Will Smith McCarty, Jr. 81, of Ocilla, died Thursday, March 12, 2009 at the Irwin County Hospital.
Graveside services will be held 2 P.M. Sunday, March 15, in Irwinville Cemetery with Rev. Jerry Wilson officiating. Visitation will be held 7-9, Saturday evening at the funeral home in Ocilla.
Mr. McCarty was born October 25, 1927 in Dougherty County to the late Will Smith and Lillie Mae Gilliam McCarty. He was a farmer and lived in the Irwin Community most of his life. Mr. McCarty attended Irwinville United Methodist Church.
He is survived by a sister, Sue M. Phillips of Albany; brothers, Robert (Lois) McCarty of Columbia, SC and Orin McCarty of Fitzgerald; nephews, Robert McCarty, Jr. of Fitzgerald and Michael (Laura) Phillips of Albany; nieces, Brenda Reed of Tifton and Sharon (Jonathon) Hershberger of Cuthbert.