Berrien County GaArchives Obituaries.....Connell, Catherine Marie Sirmons March 20, 2008 ************************************************ 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 May 18, 2015, 3:59 pm The Berrien Press - March 26, 2008 Marie Connell, 89, of Nashville died March 20, 2008, at Berrien Nursing Center. Born Sept. 22, 1918 in Berrien County to the late Abner and Sara Hendley Sirmons, she was a retired teacher and librarian with the Berrien County Board of Education; member of Berrien Retired Teachers Association; member of Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church. She was married to the late Charles Edwin Connell who died Dec. 21, 1989. Survivors include son and daughter-in-law, Larry and Mary Beth Connell of Lakeland; grandson, Chad Brogdon; great granddaughter, McKenzie Brogdon; sister, Ruth Norris, Nashville; brother, Lucious Sirmans of Valdosta. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. March 24, 2008, in the chapel of Lovein Funeral Home with the Revs. Stan Stalvey and J.W. Dukes III officiating. Songs on CD included "The Old Rugged Cross" and "Precious Memories." Interment was in Connell Cemetery. Pallbearers were Donnie Kirkland, Brad Kirkland, Johnny Sirmans, Freddie Norris, Billy Wallace, Kenny Sirmans. Lovein Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/berrien/obits/c/connell4289nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb