Carroll-Heard County GaArchives Obituaries.....Gravitt, Harriet E. (Nixon) February 17, 1979
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Mrs. Gravitt

Mrs. Harriet E. Gravitt, age 83, of route three, Bowdon, passed away on 
Saturday, Feb. 17, 1979 in a Carrollton Hospital.

She was born in Heard County, Georgia on July 27, 1985 the daughter of Samuel 
and Elizabeth Wilson Nixon.  Mrs. Gravitt was a member of the Corinth Baptist 
Church and had lived in Bowdon for the past twenty-seven years moving here from 
Woodland, Ala.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Rev. Garland Gravitt 
on July 18, 1971 and a son Kenneth Gravitt on May 17, 1945 while in service 
with the U. S. Army.

Survivors include four daughters: Mrs. Noel Williams, Route three, Bowdon, Mrs. 
J. T. Whitaker, Bunnell, Fla., Mrs. Julian Spruill, route three, Bowdon and 
Mrs. Wendell Jackson, Route one, Ranburne, Ala; five sons, Wallace Gravitt, 
Anniston, Ala., Trumer Gravitt, LaGrange, Ga., Goodwyn Gravitt, Lanett, Ala., 
Elmo Gravitt, Route three, Bowdon and George Gravitt, route three, Bowdon; 26 
grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Zora Wiggins, 
Graham, Ala., Mrs. Grace Tittle, Lanett, Ala. and  Mrs. Essie Baughns Ranburne, 
Ala.; three brothers, J. J. Nixon, Lanett, Ala., Wiley Nixon, Franklin, Ga., 
and Frank Nixon, Lanett, Ala.

Funeral services were conducted on Monday, Feb. 19, at 2 p.m. from the Corinth 
Baptist Church with the Rev. Edward McLain officiating.  Organ music was 
furnished by Mrs. Tom Williams. Interment was in the church cemetery. The 
following grandsons served as pallbearers: Larry Wiliams, Bruce Gravitt, Randy 
Spruill, Diron Gravitt, Chris Jackson, Mike Gravitt, and Ty Whitaker.  Other 
grandsons will serve as honorary pallbearers.

Wynn Funeral Home


Additional Comments:
From a collection of newspaper clippings that belonged to Samuel L. Weaver-
Nixon, Grandfather of Mrs. Bowen.

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