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Lorie A. Everson  lorieeverson@bellsouth.net

Published:  The Observer  26 Oct 2005

Marjorie Royal 

CORDELE - Graveside services for Marjorie Royal were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, 
Oct. 23, 2005, at Sunnyside Cemetery with the Rev. George Nelson officiating.
 
Ms. Royal, 96, died in Cordele Health & Rehab Thursday, Oct. 20, 2005. 

Born Saturday, Oct. 9, 1909, in Crisp County, she was the daughter of the 
late Thomas Jackson Royal and Bertha Pate Royal. After receiving her degree 
in education from Wesleyan College in Macon, she taught for 32 years at 
Northern Heights School and O'Neal Elementary School in Cordele. Ms. Royal 
was a life-long member of Cordele First United Methodist Church where she 
also sang in the choir. She was a past member of the Cordele Symphony Club 
and several professional organizations. She was an extremely talented artist 
and sculptor and was an accomplished poet, historical pageant writer for 
Crisp County and Wesleyan College, and a world traveler. 

She is survived by a niece, Kathy Wootten Roe of Jesup; a nephew, Franklin 
Joseph Ogburn Jr. of Alpharetta; great nieces, Kathryn L. Held of Anchorage, 
Alaska, Marjorie Allison L. Dean of Jesup, Michelle Wootten Coleman of 
Alpharetta, Leah Kilgore McElroy and Leslie Kilgore both of Dallas, Texas; 
and several cousins. 

She was preceded in death by her siblings, Katherine Royal Wootten, Eleanor 
Royal Ogburn, Dorothy Royal Gower and Thomas Jackson Royal Jr. 

Rainey Family Funeral Service of Cordele had charge of the arrangements.