Betty Laura Fain, 84, of Ocilla, Georgia, died Sunday, April 20, 2014, at her residence.
Funeral services will be held 11 AM, Wednesday, April 23, 2014, at Frank Primitive Baptist Church in Irwin County, with the Elder Edward McIntyre and the Rev. Chad Wood officiating. Interment will follow in the Brushy Creek Cemetery in Irwin County. The family will receive friends Tuesday evening from 6 to 8 at the funeral home in Ocilla.
Mrs. Fain was born January 14, 1930 in Ocilla to the late Roy Quinn and Bertha McMillian Freeman. She lived in the community all of her life and was a homemaker. She graduated from Ocilla High School. Mrs. Fain was a member of the “Rambling Sisters” and she loved to garden and travel, especially to the beach. She also looked forward to going out with her sisters and sister-in-law on their monthly “Day Out”. She was also very faithful to visit her sisters in the nursing home. She kept many of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and what they will miss the most will be her cooking. Mrs. Fain was a very active member of Frank Primitive Baptist Church and participated in many church activities including choir and ladies circle.
She is survived by her husband of 63 years: Robert Fain of Ocilla; two daughters and sons-in-law: Lisa & Warren Mixon of Ocilla and Catherine & Mike Sirmans of Ocilla; five grandchildren: Rob & Brandy Mixon, Ben & Therese Mixon, Lea & Todd Pate, Blake & Stephanie Sirmans and Clayton & Jessica Sirmans; ten great-grandchildren: Hayden Mixon, Destin Mixon, Fisher Mixon, Sailor Mixon, Fain Pate, Dawson Mixon, Tate Melton, Nevaeh Sirmans, Leah Jane Sirmans and Whit Sirmans; two sisters: Agnes Kelly of Ocilla and Nell & Cecil Rigdon of Ocilla; and a sister- in-law: Jewell Freeman of Ocilla. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a grandchild: Harry Russell Mixon; two sisters and three brothers.
The family suggests, those desiring to send memorials may do so to Hospice of Tift Area, P O Box 747, Tifton, Georgia, 31793 or to the Brushy Creek Cemetery Fund, % Sherry Schalch, 537 Brushy Creek Road, Ocilla, Georgia, 31774.