Frank Cottles

Mr. Frank H. Cottles, Jr, 75, of Cairo, GA, passed away Monday, May 4, 2009 at Grady General Hospital in Cairo, GA. The funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, May 7, 2009 at Family Worship Center in Cairo, GA with Pastor Johnny Moore officiating. The graveside service will be at 4:00 p.m. Thursday, May 7, 2009 at Oak City Cemetery in Bainbridge, GA. Active pallbearers will be John Wilkinson, Jeff Mobley, Fred Broome, Wayne Morgan, Terry Darsey and Richard Castillo. Honorary pallbearers will be Steve Roberts, John Raker, Lamon Ready and Belton Dykes. The family will receive friends Wednesday, May 6, 2009 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Ivey Funeral Home. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Memorial donations may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Mr. Cottles was born December 15, 1933 in Bainbridge, GA, the son of Frank Houseman Cottles and Lois Carroll Cottles. He served in the Georgia National Guard, was a millwright and the owner and operator of Southern Electrical and Mechanical. He was a member of Family Worship Center in Cairo, GA. He was preceded in death by his wife, Bessie Owen Cottles; his son, Terry Cottles; two brothers, Robert Smith Cottles and W.H. "Billy" Cottles and his sister, Carol Oglesby. Survivors include his son, Gary F. Cottles of Pelham, GA; three daugthers, Sharon C. Lowe and her husband Lamon, Karon C. Johnson and her husband Ronald, and Roberta C. Humphries and her husband Robert all of Cairo, GA; two brothers, Melvin Cottles and his wife Judy, and David Cottles and his wife Sandra both of Bainbridge, GA; twelve grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren.