of people who either lived in Mitchell County or were related to residents
Obituary of Henry Herman Yates as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 26 Jun 1970 Funeral services for Mr. Henry Herman Yates, 90, Pelham, who died Thursday. 25 Jun 1970 at Pelham Parkway Nursing Home, after a lengthy illness will be held today, 26 Jun 1970 at Braswell Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will be in Mt. Zion Cemetery with Rev William Perry officiating. Born in Decatur County, Georgia, 10 Nov 1879, he was a son of the late Henry Melton and Harriet Olivent Yates, He was a retired carpenter and farmer. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lula Palmer Yates of Pelham; two sons, Vaughn L. Yates and Maitland Yates Sr. of Pelham; one daughter, Mrs. Becton Isler of Mobile, Ala.; three grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and two half sisters. Braswell Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Obituary of Lula Palmer Yates as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 5 Jul 1972. The funeral service of Mrs. Lula Palmer Yates, 86, Pelham, who died Sunday, 2 Jul 1972, Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville, was held Monday, 3 Jul 1972, at 4:00 PM from Braswell Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev Bill Perry officiated. Interment was in Mt. Zion Cemetery. Pallbearers were Mac Palmer Sr., Mac Palmer Jr., Marion Hill, George smith, Clyde Brock and Winifred Joiner. Born in Mitchell county 22 Sep 1885 she was a daughter of the late Seab and Lila Luckey Palmer. Her husband was the late H. H. Yates who died 25 Jun 1970. She was a member of the Pelham First Baptist Church. Survivors include two sons, Vaughn L. Yates and Maitland Yates of Pelham; on daughter, Mrs. Becton Isler of Mobile, Ala.; three brothers, Julius, Ben Hill and Albert Palmer, all of Camilla; two sisters, Mrs. Irene Maples and Miss Vera Palmer of Camilla; three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Braswell funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Obituary of Vaughn L. Yates as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 6 Jul 1973.Mitchell County lost one of its prominent business leaders early Wednesday, 4 Jul 1973, when Vaughn L. Yates, 62, of Pelham, died at Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville following an illness of several years. Funeral services were held yesterday, 5 Jul 1973, at 2:00 PM at the First Baptist Church of Pelham with the pastor, Rev H. William Perry, officiating. Interment followed in Pelham cemetery with Braswell Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Active pallbearers were Clyde Brock, George Smith, J. A. Davis, Richard Turner, M. W. Turner, Walter Bernier, Harvey S. Edwards and Dr. Bill Arwood. A native of Decatur County he was the son of the late Henry Herman Yates and Lula Palmer Yates. He had lived in Pelham since 1912. He was a charter member of the Pelham Rotary Club and Pelham Chamber of Commerce, past president of the Pelham Development Corporation, member of the Pelham Masonic Lodge 312, Pelham Royal Arch Chapter III and the Hasan Temple of Albany, a charter member and past director of the Pinecrest Country Club, a long-time member and past chairman of the Pelham City School Board, vice president of the Pelham Banking Company, and president of Yates Motor Company. He was a member of the Pelham First Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth James Yates of Pelham; a son, Charles J. Yates of Pelham; a brother, Maitland Yates Sr. of Pelham; a sister, Mrs. Becton Isler of Mobile, Ala., and three grandchildren.
Obituary of Minnie Lee Shirah Adams as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 16 Jan 1964. Funeral services for Mrs. Minnie Shirah Adams, 89, were held at 2:30 PM Monday, 13 Jan 1964, from Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, the Rev Edgar T. Davis and the Rev Burnett Jordan officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Mrs. Adams died Sunday, 12 Jan 1964, at the home of a son, Orr Adams in Camilla after an extended illness. She was born in Mitchell County 21 Apr 1872, daughter of the late A. G. and Melvinia Watson Shirah. She was a member of the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Survivors in addition to the son with whom she resided, two sons, D. Q. Adams of Auburndale, Fla., and Eugene Adams of Camilla; a sister, Mrs. Floyd Fowler of Pelham; 16 grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.
Obituary of Selma Pearl Adams Adams as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 30 Jul 1964. Mrs. Selma Pearl Adams, widow of H. L. Adams, of Pelham, died Thursday, 23 Jul 1964, at her residence after an illness of several months. She was eighty-three years old. Funeral services were held Friday, 24 Jul 1964, at 3:00 PM at the First Baptist Church of Pelham. Rev Max Thurman, pastor, officiated. Interment was in the Pelham Cemetery with Braswell Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Pallbearers were Albert Whaley, Bronwood Tennyson, Gifford Flynt, Charlie Pollock, Lester Pilard and Alton Whaley. Mrs. Adams, a member of Pelham First Baptist Church, was a daughter of Wyatt and Mary Seigler Adams of Pelham. Survivors include a son, Harmon Adams Jr. of Pelham; four daughters, Mrs. Mildred A. Dorsett and Mrs. J. C. Newsome of Pelham, Mrs. C. D. Huey of Goldsboro, N. C. and Mrs. E. C. Shearin of New Bern, N. C.; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Obituary of Loras Barton Brooks as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 31 Dec 1965. Lores Barton Brooks, age seventy-two, of Camilla, died Wednesday, 29 Dec 1965 at the Lake City, Fla., Veterans Hospital after a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be held this afternoon, Friday, 31 Dec 1965 at 3:00 PM at Mt. Zion Baptist Church with Rev Jasper Sadler and Rev Lewis Crosby officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Legionaries will be in charge of the graveside services. Bramlett Funeral Home of Camilla is in charge of funeral arrangements. Pallbearers will be Ralph Collins, Dolphus Palmer, Leland Martin, Perry Willingham, Henry Hill Shiver and Brooksey Curles. Honorary pallbearers will include Ben Hill Palmer, Albert Palmer, John Collins, Tom Collins Sr., Sam Palmer, James Martin, Bennie Merritt and Dick Griner. Mr. Brooks was born in Mitchell County 5 Jan 1893, son of the late Jason Warner and Mary Griner Brooks. He was a veteran of World War I and had been employed as a meat cutter for a number of years in several local grocery concerns. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Hazel Lovingood Brooks; three sons, James W. Brooks and John H. Brooks and Ben Brooks, all of Camilla; three daughters, Mrs. Gene Giles and Mrs. Mel Holland, both of Albany; and Mis Marie Brooks of Camilla; one grandson and one nephew.
Obituary of Dr. Joseph Gidiere Crovatt Jr as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 22 Oct 1965. Funeral services for Dr. Joseph Gidiere Crovatt will be held this afternoon, 22 Oct 1965 at 4:00 PM at the First Baptist Church of Camilla. Coming to officiate will be a former pastor, Rev Charles Duncan of McCaysville. Interment will take place at Oakview Cemetery. Bramlett Funeral Home of Camilla has charge of arrangements. Active pallbearers will be Earnest Jones, Wallace Worsham, Hugh Dowdy, Charles Davis, Lewis Brooks, N. W. Green, Tom Hays and Billy Brooks. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. M. W. Williams, Dr. A. A. McNeill Jr., Dr. L. E. Hackett, Dr. J. C. Brim, Dr. W. C. Arwood, Dr. J. P. Doyle, Fr. Funderburke of Moultrie, Dr. C. A. Stevenson, Dr. W. A. Smith, Julian Rivers, Joel Rivers, Tom Cobb, Bob Davis and John Marshall. Dr. Crovatt died early Thursday morning, 21 Oct 1965 at his residence on South Harney Street after an illness of several years which had seen him hospitalized at various periods. The end came suddenly and quietly. He arose and went to his bedroom door to tell his wife not to prepare any breakfast for him because he did not feel like eating any. When she went into his room a short while later she found he had passed away. He was a member of the Camilla First Baptist Church, the Camilla Rotary Club and the American Medical Association. Dr. Crovatt moved to Camilla with his family in the early 1940's a short time before the start of World War II. He retired from private practice in Camilla several years ago to accept an appointment as a member of the medical staff at the Veterans Hospital in Dublin, Ga., where he was also chief of the medical staff. Dr. Crovatt was a native of Thomasville, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joe G. Crovatt. His father for many years was an engineer on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Louise Griner of Camilla and one daughter Mrs. Chester Tatum of Warner Robbins and two grandchildren. Other survivors include six sisters, Mrs. A. N. Tuck Sr., Mrs. Love douglas and Mrs. Margaret Titus, all of Thomasville; Mrs. W. R. (Ethel) Humphlett of Columbia, S. C., Mrs. Eva C. Gephert of Miami, Fla., and Mrs. E. W. Bowers of Dixie, Ga. There are several nieces and nephews and other close relatives. Dr. Crovatt spent his early life in Thomasville where he graduated from Thomasville High School later attending medical college in Augusta and serving his internship in the Coast Line Hospital in Waycross.
