Lucille Young Holland, 72, of Fitzgerald, Georgia died Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at the Life Care Center in Fitzgerald.
Funeral services will be held 2 P.M. Friday, April 18, 2008, at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Fitzgerald with Rev. Edsel Young officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation will be held 7-9 Thursday evening at the funeral home.
Ms. Holland was born September 23, 1935 in Ben Hill County to the late George William and Lillie Hayes Young. She lived in the community most of her life, graduating from Fitzgerald High School in 1954 and was a former employee of Bill’s Dollar Store. Ms. Holland was a former resident of Jacksonville, Florida, where she worked at SS Kress 5 & 10 and Woolworths. She was a kind and giving person who enjoyed writing letters and cards to her family and friends. Ms. Holland was a member of New Bethel Holiness Baptist Church.
Ms. Holland is survived by a son & daughter-in-law, Billy & Cathy Benson of Broxton; grandson, Zachary Benson of Douglas; sisters, Gladys Dorminy and Mattie Smallwood both of Fitzgerald, as well as, several nieces and nephews. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters and a brother, Ethel Young, Thelma Parker and Roscoe Young.