Ms Shirley Jo Duke

Mrs. Shirley Jo Suggs Duke age 75, passed away early Sunday, May 13, 2018 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. A celebration of life will be held at 11:00 am Tuesday, May 15, 2018 in the chapel of Aldridge Funeral Services. Rev. Dr. Dennis Stalvey will officiate. Interment will follow at Oak Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 10:00 am until service time Tuesday May 15th. The following are asked to serve as Active Pallbearers: Al Erkhart, Doug Williams, Keith Landers, Dwayne Layfield, Ralph Stewart, William Rambo and Rucker Smith. The Sumter County Sherriff's Office employees and the Americus Police Department employees are asked to serve as Honorary Pallbearers. Shirley Jo Suggs Duke was born July 19, 1942 in Americus, daughter of the late Joseph Emory Suggs and the late Jessie Mae McShan Suggs. She retired after 32 years of service to Sumter County as Magistrate Judge. She received the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011 from Council Magistrate Court Judges. She was a member of Morningside...