Owen A. Monk, Sr., 74, of Fitzgerald, died Friday, August 3 at Tift Regional Medical Center.
Funeral services will be held 2 P.M., Tuesday, August 7, at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Max Rodgers officiating. The family will receive friends from 7 until 9 Monday evening at the funeral home in Fitzgerald.
Mr. Monk was born October 21, 1932, in Quitman to the late O’Neal and Lucy Hampton Monk. He lived in the community for the past 6 years from Pampa, Texas. Mr. Monk was a former security guard and also worked in the Texas oil fields. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force and retired from the United States Navy after 21 years, 8 months and 3 days of service. He served during the Korean War Era and Vietnam. Mr. Monk was a member of the American Legion Post 99 in Fitzgerald.
Mr. Monk is survived by his sons and daughters-in-law, James Faiola of Ocilla, Owen A. & Linda Monk, Jr., of Fitzgerald and James E. & Rebecca Monk, Sr., of Fairborn, OH; 6 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren; brothers and sister, David Monk of Fitzgerald, O’Neal Monk, Jr., of Pampa, TX and Dianna Lackey of Lockhart,Texas as well as several nieces and nephews.