Gerald Dozier, 56, of Fitzgerald died Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at his residence.
Funeral Services will be held at 11 AM, Friday, October 2, 2009 at The Paulk Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Eddie Smith officiating. Interment will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery with Masonic Rites. The family will receive friends from 7-9 Thursday evening at the funeral home.
Mr. Dozier was born June 27, 1953 in Fitzgerald Georgia to the late Russell Wright Dozier, Sr. and the late Betty Seagroves Dozier McCollum. He was a 1971 graduate of Fitzgerald High School and attended Ben Hill-Irwin Tech. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and lived most of his life in Ben Hill County. He worked as a plastics extruder at Aeroquip and was a former employee of Coachmen, Gilman Products, and Deep South. He formerly sold cars in Nashville, GA and Panama City, FL and also was a former insurance agent with Liberty National. A member of the Church of God faith, Mr. Dozier was a member of the Moose Lodge and Pine Level Lodge #353 F.&A.M.
He is survived by his wife: Eileen Fletcher Dozier of Fitzgerald; children and their spouses: Heather & Scottie Hayes and Brandi & Jason Melton, all of Fitzgerald, and Micha & Rachel Dozier of Dublin; step-children: Shelley & Jason White of Vienna, Susan & Jeremy Stokes of Greenville, NC, and DeeDee & Mark McMillan of Ocilla; fourteen grandchildren; step-mother: Betty Dozier of Pineview; sisters and brothers-in-law: Vicki & Willie Graybill of Fitzgerald and Marisa & Kenneth Lamb of Pineview; brothers and sisters-in-law: Russell & Vickie Dozier of Pineview and William & Kathy Dozier of Abbeville; as well as a special aunt and uncle: Shelby & Gene Nicholson of Fitzgerald.
The family suggests those desiring to send memorials may send them to Blue-Gray Community Hospice, P O Box 1447, Fitzgerald, GA 31750.