The funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 A.M., Saturday morning, October 13, 2012 at First Salem Baptist Church, Twin Church Road, Montezuma, Georgia. Interment will follow in Champ Waters Cemetery, Montezuma, Georgia.
Lonnie Woolfork, Sr. was born May 12, 1962 to Alonzo Woolfork and Inez Mann Woolfork in Montezuma, Macon County, Georgia. He was educated in the public school system of Macon County. He was a 1980 graduate of D. F. Douglass High School. Lonnie attended South Georgia Technical College where he received some training in welding and business administration. He was a faithful member of First Salem Baptist Church. Lonnie was employed with Allen's Company for more than twenty-five years as a Supervisor. On November 29, 2007, he was united in Holy matrimony to the former Latarcha Cotton.
Left to cherish his memories are a devoted wife, Latarcha Cotton Woolfork, Montezuma, Georgia; his loving children, Lonnie Woolfork, Jr., Rafael Woolfork, DeMarcus Woolfork, Carendez Cotton, Shaneishia Hill, Tiffany Hill, and Jeremy Cotton; granddaughter, Makayla Woolfork; his loving and devoted parents, Alonzo and Inez Mann Woolfork, Montezuma, Georgia; his eleven siblings, Lisa (Arney) Bryant, Vienna, Georgia; Audrey Woolfork, Amillia Woolfork, Michael (Barbara) Felton, Anne Felton, Sharon (Jody) Beal, Darron Felton, Gladys Felton, all of Montezuma, Georgia, Jerome Felton (Trina), Americus, Georgia, Dennis Thomas and Reginald Thomas (Betty), both of Hartford, Connecticut; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Robert and Dorothy Cotton; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Robert Harris, Reynolds, Georgia, Della Parker, Warner Robins, Georgia, Mattie Kendrick, Montezuma, Georgia, Willie J. Cotton, Hartford, Connecticut, Brock Cotton, Reynolds, Georgia, April Cotton. Montezuma,Georgia, Rodney Cotton, Reynolds, Georgia and Shaveon Cotton, Pompono Beach, Florida; aunts and uncles, James C. Mann (Louella), Earl Mann, Sr., all of Montezuma, Georgia, John Mann, Jr. (Viola), Ervin Mann, Sr. (Pearl), Mae Bertha Jones, all of Riveria Beach, Willie Mann (Cathy), Betty Mann, all of Oglethorpe, Georgia, Jewel Lee Woolfork, Sr., Immokalee, Florida, Roosevelt Woolfork (Yvonne), Orlando, Florida, Earl Woolfork (Mattie Mae), Marie Woolfork, Montezuma, Georgia, Mollie Reid (Robert), Warner Robins, Georgia, Eddie Woolfork (Michelle), Canton, Michigan, and Geneva Carter (Elder James), Ocilla, Georgia, Anna B. Woolfork, and JoAnn Woolfork, both of Montezuma, Georgia; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
- Elder Laura Martin O'Neal(Saturday, October 13 12 03:49 pm EDT)
Family,your pain and sorrow is my pain also.but with God we can do all things through Christ who loves us.I love you all. - Dianne Tookes, Fairburn, GA(Saturday, October 13 12 01:05 am EDT)
To the family: Be strong and hold on. I know he will be miss by all of you and many friends. May God bless and be with each you at this time of sorrow. My deepest sympathy to the Woolfork and Cotton family.
My deepest sympthy. - scottie hill(Saturday, October 13 12 12:54 am EDT)
let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, belive in god also in me. in my Father,s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. And if i go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself: that where i am, there ye may be also (John 14:1-3 - Lewis & Lorine Frazier(Friday, October 12 12 06:27 pm EDT)
To: The Woolfork, Mann and Cotton family. With deepest sympathy our prayers are with you in your time of sorrow. May God continue to keep you. - GLORIA,,LIL JERRY,JEREMY ,ADAM AND FAMILY(Friday, October 12 12 03:49 pm EDT)
TO THE WOOLFORK FAMILY MY PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU ALL RIGHT NOW JUST KNOW THAT GOD SEES AND HEAR ALL YOUR TEARS. GOD BE WITH YOU AT THIS TIME. - HELEN SNIPES & FAMILY(Friday, October 12 12 03:43 pm EDT)
to the fsmily of the late lonnie woolfork sr, just know that god hears and sees everyone of your tears. every problem you have take it to the lord. may god bless you and your family. - Woodnell Respert & Family(Thursday, October 11 12 09:39 am EDT)
Deepest sympathy to the Woolfork and Cotton family. - MELVYNA CURGIL(Thursday, October 11 12 09:28 am EDT)
MY PRAYERS ARE WITH THE WOOLFORK AN COTTON FAMILIES JUST KNOW THAT GOD DON'T MAKE NO MISTAKES. - Renee Bowens(Thursday, October 11 12 09:04 am EDT)
Lisa and family, I am extending my deepest sympathy to you at this time. Please remember that weeping may endure for a night, but JOY cometh in the morning. May God bless each of you during this trying time. Stay strong Woolfork family. - Mae Belle Thomas(Thursday, October 11 12 08:39 am EDT)
Amilla, May God hold you and your family in His loving arms, sustaining you as you mourn the loss-yet cherish the memories of your loved one.