Obituary of Grace Marion Griner Fitzgerald as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated dated 31 Dec 1965. Mrs. Grace Marion Griner Fitzgerald died at the age of seventy around 12:00 PM Wednesday, 29 Dec 1965 at Monroe Memorial Hospital in Ocala, Florida, after an eleven day stay there. Her body was brought back to Camilla where funeral services took place yesterday, 30 Dec 1965 at 2:00 PM at the Bramlett Funeral Home Chapel. Rev Embree Zeigler and Rev Edgar T. Davis jr. officiated and interment followed in Oakview Cemetery. Pallbearers were M. A. Harper, Julian Stoudenmire, Wallace Worsham, Floyd Powe, Donald Griner, Frank McMinn and Harold Griner. Mrs. Fitzgerald was born in Mitchell County on 3 Nov 1895, the daughter of the late John M. and Genova Cooper Griner. She worked for a number of years as a clerk at Modern Cleaners in Camilla. She was a member of the First Baptist Church. Two Daughtery, Dorothy and Brice, and a son, E. T. Fitzgerald Jr. all preceded her in death in recent years. Survivors include one sister, Mrs. J. I. Smith of Dunnellon, Fla., six grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.
Obituary of James Washington Glenn as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 28 Feb 1968. Mr. James Washington Glenn, age 55, of Rt. 1 Meigs, Ga., passed away Sunday, 25 Feb 1968, at Mitchell County Hospital after a brief illness. He was a member of the Harmony Baptist Church, a member of the Pelham Masonic Lodge 312, and a member of the Pelham Royal Arch Chapter 11. He was born in Mitchell County 11 Oct 1912, son of the late Joseph Eldridge and Mary Ella Martin Glenn. On 12 Dec 1941, he married the former Sara Hinson. Survivors are his wife; two sons, Joseph Washington Glenn and Timothy Hill Glenn, both of Meigs; three daughters, Mrs. David Thomas Johnson Jr., of Houston, Tx.; Miss Karen Hinson Glenn of Atlanta, and Mrs. Malcolm Murrah Palmer Jr. of Ft. Bragg, N. C.; one daughter, Miss Catherine Irene Glenn of Bainbridge; one brother, John Lawrence Glenn of Meigs; seven sisters, Mrs. Ida Cobb of Titusville, Fla., Mrs. Sadie Curles of Pelham, Mrs. Ann Banks of Albany, Mrs. Lillian McClure of Pompano Beach, Fla., Mrs. Beth Trulock of Meigs, and Mrs. Inez Beasley of Pelham; a host of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Monday, 26 Feb 1968, at 3:00 PM at the Harmony Baptist Church. Interment was held in the Pelham Cemetery. Rev Fred Bulloch officiated. Michael and Richard Jones, Sonny and Joe Glenn, Perceville Wesley Curles Jr., Billy Trulock, Tony Beasely and John Glenn served as pallbearers. Braswell Funeral Home of Pelham had charge of arrangements.
Obituary of Marie Cupper Glenn as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 21 Jan 1970. Funeral services for Mrs. Marie C. Glenn, 57, Rt. 2, Pelham, who died unexpectedly Friday 16 Jan 1970, at Archbold Memorial Hospital at Thomasville, after a brief illness, were held Sunday, 18 Jan 1970 at 2:30 PM at Macedonia Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery. Rev Roger Bass, Rev Howard Kelly and Rev A. J. Cooke officiated. Pallbearers were Donald Cooper, Ira Godwin, Clinton Cooper, George Harvey, Fred Bentley, Henry Pope, John Harvey and Casper Sellers. A native of Florida, she was a daughter of the late Thomas E. and Alice Monroe Cupper. She was a member of the Macedonia Baptist Church. Surviving are her husband, W. Robert Glenn of Pelham; four daughters, Mrs. Clark R. Maxwell of Atlanta, Mrs. William F. Oliver Jr. of Cairo, and Misses Mariella and Harriett Glenn, both of Pelham; two brothers, Tom M. Cupper and Harry Cupper, both of Beaumont, Tx.; two sisters, Mrs. B. Hart and Mrs. Woodrow Brockman, both of Quincy, Fla.; and four grandchildren. Braswell Funeral Home of Pelham was in charge of arrangements.
