Berrien-Lowndes County GaArchives Obituaries.....Schroer, Jon Corn January 16, 2005 ************************************************ 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 August 20, 2013, 3:48 pm The Berrien Press - January 2005 Jon Corn Schroer, 91, of Ray City died January 16, 2005 at Louis Smith Memorial Hospital in Lakeland. Born September 11, 1913 in Valdosta to the late Marion Burton and A.D. Corn Sr., she was a life time member of First Christian Church were she was the first woman elder. In 1957 she was selected as Valdosta's first Woman of the Year. She taught in the Valdosta public schools and at Valdosta State University. She assisted her husband in their family business, Schroer Plant Farms and Fred Schroer Pecan Farm. She was active in Wymodausis Club and was an honorary member of Kappa Delta Sorority and president of the PTA. She was married to the late Fred William Schroer, Jr. Survivors include three daughters, Joan Ferguson of Spokane, WA, Gretchen Bryant of Atlanta, Emily Dacus of Ray City; one son, Fred William Schroer, III of Johnstone, RI; one sister, Nel Lawlor of Astoria, NY; 11 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held January 19 at 11 a.m. at First Christian Church with Dr. Milton West officiating. Interment was in Sunset Hill Cemetery. Carson McLane Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/berrien/obits/s/schroer3382nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb