Carroll County GaArchives Obituaries.....Mattie Durrett October 31 1957 ************************************************ 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: Dianne Crawford diannegen1@yahoo.com October 21, 2003, 9:09 pm Carrollton Paper ? Mrs. Martha Durrett Died October 31 in 89th Year Mrs. Martha Hayes Durrett, age 89, of Temple, Route 1, passed away October 31 in an Atlanta hospital after an illness of four days. She was born in Carroll County on May 7, 1868, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jasper P. Hayes. Her husband, Mr. A.J. Durrett, preceded her in death 30 years ago. She was a devoted member of the Temple Methodist Church. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. H.L. Adcock and Miss Dovie Durrett of Temple; Mrs. Joe L. McBrayer, of Bremen; one son, Mr. O.L. Durrett of Temple; two sisters, Mrs. Will Brooks of Villa Rica, and Mrs. Annie Fincher, of Atlanta; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; two great- great-grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held last Friday, November 1st, at 2:30 p.m. from the Temple Methodist Church, with Rev. Frank Dorris and Rev. C.B. Shultz officiating. Appropriate music was under the direction of Mr. Ben Merritt. The following gentlemen served as pall bearers: Mr. J.M. Hayes, Mr. J.B. Hayes, Mr. J.E. Reid, Mr. E.W. Durrett, Mr. G.M. Durrett and Mr. R.E. Hardin. Interment was in Asbury Cemetery in Temple with Jones Funeral Home of Villa Rica in charge of the arrangements. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb