Emmett Franklin Mcduffie

Franklin McDuffie, age 75 of Rochelle, passed away Monday, June 27, 2011 in the Taylor Regional Hospital.Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Friday, July 1st in the Tabernacle Baptist Church.Reverend Joel Owens will officiate.Interment will be in the family plot in the Christian Hill Cemetery. Mr. McDuffie was born in Rochelle on February 16, 1936. He was son of the late Emmett McDuffie and Lena Duncan McDuffie.He was a retired meat cutter with Food Lion Stores.He attended Tabernacle Baptist Church.He was preceded in death by his wife, Laverne Gibbs McDuffie. Survivors include: sons-Larry McDuffie of Warner Robins and Jerry McDuffie of Birmingham, Alabama,daughter-Peggy Wakefield of Sanford, Florida, brother-Dobie McDuffie of Fitzgerald, sisters-Christine James of Warner Robins and Evon Floyd of Pearson, 6-grandchildren and 1-great-granddaughter. Visitation will be from 6-8 PM Thursday, June 30th in the funeral home. Frazier and Son Funeral Home in Rochelle is in charge of arrangements.