Atkinson County GaArchives Obituaries.....McGovern, Housan September 16, 2010 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Shirley McMillan Durden http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0006039 October 29, 2016, 5:22 pm Atkinson County Citizen - September 23, 2010 Mr. Housan McGovern, age 81, of Pearson, GA passed away on Thursday, September 1 16, 2010 at his residence in Pearson, GA. Mr. McGovern was born on September 27, 1928 to the late Henry and Lula Douglas McGovern in Pearson, GA. Mr. McGovern was a farmer and a member of the Sunnyside Church. Funeral services were held on Saturday, September 18, 2010 at 2 p.m. in the Chapel of Sims Funeral Home with Rev. Teddy Burch officiating. John Steven Lang, pianist, played both the prelude and postlude and also played and sang "Go Rest High On That Mountain," Michael Johnson also played and sang "I'm Not Afraid to Die." Burial followed in the Arna Cemetery. Pallbearers were Lee McGovern, Logan McGovern, William Henry Corbitt, Stephen Spradley Spradley, Arron Lollie, Debra Corbitt. Honorary pallbearers were Clifford Taft, G.D. Moore, Theopolis Lott, Larry Johnson, Quillan Taft, Al Williams, Gary Johnson, Julian Haskins, Roy Haskins. Survivors include wife, Mavis Smith McGovern, Pearson, GA; son, Kenneth Lee (Gay) McGovern, Douglas, GA; daughter, Debra (Mann) Corbitt, Axson, GA; sister, Betty Murl Bazemore, Pearson, GA; 5 grandchildren; William Henry Corbitt, Axson Axson, GA; Wendee (Stephen) Spradley, Tifton, GA, Lee McGovern, Douglas, GA, Weslee Weslee (Arron) Lollie, Douglas, GA, Logan McGovern, Douglas, GA; great grandson, Braydon Lollie; several nieces and nephews also survive. Sims Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/atkinson/obits/m/mcgovern4688nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb