Kenneth E. Harper, 74, of Ocilla, Georgia died Wednesday, May 4, 2011, at the Irwin County Hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 11 A.M. Saturday, May 7, 2011 at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Ocilla with Dr. Dale Huff officiating. Interment will follow in the Ocilla Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour before the service at the funeral home.
Mr. Harper was born December 31, 1936 in Ocilla to the late John B. and Ella Elizabeth Whitley Harper. He lived in Ocilla most of his life graduating from Irwin County High School in 1954. After graduation he went to work as a bookkeeper for Quinney & Meeks CPA. He was a former bookkeeper for Fitzgerald Ford, Macon Ford and retired after thirty years from Elixir Industries. Mr. Harper was of the Church Of God faith.
Mr. Harper is survived by his sisters and brothers-in-law: Joyce & Marion H. Massee, III of Fitzgerald, Chloe Sims of Hilliard, FL, Lanelle & Dr. Dale Huff of Prattville, AL and Rae & Richard Cobb of Raleigh, NC; brother & sister-in-law: Lamar & Ginger Whitley of Rochelle as well as several nieces, nephews & cousins. Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Dorman Lee Harper.