Sue Weeks Howell, 65, of Ocilla, died Wednesday, February 25, 2009, at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta.
Funeral services will be held 2 P.M., Saturday, February 28 at Brushy Creek Primitive Baptist Church with Brother Joe Sims and Elder Mickey Harris officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7-9, Friday evening at the funeral home in Ocilla.
Mrs. Howell was born August 31, 1943 in Dothan, Alabama to the late Bill and Virginia Tatum Weeks. She lived in the community since 1963. Mrs. Howell graduated from Waycross High School in 1961 and from Valdosta State College where she was a member of Kappa Delta Sorority. She was an elementary school teacher in Irwin County and owned and operated Howell’s Kindergarten for several years. She was a member of Brushy Creek Primitive Baptist Church.
Mrs. Howell is survived by the father of her children, Danny Howell of Ocilla; daughter & son-in-law, Paige H. and Dave Harper, Jr. of Ocilla; son & daughter-in-law, Shane & Sherry Howell of Ocilla; grandchildren, Kaysie & Haley Harper and Chasidy & Lacy Howell; brothers, Beau Weeks of Jacksonville, FL and Jeffery Weeks of Waycross; sisters, Colleen Kogos of Jacksonville, FL and Patricia Romigh of Statham, as well as several nieces and nephews.