Florence “Flo” Adrian Paulk McDonald, 80, of Kathleen, Georgia, formally of Wray, died Thursday, September 5, 2024, at her residence.
Funeral services will be held 2 PM, Saturday, September 7, 2024, at The Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Ocilla, Georgia, with the Rev. William Pope and Pastor Craig Huckaby officiating. Interment will follow in the Holt Baptist Church Cemetery, in Irwin County. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the services at the funeral home.
Mrs. McDonald was born October 30, 1943, in Ocilla, Georgia, to the late Earnest & Addie Mae Ethridge Paulk. She loved to garden and work with her flowers. She also enjoyed picking up pecans and fishing. Mrs. McDonald loved to cook for her family and she had a heart of gold. She retired from the Irwin County School system after 30 years, where she drove a bus and worked in the cafeteria. She was a member of Satilla Baptist Church.
She is survived by her daughter, Belinda & Keith Tucker of Kathleen; a son, Ken & Cathy McDonald of Warwick; seven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; a brother, Marcus & Marcia Paulk of Ocilla and a sister, Betty Williams of Cordele. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Johnny “Wendell” McDonald.
Paulk Funeral Home, Ocilla, is in charge of arrangements.