Mrs. Mary Williamson Gaines, 87, of Fitzgerald, Georgia died Wednesday, April 20, 2011, at the Fitzgerald Nursing Home.
Funeral services will be held at 11 A.M. Saturday, April 23, at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Robert Couey officiating. Interment will follow in Salem Cemetery. Visitation will be held 7-9 Friday evening at the funeral Home.
Mrs. Gaines was born November 15, 1923 in Ben Hill County to the late Sam D. and Ola Hogan Williamson. She lived in Fitzgerald all of her life, graduating from Fitzgerald High School. Mrs. Gaines was a former employee of H.R. Kaminsky & Sons. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother and a member of Arbor Baptist Church.
She is survived by her children: Kent & Marian Gaines of Fitzgerald, Gloria & Ron Blakeney of Calhoun, LA, David & Linda Gaines of Fitzgerald and John & Donna Gaines of Byron; 13 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren; brothers: Bill & Pat Williamson of Warner Robins, Bobby & Carolyn Williamson of Crestview, FL and S.D. & Gloria Williamson of Fitzgerald; sisters: Annie Ruth Ivey of Rebecca, Frances Tanner of Ailey and Peggy & Richard Peavy of Chestnut Mountain as well as several nieces and nephews. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph P. Gaines, a brother, John A. Williamson and a great granddaughter, Jaci Rogers.