Mr. Searcy

Mr. Fred O. Searcy, age 73 of Aragon, passed away Thursday, July 17, 2014.

Mr. Searcy was born on March 9, 1941 in Chattanooga, Tenn., son of the late Cornelius Searcy and the late Edna Mabel Cantrell Searcy. He was a graduate of West Fulton High School and a veteran of the United States Coast Guard.

Mr. Searcy was a member of the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church of Rockmart. He retired from the Sears and Roebuck Company of Atlanta with twenty years of service and a retired bus driver for Tallatoona.

He was an umpire for many years for the Paulding County Recreational Department, loved all sports and was an avid Georgia Tech fan. Mr. Searcy was preceded in death by a brother, Mr. Jerry Searcy.

Survivors included his wife, Nancy O’Shields Searcy of Aragon; two daughters, Beth Searcy Frye and her husband Sam of Holly Springs and Jeannie O’Shields Rains of Dallas; two sons, Steve Searcy and his wife Debbie of Cobb County and Benjamin O’Shields of Aragon; brother, Jim Searcy of Cobb County; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild also survived.

Funeral services for Mr. Searcy were held on Sunday, July 20 in the chapel of the Freeman Harris Funeral Home with Chaplain George Nix officiating.

A eulogy was given by Mr. Jeff Searcy. Interment services followed in the family lot of the Aragon Cemetery. The US flag presentation was provided by the Brown-Wright American Legion Post #12 Honor Guard.

Pallbearers were fellow umpires: Mark Young, Tony Cochran, Jimmy Miller, Robert Lee, Leon Cook and Stan Seals.

Please visit www.freemanharrisfunerals.com to extend your personal condolences to the family by signing the online guestbook.

Freeman Harris Funeral Home was in charge of the funeral services for Mr. Fred O. Searcy.