Mrs. Betty Davis McRae, 88, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Monday, May 10, 2010 at Dorminy Medical Center.
Funeral services will be held 2 PM Wednesday, May 12 at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Keith Goodlett and Rev. B.J. Funk officiating. Interment will follow at Bethlehem Cemetery in Ben Hill County. The family will receive friends from 7-9 P.M. Tuesday evening at the funeral home in Fitzgerald.
Mrs. McRae was born May 18, 1921 in China Hill, Georgia to the late Benjamin H. and Abbie Hunter Davis. She was a 1937 graduate of Telfair County High School and was a member of the State Champion Girls Basketball Team. Mrs. McRae moved to Fitzgerald in 1960 after her husband retired from the US Air Force. Mrs. McRae was retired service manager for Sears Roebuck Company and a former sales lady with B.C. Moores. She was a member of Central United Methodist Church, the Upper Room Sunday School Class and the UMW. She was a former church hostess. Mrs. McRae was a former member of the Cherokee Garden Club and Junior Woman’s Club.
Mrs. McRae is survived by her daughter and son-in-law: Betty Lynn and Jimmy Johnson of Fitzgerald; son and daughter-in-law: Randall D. & Sue McRae of Simpsonville, SC; daughter-in-law: Lisa B. McRae of Fitzgerald; 8 grandchildren: Al (JoAnna) Johnson of Fitzgerald, Chris McRae of Seattle, WA, Andy (Mandy) Johnson of Fitzgerald, Chad McRae of Simpsonville, SC, Abby (Jason) Holt of Fitzgerald, Josh McRae of Simpsonville, SC, Brad McRae and Kayla McRae both of Fitzgerald; and 4 great grandchildren: Austin Johnson, Oliver Johnson, Thomas Holt and Davis Holt all of Fitzgerald. The family also wishes to acknowledge the love and faithfulness of Mrs. McRae’s caregivers: Avis Collins, Kay Lately, and Betty Duncan. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Grover V. McRae, daughter, Myra Dawn McRae, son, Warren H. McRae and a granddaughter, Christina McRae.
The family suggests that memorials be made to Central United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 428, Fitzgerald, GA 31750 or Blue-Gray Community Hospice, P.O. Box 1447, Fitzgerald, GA 31750.