Darrell Harper, 57, of Fitzgerald, died Saturday, January 3, 2009 at Dorminy Medical Center.
Funeral services will be held 11 A.M., Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at Satilla Baptist Church, Irwin County with the Rev. David Biggers & Rev. J.W. Taylor officiating. Interment will follow in the Satilla Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 P.M. Monday evening at the funeral home in Ocilla.
Mr. Harper was born October 13, 1951 in Coffee County, Georgia to Tommie Vickers Harper and the late Lacey Carroll Harper. He grew up in Irwin County and had lived in the Fitzgerald community for the past 30 years. He was a former dump truck operator for Ben Hill County and worked in the construction industry. He loved to fish and was of the Baptist faith.
Mr. Harper is survived by his mother: Tommie Harper of the Holt community; five sisters: Beverly Thompson & Chip of Fitzgerald, Charlene Harper and Diane Jewell, both of Ocilla, Rhonda Anderson of Sycamore, and Lisa Zanders of Douglas. Several nieces and nephews also survive as well as his faithful friend, Roscoe.