Karen Kay Lockhart

TY TY — Karen Kay Nelson Lockhart, 65, of TyTy died Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008 at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Albritton-Beaumont Funeral Directors with the Rev. Jim Duggan and the Rev. Chad Hall officiating with a eulogy by the Rev. Matthew Waldrop. Burial followed at Pine Forest Baptist Church Cemetery in Worth County.Pallbearers were Spud Bowen, Gary Roberts, John Falotico, John Harnage, Harvey Kendrick and Royce Bishop.Born Nov. 13, 1943 in Pekin, Ill., Mrs. Lockhart was the daughter of the late Ruth Nelson. She was a partner with her husband in Fund Marketing, Inc. and a member of the First Baptist Church of Ty Ty. Mrs. Lockhart had retired from Tifton Aluminum and was a member of the Tifton Elks Lodge Auxiliary where she was very active in lodge and social functions. She enjoyed reading, puzzles, games and working on charitable events.Survivors include her husband, Dan Lockhart of Ty Ty; daughter and son-in-law, Penny Shurling and Mike Marshall of Moultrie; son and daughter-in-law, Scott and Gidget Shurling of Tifton; three sisters, Sharon and Don Follis of Lincoln, Ill., Donna Nelson of Lincoln, Ill., and Ruth Horton of Brandenton, Minn.; grandchildren, Kevin, Katrina, Lauren, Chandler, Austin, John Silas, and Kaitlin; one great-grandchild, Melody Cameron; and several brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces and cousins.Memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Association. Online condolences may be made at albritton-beaumontfuneralhome.com. Albritton-Beaumont Funeral Directors is in charge of arrangements.