Carolyn D. Martin, 60, of Fitzgerald, died Wednesday, July 22, at her residence.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home in Fitzgerald on Friday, July 24. Memorial services will be announced at a later date.
Mrs. Martin was born January 9, 1949 in Gainesville, Florida to the late Grady Phillip Moore and the late Ellen Carroll Atkinson. She was a former employee of Irwin Manufacturing and Hardee’s in Ocilla, the Huddle House in Fitzgerald and the Waffle House in Gainesville, FL, Fort Myers, FL and Jacksonville, FL. Mrs. Martin was a member of Riverbend Baptist Church in Irwin County.
Mrs. Martin is survived by her husband: James D. Martin of Fitzgerald; son: Ernest Atkinson of Gulfport, MS; daughter: Judith Atkinson of Tifton; grandchildren: Joseph Patucci, Libby Harper, Heaven Harper, Ericka Soto, Justin Griffin and Jeffery Griffin; great grandchildren: Nicoli Sheffield, Le’Stat Moses Sheffield and Allison Brown; sister: Sharon Teal of Fitzgerald; brothers: William, James and Marvin Moore, all of Moultrie, Jay, Shane and Shean Atkinson, all of North Carolina; brother-in-law: Royce Martin of Ocilla; sisters-in-law: Sherry Joiner and Christine Smith, both of Ocilla as well as several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Mary Roscoe.