Margaret Paulk Howell, 95, of Ocilla, Georgia died Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at her residence.
Funeral services will be held 4 P.M., Friday, November 5, 2010 at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Ocilla with Rev. Robert Sorrow officiating. Interment will follow in Old valley Grove Cemetery. The family will receive friends 2 hours before the service at the funeral home.
Mrs. Howell was born April 30, 1915 in Irwin County to the late Edwin and Phoebe Harper Paulk. She was a homemaker and lived in Irwin County all of her life. Mrs. Howell was a member of Satilla Baptist Church in Irwin County. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother.
Mrs. Howell is survived by her children: Elva H. (John) Aiken of Irmo, SC, Robert N. “Smiley” (Nelda) Howell of Ocilla, GA, Lorene H. (Charles) Taylor of Senoia, GA, Marchmon (Elke) Howell and Nell H. Clark, all of Ocilla, GA and Carlene H. (Harold) Joiner of Nashville, GA; 12 grandchildren, 31 great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren; brothers: W.E. “Billy” (Gen) Paulk of Fitzgerald, GA and Jerry Paulk of Alapaha, GA; sisters: Shirley Folds and Pat (James) Smith, all of Fitzgerald, GA as well as several nieces and nephews. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert J. Howell, 1 granddaughter, 4 brothers, 2 sisters, 2 sons-in-law and 1 daughter-in-law.