Donnie Deese, 74, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Saturday, May 18, 2019, at Dorminy Medical Center in Fitzgerald, Georgia.
Funeral services will be held 4 PM, Wednesday, May 22, 2019, at The Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Fitzgerald. Interment will follow in the Arbor Cemetery in Fitzgerald, Georgia. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the services at the funeral home in Fitzgerald.
Mr. Deese was born December 14, 1944, in Fitzgerald, Georgia, to the late Frank E. Deese and Juanita Sherrill Deese. He graduated from Fitzgerald High School in 1963 and was a display designer for Sears and Shipping Manager for Ohio Medical Shipping. A former resident of Atlanta, he moved back to the community in 1999 and worked for Deep South. Mr. Deese loved flowers, landscaping and crafting stain glass. He was a member of Christian Fellowship.
He is survived by his sister-in-law, Mary Deese of Fitzgerald; nieces and nephews: Lynn &Michael Dalton, Melissa Wilder and Marcy & Alan Dean; great-nieces and nephews: Kaitlyn Leonard, Kasee Boggus, Kory Boggus, Kyler Boggus and Kelsie Dalton; four great-great- nieces and nephews and many cousins. His furry friend Pierre will greatly miss him.