Decatur County GaArchives News.....James Richard Dean   County's Oldest Citizen Passes March 31 1949
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Bainbridge Georgia "Post Search Light"
Bainbridge Georgia 
"Post Searchlight"
March 31, 1949
 
James Richard Dean
County's Oldest 
Citizen Passes
 
    James Richard Dean, loving
known by all who knew him as 
"Grandpa" Dean, passed away
yesterday morning at 9 o'clock
at the age of 99. The deceased
was Decatur County's oldest 
white citizen, and had he lived 
until the 28th of April would 
have been 100 years old.  He 
died on the same homestead
where he was born in 1849, near
the Mt. Pleasant School.  He was 
fully conscious up until the time 
of his death, quietly going to
his reward.
    The deceased lived to see five
generations of his family, and 
is survived by many grand-
children, and great grand-child-
ren. Funeral services will be
held Sunday April 4th, 11 A. M.,
at the Primitive Baptist Church
near the Mt. Pleasant School in
the Northern part of the county.
Elder Carl Child of Pelham will
conduct the services.  Player
Funeral Home in charge.
 

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