Lula Mae Kirksey McDougler

Lula accepted Christ as her Lord and Savior and was baptized at an early age at St. Andrews CME Church. She was educated in the Brunswick Public School System, attending and graduating from: Perry Elementary, Jane Macon Middle School, and Brunswick High. Lula was employed by Jane Macon Middle School for several years.

Lula enjoyed family, friends, dancing, and was a friendly person. She was fond of laughing but knew when to be serious and address matters in a responsible way. Lula was also someone who could always put a smile on your face during the darkest of times and her favorite saying was, “Hold it in the Road!”

She was preceded in death by her loving parents: Drula Mae Baldwin Whitten and Roosevelt Kirksey (Cornelia). Husband, Wade McDougler; aunts: Janice Roberts, Ruth Buckley, great aunt Rudene McNeair, Georgia Mae Cross, Lucille Hector, Florence Wright, Josephine Kirksey, and Lula Mae Bokins. Uncles: great uncle William McNeair, Dock Baldwin, William Baldwin, Donnie Baldwin, Roosevelt Baldwin, James Cross, Willie Wright, Frank Slay, Neal Kirksey, L.C. Kirksey, Nathaniel Kirksey, Willie Kirksey, Robert Hector, Jr. and Joseph Kirksey. Brothers: Theodore Kirksey, Jessie Lee Kirksey, and June Bug Mobley.

She leaves to cherish the memory of a joyful and contented life, sisters: Linda B. Thompson of Lake Wales, FL; Emmie Jean Whitten Billups (Shor-ty) of Boston, MA; Patricia Kirksey Broadney (Kenneth) of Walterboro, SC; Kathleen Kirksey of Henrico, VA; Lucy Mobley of Jacksonville, FL; Amelia Bradley of Killeen, TX; Teresa Maxwell of Augusta, GA; Mary McFadden, Ernestine Carver, Jackie Kirksey, and Angela Kirksey all of Brunswick, GA. One brother: Larry Davis of Augusta, GA. Aunts: Louise Alford, Margarite Slay, and Goethe Baldwin all of Brunswick, GA. Uncles: Lee Kirksey (Mildred) of Jacksonville, FL and Arthur Lee Alford of Brunswick, GA. Forty-two nieces, thirty-four nephews, and many cousins and friends.