Lizzie Mae Benson Gunby, 81, of Ocilla, died Thursday, November 12, 2009, at Palemon Gaskin Memorial Nursing Home in Ocilla.
Funeral services will be held 11 AM, Saturday, November 14, 2009 at Frank Primitive Baptist Church with Rev. David Biggers and Elder Ed McIntyre 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. Gunby was born May 3, 1928 in Irwin County, Georgia, to the late Albert and Ada Padgett Benson. She lived in Ocilla most of her life. Mrs. Gunby graduated from Holt High School and Atlanta Business School. She was a retired accountant and bookkeeper, having worked for Irwin Manufacturing, Gray Peanut Company, the Irwin County Extension Office, Bank of Ocilla and Farm Bureau. She was a member of Frank Primitive Baptist Church.
Mrs. Gunby is survived by her sons, Greg (Catherine) Gunby of Ben Hill County and Rick Gunby of Irwin County; daughter, Nina (Harvey) Broome of Irwin County; sisters, Nora Morrison of Albany and Mazie Hutto of Ocilla. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Grant Gunby, one brother and two sisters.