Tift County GaArchives Obituaries.....Paulk, Tommy Gene June 25, 2005 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lorie A. Everson lorieeverson@bellsouth.net February 11, 2012, 3:00 pm The Albany Herald 29 Jun 2005 TIFTON: Tommy Gene Paulk, 67, of Tifton, formerly of Scooterville, died Saturday, June 25, 2005, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held today at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Albritton-Beaumont Funeral Directors, Tiftarea Chapel with the Rev. Bill Barksdale officiating and J.D. Lindsey giving a eulogy. Burial will follow at Paulk's Chapel Cemetery in Worth County. Pallbearers will be Stacey Paulk, Tony Paulk, Michael Willis, Travis Webb and J.W. Hurst. Members of the Disabled American Veteran's will serve as honorary pallbearers. Born September 12, 1937, in Tift County, Mr. Paulk was the son of the late Dutch Paulk and the late Ruby Estelle Webb Paulk. He served in the Georgia National Guard, the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy as a boom operator in a midair refueling squadron during the Vietnam Conflict. He was a retired corrections officer and was a member of Corinth Baptist Church. He was a Mason and Shriner for 35 years and had served as the Senior Vice-Commander of the DAV Chapter #38 in Tifton for 15 years. Gene was a kind and gentle man who was known for his generosity toward his fellowman. He was a loving husband and father to his children. He extended this love to his stepchildren, grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Survivors include his wife, Betty Wiley Paulk of Tifton; two sons and daughters-in-law, Jeff and Kelly Paulk of Roanoke, Va., and Dutch E. and Kim Paulk of Scooterville; one daughter and son-in-law, Jona Kay and Glenn McChesney of Cape Coral, Fla.; stepchildren, Vickie L. and Mike Cone, Pam and Jim Young and Joey Shear, all of Tifton; one brother and sister-in-law, Jim A. and Faye Paulk of Scooterville; two sisters and one brother-in-law, Ruth P. Tillman of Sylvester and Grace Willis Cook and Franklin Cook of Omega; grandchildren, Nicole Mathis, Gene E. Paulk, Emily McChesney and Rachel McChesney; step grandchildren, Amanda and Alex Burnette, Samantha and Dallas Peek, Candice Young, Chaney Shear and one great-grandchild, also, a longtime friend, J.D. Lindsey, Commander of the DAV Chapter #38 of Tifton and several nieces and nephews. Albritton-Beaumont Funeral Directors Tift-Area Chapel File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/tift/obits/p/paulk2484nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb