Willis “Butch” Zerbe, Sr., 55, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Thursday, April 2, 2015, at Tift Regional Medical Center in Tifton.
Funeral services will be held 2 PM, Sunday, April 5, 2015, at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Fitzgerald, with the Rev. Chuck Taylor officiating. Interment will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends Saturday evening, from 6 to 8, at the funeral home in Fitzgerald.
Mr. Zerbe was born July 17, 1959 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to Audrey Ann Jones Zerbe and the late Hemmit LaMar Zerbe. He moved to the community in 1980 and was a forklift driver and a CDL driver for Lippert Components in Fitzgerald. He enjoyed shooting pool, watching football, coaching little league football and baseball with the DLS department in Fitzgerald.
He is survived by his son: Willis “Butch” Zerbe, II & Crystal of Fitzgerald; daughter: Starla Weaver of Auburn, California; his mother, Audrey Ann Jones Zerbe of Fitzgerald; brothers: Randy Hippensteel & Cheryl of Fitzgerald, Steven Hippensteel & Lynn of Mississippi and Hemmit Zerbe, II of Athens; sisters: Sherry Ekdahl & Mark of South Bend, Indiana and Belinda Culpepper & Jeff of Cussetta and four grandchildren. Many nieces and nephews also survive.