Janie Martin Harper, 74, of Irwin County, died Thursday, November 12, 2009, at the Irwin County Hospital in Ocilla.
Funeral services will be held at 2 PM, Sunday, November 15, 2009 at Spring Hill Primitive Baptist Church with Elder Ed McIntyre officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7-9 Saturday evening at the funeral home in Ocilla.
Mrs. Harper was born July 15, 1935 in Irwin County, to the late Eddie M. and Lucile Moore Martin. She lived in Irwin County most of her life, graduating from Irwin County High School in 1953. Mrs. Harper was a former member of the Home Demonstration Club and a member of Spring Hill Primitive Baptist Church.
Mrs. Harper is survived by her husband, Ortiz Harper of Irwin County; sons, Rodney A. Harper and Wilbur L. (Lisa) Harper, all of Irwin County; daughter, Sue (Steve) Hayes of Baxley; 8 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren; brother, Franklin “Buck” Martin of Irwin County; sister, Emma Louise Turner of Metter, as well as several nieces and nephews. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by one brother and one sister.