Larry Thomas Rathburn, 66, of Fitzgerald, Georgia died Sunday, March 17, 2013, at the Joseph M. Still Burn Center at Doctors Hospital in Augusta, Georgia.
Funeral services will be held 3 PM, Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Fitzgerald with Rev. Mary Ida Timms officiating. Interment will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends Tuesday evening from 7 to 9 at the funeral home in Fitzgerald.
Mr. Rathburn was born May 1, 1946 in Ocilla, Georgia. He was a graduate of Fitzgerald High School. He was a heavy equipment operator for the Dorminy Brothers Land and Cattle Company of Fitzgerald and also a truck driver. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. Mr. Rathburn was a hard worker, loving husband and father and cared for others. He was of the Pentecostal faith.
He is survived by his wife: Ann Rathburn of Fitzgerald; children: Tena Marlett of Quitman, Tracey Rathburn of Thomaston, Dorothy (Donnie) Rathburn of Fitzgerald and Wanda (Rusty) Rathburn of Fitzgerald; eleven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; sister: Mary Lee Spoon of Fitzgerald and a brother: Robert Roberts of Chester. He was preceded in death by his parents: Milton and Willie Mae Rathburn and his mother: Odell Roberts.