 2008, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 5, 2008, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Randall Gay will officiate with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Aubry Haire, Allen Haire, Terry Ziegler, Mike Flippo, Chief Jim Smith, and Earnest Dove. Honorary pallbearers will be the staff of the Main Street Department of the City of Tifton. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, March 4, 2008, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Ms. Haire was born on June 20, 1917 in Tift County and was the daughter of James Jackson Watson and Pearl Reeves Watson, both deceased. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Leo Frank Haire; one son, James Donald Haire; one daughter, Glenda Haire; and one brother, Edison Watson. She was the receptionist for the Main Street Department of the City of Tifton and a member of Macedonia Baptist Church in Chula. She had lived her entire life in Tift County.
Ms. Haire is survived by one daughter-in-law, Shirley Haire Zins of Waterloo; one sister-in-law, Irene Watson of Tifton; two sisters, Opal Smith of Tifton and Joyce Barnes of Gray; two grandsons, Danny Haire and his wife, Pam, and David Haire and Teya Redd; three great grandchildren; and one great great grandchild.