Flossie Upton Gills, 75, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Sunday evening, October 5, 2003, in Fitzgerald.
Funeral services will be 2:30 P.M. Wednesday, October 8, 2003, at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Fitzgerald with Rev. Ronnie Griner and Rev. James Hubbard officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 9 P.M. Tuesday.
Mrs. Gills was born November 6, 1927, in Marion County, Alabama, to the late John Wesley Upton and Pearlie Lee Mitchell Upton. Her husband Melby Gills, three brothers and two sisters preceded her in death. Mrs. Gills was a retired Twister with Modern Fibers, but was a former employee of SWS Garment, H.R. Kaminsky and Sons, Fitzgerald Underwear, Tice Yarns and the Colony Home. She was a member of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Fitzgerald.
Mrs. Gills is survived by three sons: Hubert Gills, Fitzgerald; Paul Gills, Cape Coral, FL; Pete Gills, Fitzgerald; six daughters: Louise Brown, Fitzgerald; Eloise Smith, Fitzgerald; Barbara Gills, Fitzgerald; Linda Gills, Fitzgerald, Kathy Hulett, Jacksonville, GA; Joyce Morgan, Tifton, GA; 1 sister: Laverne Adair, Fitzgerald; 30 Grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.