Mae S. Boyette, 89, of Fitzgerald died Saturday, November 15, 2008 at Life Care Center.
Funeral services will be held 2 P.M. Monday, November 17, at The Paulk Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Wayne McCrimmon officiating. Interment will follow at Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 7 until 9 Sunday evening at the funeral home in Fitzgerald.
Mrs. Boyette was born Lillie Mae Snellgrove on November 10, 1919 in Ben Hill County to the late Henry and Leah Minix Snellgrove. She lived in Ben Hill and Irwin counties most of her life where she was the former owner and operator of Boyette’s Grocery in Ocilla. Mrs. Boyette was a member of Big Creek Baptist Church and the Bernhardt Singers.
She is survived by a sister: Mary B. Luke of Fitzgerald and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Loyd F. Boyette and 5 sisters and 3 brothers.