Lola Mae Golden York, 89, of Tifton died Saturday, October 27, 2007, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 30, 2007, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Lee McMath and Rev. Curtis Watson will officiate with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Steve Webb, Tim Dunn, Robert Dunn, Terry Nichols, Carl McMath and Richard Golden. Honorary pallbearers will be Danny Webb, Phillip Grimes, Andrew Grimes, Russel Hester and John O'Connor. The family will receive friends on Monday, October 29, 2007, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Ms. York was born on May 12, 1918 and was the daughter of Arthur Jacob Golden and Arrie Thompson Golden, both deceased. She was also preceded in death by her husband, James Albert York; and five brothers, Earl Golden, Johnny Golden, James Golden, Roy Golden, Bobby Golden. She was a retired research technician for the University of Georgia Coastal Plains Experiment Station and a member of Liberty Baptist Church. She had lived in Tifton for 35 years.
Ms. York is survived by three daughters and two sons-in-law, Linda and Jack D. Marion, Sr. of Pinnacle, North Carolina, Martha York-Naylor and her husband, Adrian L. Naylor of Charlotte, North Carolina, and Judy York of Tifton; two sisters, Dorthy Dunn of Omega and Joyce Webb of Tifton; seven grandchildren, Jack D. Marion, Jr., Matthew Marion, Wendy Rutland, Holly Rutland Smithson, Cameron Dakota Wise, Debbie O'Connor and Carma Graham; and eight great grandchildren.