Ella H. Lee, 94, of Ocilla, Georgia, died Wednesday, April 16, 2008, at Palemon Gaskins Nursing Home in Ocilla.
Funeral services will be held 11 A.M., Friday, April 18 at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Ocilla with Rev. Sonny Pate and Rev. Gerald Purvis officiating. Interment will follow in the Ocilla Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 7 until 9, Thursday evening at the funeral home in Ocilla.
Mrs. Lee was born December 24, 1913 in Calhoun County to the late Robert and Betty Honeycutt Holden. She lived in the community most of her life. Mrs. Lee was a homemaker and a florist. She was a member of the Ocilla Baptist Church.
Mrs. Lee is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Jimmy & Anniece Lee of Ocilla; grandchildren, Jami Lee of Midway and Jai (Joey) Ammons of Ocilla; great grandchildren, Karsen and Kaleb and a sister, Ida Bell Mobley of Cocoa Beach, FL. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Edison Lee, three brothers and one sister.
The family suggests that those desiring to send memorials may send them to the Ocilla Cemetery Trust Fund, c/o Betty Joyce Walters, 251 Evergreen Drive, Ocilla, GA 31774 or to the donor's favorite charity.