Randolph County AlArchives Obituaries.....Kirby, Mary Gladys December 18, 1988 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Girardi mmgir@aol.com May 4, 2007, 1:25 pm The Randolph Leader - Dec 21, 1988 The Randolph Leader 21 December 1988 ___________________ OBITUARIES: MARY GLADYS KIRBY (Wedowee) Mrs. Mary Gladys Kirby, age 83, of Route 2, Wedowee, died Sunday Dec. 18, 1988, in Bryson City, N. C. after an extended illness. Mrs. Kirby was a native of Heard County, Ga. and had spent most of her life in Wedowee. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Wedowee and had been very active in her church and in the community. She was a homemaker. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Lora K. Ponder of Cullowhee, N.C. and Mrs. Mary Tom Pyron of Scottsdale, Ariz.; six grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Lois Stitt of Cullman, Mrs. Blanche Avery of Knoxville, Tenn., Mrs. Ruth Bartlett of Roanoke, and Mrs. Sara Wilson of Roanoke; and two sisters-in-law, Mrs. Hoke Green of Roanoke and Mrs. W. B. Green of Wedowee. Funeral services for Mrs. Kirby were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20, from the First Baptist Church of Wedowee, the Rev. Kenneth Fuller officiating. Burial was in the Wedowee Masonic Cemetery. Pallbearers were Jack Green, Don Green, Harold Wilson, William B. Green, Grant May and Thomas Kirby Ponder. Honorary pallbearers were deacons of Wedowee First Baptist Church. Benefield Funeral Home of Wedowee, was in charge of arrangements. The family requested that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Wedowee First Baptist Building Fund, to the church's Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, or to one's favorite charity. __________ Additional Comments: [Mary Gladys is the daughter of Joseph Littleberry Green and Lora Allie Kirk. She was preceded in death by her husband Thomas Gladstone Kirby in 1973.] File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/randolph/obits/k/kirby1111gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb