Georgia Rich

Georgia Lane Rich, 90, of Climax, GA, passed away Saturday, December 17, 2011 at Memorial Manor Nursing Home. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, December 19, 2011 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Paul Medley officiating. Interment will be at Oak City Cemetery with Jeff Rich, Earl Rich, Chad Harrison, Robby Harrison, Chris Crosby, Jonathan Rich, Keith Olpinski, Jim Beck, Bob Rich, and Joe Rich serving as active pallbearers. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Georgia Baptist Children's Homes, P.O. Box 329, Palmetto, GA 30268. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Georgia was born October 19, 1921 in Americus, GA, the daughter of Rufus Lane and Mary Sue Chambliss Lane. She was a graduate of Americus High School and received her Registered Nursing degree at Charity Hospital in New Orleans, LA. She was the first RN at Memorial Hospital, worked for Dr. Frank Gibson, and later served as head nurse for Cairo Hospital. She was Director of Staff Development until her retirement from Bainbridge State Hospital. Survivors include her sons, Earl J. Rich, Jr. and his wife, Sheryl, of Tampa, FL and Lane Rich and his wife, Billie Jean, of Climax, GA; her daughters, Nancy Crosby and her husband, Jimmy, of Tallahassee, FL, Emily Rich of Perry, GA, and Ellen Fokes of Tallahassee, FL; her 8 grandchildren, Jeff Rich, Earl Rich, Chad Harrison, Robby Harrison, Chris Crosby, Jonathan Rich, Kim Olpinski, and Rebecca Fokes; and her 15 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Jackson Rich; and her sister, Juliette Lane Rich.