Obituary of Dollie Shiver Simpson Griner as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 25 Jun 1964. Funeral services were held Monday, 22 Jun 1964, at 5:00 PM at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church for Mrs. Dolly Shiver Griner, age 77, who died Saturday 20 Jun 1964 at her home in Cotton community. The Rev Jasper Sadler, assisted by the Rev Vinson White and the Rev Max Thurman officiated. Interment was in the church cemetery with Braswell Funeral Home of Pelham in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Griner was one of Mitchell County's best known women. She served for a long number of years as Camilla Enterprise correspondent from her home section of Cotton. Mrs. Griner was the wife of the late Will Griner and the daughter of the late Felton S. and Debbie D. Shiver. She was a member of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church and the William E. Flint chapter, OES. She was a native of Worth County. Survivors include a son, John F. Griner of Washington, D. C.; two daughters, Mrs. Maggie Williams of Cotton and Mrs. Durwood Harden of Camilla; a brother , Ellis Shiver of Camilla; five grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Obituary of James A. Hurst as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 1 Oct 1965. James A. Hurst, fifty-six old co-owner and operator with his wife of Carolyn's Restaurant and Service Station on new US 19 just outside of Camilla, died early this morning at Mitchell County Hospital of a heart attack. He had been suffering from a heart ailment for several months and hospitalized for short periods. He entered the local hospital Thursday night and died around eight o'clock this morning. It is expected that funeral services will be held some time Sunday but no date and time will be announced until one of his sons, Sgt Frank M. Hurst, stationed in Puerto Rico, can arrive. it is expected that he will reach here Saturday afternoon but this time might change. Mr. Hurst was born in Meigs, Ga., son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hurst. He was associated with Cudahy Packing Company for more than twenty-five years, working in Albany, out in Texas, and various other places over the country. He and his wife, the former Miss Carolyn Palmer, daughter of W. D. Palmer, Sr., came back to Camilla several years ago and established their business on the new highway. Besides his wife he is survived by three sons; Terry Hurst, who has just moved here to be associated with Apollo Homes, Sgt Frank M. Hurst, stationed in Puerto Rico, and James A. Hurst Jr. who is in the steel business in Miami, Fla.; three brothers, D. H. Hurst of Tifton, Frank Hurst and Joe Hill Hurst both of Meigs.
Obituary of Faircloth Palmer as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 30 Jan 1964. Faircloth Palmer, age 49, died unexpectedly at his home in Tallahassee, Fla., Wednesday afternoon, 22 Jan 1964. A native of Mitchell County, he had lived in Tallahassee since 1936. Funeral services were held Friday, 24 Jan 1964, at 3:00 PM at Mt. Zion Church here in Mitchell County with interment following in M. Zion Cemetery. Bramlett Funeral Home of Camilla had charge of arrangements. An employee of the Florida State Highway Department, Mr. Palmer was a member of the First Baptist Church and the Robert Butler Masonic Lodge in Tallahassee. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Maydee Smith Palmer, a son, Van Faircloth Palmer and two daughters, Miss Libby Dee Palmer and Miss Julia Eloise Palmer, all of Tallahassee; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L. Palmer of Camilla; three brothers, Lloyd Palmer of Bainbridge, Elmo Palmer of Pavo and Dr. Waldo Palmer of Tallahassee; two sisters, Mrs. W. A. Carlisle, Wichita, Kan. and Mrs. Bob Simas of Sacramento, Ca.
Obituary of Theodore Oswell Palmer as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 5 Nov 1964. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 PM this afternoon, Thursday, 5 Nov 1964, at the First Baptist church of Camilla for Theodore Oswell Palmer, fifty-five year old Camilla grocery man who died of a heart attack yesterday, 4 Nov 1964, shortly before noon. Interment will follow in Sale City. Mr. Palmer was mowing the lawn at his residence in Morningside when the fatal attack came. Two Camilla women driving by at the time saw and called for aid but he was dead on arrival at the hospital. Mr. Palmer was born and reared in Mitchell County, son of Mrs. T. H. Palmer and the late Mr. Palmer. He began in the grocery business with the old Branan Grocery located where Clary's 5 & 10 now stands. For the past fifteen years he has owned his own grocery. In 1930 he was happily married to the former Reba Davidson of Sale City. He was a member of the First Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, one son, Harry Palmer of Camilla; one daughter, Mrs. Paul Keadle Jr. of Albany; his mother, Mrs. T. H. Palmer of Camilla; one grandchild, Paul Keadle III; two sisters, Mrs. A. L. Johnson of Camilla and Mrs. Stanley Shiver of Quitman; five brothers, Euitt P. Palmer and Jack Palmer of Camilla, Z. S. (Toby) Palmer of Cuthbert, Max Palmer of Bainbridge and Billy R. Palmer.
