Mrs. Verlie Hinks, 75, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Friday, September 19, 2003, at Dorminy Medical Center in Fitzgerald.
Funeral services will be held at 4 PM Sunday, September 21, 2003, at Big Creek Baptist Church with the Rev. Wayne McCrimmon officiating. Interment will follow in Big Creek Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7:00 to 9:00 P.M. Saturday.
Mrs. Hinks was born August 1, 1928, in Irwin County to the late James Daniel Owens and Ella Lunsford Owens. Mrs. Hinks had lived in Irwin and Ben Hill Counties all of her life. She was a Homemaker and a Farm wife. Mrs. Hinks attended Big Creek Baptist Church in Irwin County. She was preceded in death by her husband, George Mathew Hinks.
Mrs. Hinks is survived by two sons: George Hinks and James Hinks, both of Fitzgerald; one daughter: Alice Clemons of Fitzgerald; one brother: Bill Owens of Irwinville; 9 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandson - Cameron Lee Walls.
Paulk Funeral Home, Fitzgerald, Georgia, is in charge of arrangements.