Georgia Lee Smothers Ulrich, 88, of West Frankfort, IL, passed away peacefully at 1:34 p.m. on Thursday, March 7, 2019, in Parkway Manor of Marion, IL.
She was born on Tuesday, July 29, 1930, to John L. and Bessie (Dodson) Wilkerson.
Georgia graduated from Frankfort Community High School in 1948 and was a member of First United Methodist Church and Central United Methodist Church both of West Frankfort, and was president of United Methodist Women for many years.
She was first united in marriage to Wayne L. Smothers in 1947, and together they shared fifty years of marriage until his death in 1997. She later was united in marriage to Bernard Ulrich and they shared over 12 of marriage until his death on December 29, 2013.
During her working years she worked in the offices of Dr. Ron Mings, Dr. Jack Purdy, Dr. Nagala Kishore and Dr. Umipathi P. Reddy and worked as an intermittent claims examiner in the Division of Unemployment Compensation for several years.
Her family was a very importan

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