Clay-Macon County GaArchives Obituaries.....PUCKETT, FRANK BEST July 13, 2004
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Frank Best Puckett, a resident of Carlyle Place, Macon, Georgia born December 
26, 1919, died on July 14, 2004 after a 2 year battle with cancer, the sixth 
child of Kitty (Best) and Charles Puckett. He attended public school in Fort 
Gaines, Georgia, and college at The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina. In 
1941, he graduated from the University of Georgia where he was a member of Phi 
Theta Fraternity. Mr. Puckett entered the United States Army upon graduation 
from college and served in Europe during WWII. He was later stationed on Guam. 
After leaving the Army, he lived in Bucks County, Pennsylvania where he owned 
a commercial design firm. He was married to the late Harriet Kaufman Puckett. 
Mr. Puckett lived briefly in North Carolina and then returned to Georgia as 
vice-president for design with Ball-Stalker in Atlanta. He retired in 1981 and 
traveled extensively. He moved to Macon in 2001. His parents and siblings 
predeceased him. Two nephews and a niece, and their spouses survive: Albert S. 
Killingsworth, Jr. and wife, Elizabeth of Southern Shores, N.C.; C. Walt 
Killingsworth of Fort Gaines, Georgia, and Ann Puckett Anderson and husband, 
Andy of Abbeville, Alabama. Also surviving are great nephews and nieces, 
Albert S. Killingsworth, III, Evelyn K. Murphy, Dorothy K. Toolan, Walt 
Killingsworth, Amy Killingsworth, Frank Michel Killingsworth, Theresa 
Anderson, Barbara Anderson, Dian Anderson, Robin Anderson, and James Anderson. 
There are nine great-great nephews and nieces. Funeral services will be 
Saturday, July 17, 2004 at 2:00 P.M. at First Baptist Church, Fort Gaines, GA 
with Rev. Jeff Hines officiating. Burial will be in the family plot at the New 
Park Cemetery in Fort Gaines, GA, directed by Lunsford Funeral Home of 
Cuthbert, Georgia. A Celebration of Life will be held in The Grande at Carlyle 
Place, Macon, GA on Sunday, July 18, at 2:30 in the afternoon, Harts Mortuary 
directing. A Memorial Service will be held at Virginia Highland Church, 
Atlanta, GA, on Sunday, August 15, 2004, at 2:30 in the afternoon. Rev. Tim 
Shirley officiating. Floral offerings may be directed to Lunsford Funeral 
Home, Cuthbert, Georgia, or charities: Project Open Hand, 176 Ottley Drive, 
NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30324 or Carlyle Place Employee's Fund, 5300 Zebulon 
Road, Macon, Georgia 31210. Lunsford Funeral Home, Cuthbert, GA, 229-732-2148. 

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SON OF KITTYE BEST

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