The funeral service will be conducted at 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at the Oglethorpe Funeral Chapel, Inc., 607 Kaigler Street, Oglethorpe, Georgia. Reverend Coley Clark Jr., Pastor of Zion Grove Baptist Church in Montezuma, Georgia will officiate.
Josephine Jolly McCrary was born on April 17, 1920 in Montezuma, Georgia to the late Elijah Jolly and Amanda Jolly. She was preceded in death by 11 siblings. At an early age she accepted Christ as her personal Savior and joined the band of Christian believers St. Paul Primitive Baptist Church in Montezuma, Georgia. She was joined in holy matrimony to the late Charles McCrary. Josephine was a homemaker who enjoyed cooking and caring for her family.
She leaves behind five children, Jerome Jolly, Atlanta, Georgia, Earl McCrary, Americus, Georgia, Walter McCrary (Shirley), Atlanta, Georgia, Charlie Mae Hill (Percy), Macon, Georgia and Deloris Higgs (James), Americus, Georgia; 10 grandchildren; a host of great grandchildren; a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives.