Betty Jewell Griffin Freeman, 89, of Ocilla, Georgia, died Thursday, March 15, 2018, at Palemon Gaskin Nursing Home surrounded by her family.
Funeral services will be held 4 PM, Saturday, March 17, 2018, at Frank Primitive Baptist Church, in Irwin County, Georgia, with Elder Edward McIntyre officiating. Interment will follow in the Brushy Creek Cemetery, in Irwin County. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the services at the church.
Mrs. Freeman was born August 17, 1928, in Eustis, Florida, to the late Thomas Griffin, Sr. & Susie Lucille Wright Griffin. She lived in Ocilla most of her life and was a 1946 graduate of Irwin County High School. Mrs. Freeman worked for A. S. Harris Department Store, Reid’s Pharmacy and Heritage Care in Ocilla for over 10 years. Mrs. Freeman was a homemaker who had a passion for cooking and baking. She prepared meals daily for the farm help and also kept the books for her husband’s cabinet shop. Mrs. Freeman will be remembered in the community for cooking homemade cakes. She enjoyed gardening and tending to her flowers, fishing and being on the go. More than anything, she loved her family. She was a member of the Red Hats Society and the Frank Primitive Baptist Church.
She is survived by two daughters: Jo Jones & Donald of Ocilla and Jan Joiner & Roy of Lax; a son, Mickey Freeman of Ocilla; six grandchildren: Deidre Fulmer & fiancé Brand Hilton of Ocilla, Jessi Zimmerman & Shane of Doerun, Ashley Griffin & Casey of Ocilla, Reese Jones of Ocilla, Chacey Freeman of Jacksonville and Leigh Benefield & Aaron of Ocilla; seven great-grandchildren; one sister, Doris Cowart & Randy of Tifton; two brothers-in-law: Robert Fain and Cecil Rigdon, both of Ocilla and one sister-in-law, Lucille Griffin of Fitzgerald. Many nieces and nephews also survive. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, George Cecil Freeman, a son, George Thomas “Tommy” Freeman; six brothers: Ralph Griffin, Johnny Griffin, Lewis Carroll “L.C.” Griffin, Ernest Griffin, Tom Griffin, Jr. and Gene Griffin and two sisters: Grace Woodrum and JoAnn Griffin.