Obituary of Melissa Cameron Poitevint as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 28 May 1965. Funeral Services for Mrs. J. R. Poitevint, 97, of Vada were conducted Wednesday, 26 May 1965 at 3:00 PM at Hopeful Baptist Church by the Revs Vinson Gammage and Joe Holden. Interment was in the church cemetery. Mrs. Poitevint died at her home Tuesday, 25 May 1965, after a long illness. She was a longtime resident of Decatur County and a member of the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. Survivors include four sons, C. E. Poitevint of Pulaski, Tenn., C. L. Poitevint of Dothan, Ala., R. L. Poitevint of Daytona, Fla., and W. L. Poitevint of Orlando, Fla.; four sisters, Mrs. A. B. Boutwell of Lakeland, Fla., Mrs. T. G. Sullivan of St. Louis, Mo., Mrs. W. M. Carmack of Milledgeville, Ga., and Mrs. R. L. Allen of Camilla; 29 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. Ivey Funeral Home had charge of arrangements.
Obituary of Hollis Sandford Sanders Sr as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 27 Aug 1964. Funeral services for Mr. Hollis Sanford Sanders, age 52, who passed away at the Mitchell County Hospital, Monday, 24 Aug 1964, after a brief illness, were held Tuesday, 25 Aug 1964, at 4:00 PM from the First Baptist Church in Camilla. Rev Edgar T. Davis and Rev Chester Gilbert officiated with interment in Oakview Cemetery. Mr. Sanders was a life time resident of Mitchell County and was a farm owner and operator. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mildred Cook Sanders, three sons, Hollis Sanders Jr. of Camilla, Jeffrey Sanders of Camilla, Al Sanders of Camilla; one step son, Walter Burch of Camilla and one step daughter, Pam Burch of Camilla; one brother, Otis Sanders of Live Oak, Fla.; two sisters, Mrs. Clifford Burford of Perry, Fla;= and Mrs. J. E. Ferns of Perry, Fla; and one grandson, Hollis Sanders III of Camilla. Pallbearers were Almond Spence, C. M. Stripling, Mack Butler, Edgar Akridge, J. B. Powell, W. D. Palmer, James Wiley Palmer and E. J. Vann III. Bramlett Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Obituary of George Washington Shirah Jr as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 15 Sep 1965. Funeral services for George W. Shirah, 69, will be conducted today, Wednesday, 15 Sep 1965, at 4:00 PM at the Hopeful Baptist Church by the Rev Joe Holden. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Shirah, a native of Mitchell County, died Tuesday morning, 14 Sep 1965 after a long illness. He was a Mitchell County farmer and landowner in the Hopeful Community. He was a member of the Hopeful Baptist Church and a veteran of World War II. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Katie Mercer Shirah, son, Lamar Shirah of Hopeful; two daughters, Mrs. Lucy Hansell of Greensboro, N. C. and Mrs. Helen Gugeino of Clemson, S. C.; two brothers, J. E. Shirah of Camilla and Carl J. Shirah of Bainbridge; four sisters, Mrs. Carl Harmon of Bainbridge, Mrs. Inman Gibbs of Tifton, Mrs. J. B Maples and Mrs. Floyd Taylor of Camilla. Bramlett Funeral has charge of arrangements.
Obituary of Ernest Lee Shiver as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 30 Jan 1964. Ernest L. Shiver, age 61, who lived at 5615 Collins Avenue in Albany, died Thursday afternoon, 23 Jan 1964, in Phoebe Putney Hospital. Funeral services were conducted Saturday, 25 Jan 1964, at 3:00 PM at Tabernacle Baptist Church by Rev Roger E. Bass. Interment was in Riverside Cemetery. Mr. Shiver had been a resident for the last thirty-one years. He was born in Mitchell County 26 Aug 1902, son of the late Irene Sims and Jerry B. Shiver. Survivors include his wife, the former Miss Lee Ola Busby of Pelham; three daughters, Mrs. Charles T. Clark, Mrs. Elzie L. Hancock and Mrs. James C. Sheperd, all of Albany; three sons, Lt. Col Morris E. Shiver of Blytheville Air Force Base, Arkansas, Ernest A. Shiver of Meigs and Billy J. Shiver of Tallahassee, Fla.; 17 grandchildren; a brother, Rudolph Shiver of Smithville, and an aunt, Mrs. J. M. Dillard of Albany.
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