Willard Handley, 68, of Butler, Georgia, died Friday, July 9, 2010 at the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon.
Graveside services will be held at 3:00 P.M., Sunday, July 11, 2010 in Salem Cemetery, Ben Hill County with Rev. Brent Duncan officiating. The family will receive friends from 7-9 Saturday evening at the funeral home in Fitzgerald.
Mr. Handley was born April 24, 1942 in Rebecca, Georgia to the late Lewis and Virdie Griffin Handley. He lived in Butler for the past 47 years from Rebecca. Mr. Handley was a poultry farmer, retiring from New Morn Foods. He was of the Baptist faith.
He is survived by his wife: Juanita Harrell Handley of Butler; daughters: Theodessa Handley of Butler and Laticia McDowell of Reynolds; 2 grandchildren; sisters and brothers-in-law: Mary Walker of Lilburn, Lucille Coleman of Fitzgerald, Mary Jo & Stanley Sell of Norcross and Jeanette & Kelly Cournington of Peachtree City as well as several nieces and nephews. Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by 3 brothers and 4 sisters.