Nellie Raby McCrimmon, 83, of Ocilla, Georgia, died January 3, 2010 at Tift Regional Medical Center.
Funeral services will be held 2 PM, Wednesday, January 6 at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Ocilla with Rev. Steve Hand and Rev. Wayne McCrimmon officiating. Interment will follow in Pinetta Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7-9 Tuesday evening at the funeral home in Ocilla.
Mrs. McCrimmon was born September 6, 1926 in Fitzgerald to the late Ronald O. and Mary Lou Embrich Raby. She was a homemaker and lived in Irwin and Ben Hill counties all of her life. Mrs. McCrimmon was a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church.
She is survived by her sons, James McCrimmon of Fitzgerald, Charles (Sandy)McCrimmon of Palatka, FL, William (Susan) McCrimmon of Alma, Johnny McCrimmon of Brookfield, Jessie (Kelli) McCrimmon of Ocilla; daughters, Mary (Bob) Clower of Fitzgerald, Phyllis Music of Dawson and Nellie (Curtis) Hunter of Ocilla; 18 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren; sisters, Louise Bennett of Fitzgerald and Aline Graham of Ocilla as well as several nieces and nephews. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William Thomas McCrimmon, daughter, Janie McCrimmon, granddaughter, Nellie Volee Eubank, sister, Minnie Parker and a brother, William “Bud” Raby.