Harris Towson, Jr., 67, of the Holt community in Irwin County, Georgia, died Saturday, February 8, 2025, at his residence.
Funeral services will be held 2 PM, Tuesday, February 11, 2025, at The Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Ocilla, Georgia, with the Rev. Allen Arowood officiating. Interment will follow in Lax Community Cemetery in Irwin County, Georgia. The family will receive friends from 6-8 Monday evening at the funeral home in Ocilla.
Mr. Towson was born April 6, 1957, in Ocilla, Georgia, to Cornelia Rigsby Towson and the late Herman Harris Towson, Sr. He worked in heating, air conditioning and refrigeration for many years and owned and operated Towson Heating & Air. He also worked with Lamar Gibbs at Gibbs Welding. He enjoyed playing pool and liked to water ski while visiting Lake Blackshear. He was very talented on the water. His favorite pastime was talking. He was a member of Ocilla Baptist Church and will be greatly missed by his fur babies: Bucky, Maggie and Bulldog.
He is survived by his wife of 31 years, Linda Gail Hutto Towson of the Holt community; a son, Will & Misty Towson of Ocilla; grandsons: Connor Blaze Towson and Jackson William Towson; his mother, Cornelia Towson of Ocilla; a sister, Deborah & Jerry Wynn of Irwinville; mother-in-law, Glynn Ray Hutto of the Holt community; sister-in-law, Freida Arowood; nieces and a nephew: Bruce Wynn, Stacey Wynn, Tracey Wynn, Toni Dene’ Moody & Chad, Amber Hogan, and Ally Roberts & William; and two great-nieces: Karrigen Moody and Lezli Rae Hogan. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by his father-in-law, Tony Hutto.
Paulk Funeral Home, Ocilla, is in charge of arrangements.