Sallie Bragg Pridgen, 91, of Rome, Georgia (Formerly of Fitzgerald), died February 22, 2006 at the home of her daughter in Rome.
Funeral services will be held at 11 AM, Saturday, February 25, 2006, at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel, Fitzgerald, with Rev. John Forbes officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 7 to 9 PM Friday evening at the funeral home.
Mrs. Pridgen was born September 30, 1914 in Telfair County, Georgia, to the late Elias and Laura Lee Fussell Dale. She moved to Rome four years ago from Fitzgerald, where she lived most of her life. Mrs. Pridgen was a former employee of H.R. Kaminsky & Sons. She was a member of Westside Baptist Church and a former member and nursery worker for many years at the First Baptist Church in Fitzgerald.
Mrs. Pridgen is survived by her daughter: Virginia B. Boyd of Rome; grandchildren: Gary Boyd, Wayne Boyd, Chris Bragg, Bobby Bragg, Linda Hunter and Helen Hogan; great-grandchildren: Bradley Boyd, Christy Boyd, Josh Boyd, Blake Hunter, Nickie Hunter,Nash Bragg, and Zack Bragg ; great-great-granddaughter: Madison Wright; sisters: Christine Brown of Fitzgerald and Vermell Ellison of Zephyrhills, FL; brother: Curtis Dale of Fitzgerald; several nieces and nephews. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Emmitt Ward Pridgen and two sons, Bobby and Lamar Bragg.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Heyman Hospice Care at Floyd, P.O. Box 163, Rome, GA 30162.