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Funeral services will be held 2 PM, Saturday, November 19, 2022, at The Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Fitzgerald, with the Rev. Gary Mimbs officiating. Interment will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery in Fitzgerald, Georgia. The family will receive friends Friday evening, from 6 PM until 8 PM, at the funeral home in Fitzgerald.
Mrs. Gills was born June 16, 1947, in Hamilton, Alabama, to the late Melby & Flossie Edna Upton Gills. She had lived in the community for 70 years and loved working for Advanced Auto Parts for 22 Years.
She is survived by her daughter, Juanita Hulett of Fitzgerald; a special caretaker, Jennifer Varnon of Columbus, Mississippi; her sisters: Louise Brown, Eloise Smith and Linda Gills, all of Fitzgerald and Kathy Hulett & Gerald of Jacksonville; and three brothers: Hubert & Pam Gills of Fitzgerald, Pete & Gretchen Gills of Perry, Florida and Paul & Mary Gills of Chula. She will be missed by her special companions: Buttercup and Ally.
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