Polly Fletcher Busbin, 71, of Ocilla, died Thursday, February 26, 2009 at Palemon Gaskins Nursing Home in Ocilla.
Funeral services will be held 2 PM., Sunday, March 1, 2009 at Pinetta Baptist Church with Rev. Steve Hand officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held 7-9, Saturday evening at the funeral home in Ocilla.
Mrs. Busbin was born April 20, 1937 in Irwin County to the late Willis and Dolly Dowdy Fletcher. She lived in the community all of her life. Mrs. Busbin was former assistant manager of the Red & White Grocery Store in Ocilla, a former employee of the Quick Stop in Mystic and the dietary department at Irwin County Hospital. She was an active member of Pinetta Baptist Church.
She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Rex & Diane Busbin, Mystic, Larry Busbin, Ocilla, Ricky & Donna Busbin, Pearson, FL, Tim Busbin and Dale Busbin all of Irwin County; daughters & sons-in-law, Debbie Heath, Alapaha, Betty Kay & Robert Williams, Irwin County and Donna & Dale Mims, Ben Hill County; 14 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren; brother and sister-in-law, David & Mary Ann Fetcher, Thomasville; sisters and brothers-in-law, Rachel & Gene Hunter, Ocilla and Mary & James West, Mayo, FL, as well as several nieces and nephews. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Gordon Busbin, son Cecil Busbin, daughter-in-law Vera Busbin, grandson, Todd Busbin, 2 brothers and 1 sister.