Georgia:  Decatur County:  Obituary of Carl Brock
10 November 1978

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The Cairo Messenger, November 10, 1978: 

Final Rites Are Held For Mr. Carl Brock On November 4th 

Mr. Carl Brock passed away on Wednesday, November 1, 1978 at his residence of 
Route 4, Bainbridge, Georgia after an illness of several months.

Funeral services were held on Saturday, November 4, 1978 at 3 p.m. at the 
Prosperity Primitive Baptist Church of Bainbridge, Georgia with the Rev. 
Hersel Walker and Elder Earl J. Childs officiating, interment was in the 
Prosperity Cemetery. Active pallbearers were all male members of the Flint 
River Association of Primitive Baptists.

Mr. Brock was born in Decatur County, Georgia on April 22, 1887. He was 
married to Rene Oliver Brock who preceded him in death. He had lived his 
entire life in Decatur County, was a retired farmer, a charter member and the 
first President of Decatur County Farm Bureau, a charter member of the 
Decatur County Production Credit Association, he served on the Decatur County 
Board of Tax Assessors for a number of years, was Justice of Peace for the 
Belcher Precinct for 32 years, at Trustee of the former Mt. Pleasant Public 
School system and a member of the Prosperity Primitive Baptist Church.

Survivors include five daughters, Mrs. Wilma Kelly of Bainbridge, Ga., Mrs. 
Veronica Gainey of Climax, Ga., Mrs. Ronellel Ballantine of West Palm Beach, 
Fla., Mrs. Elaine Phillips of Jonesboro, Ga., and Mrs. Carlene Andreu of 
Miami, Fla.; five sons, Clayton O. Brock of Bainbridge, Lawrence D. Brock of 
Seattle, Washington, Wallace W. Brock of Chapin, SC, James A. Brock of Plant 
City, Fla., and Eldon D. Brock of Bainbridge, Ga.; one sister, Mrs. Ella Ree 
Sweeting of West Palm Beach, Fla.; forty-seven grandchildren and fifty-three 
great grandchildren.

Cox Funeral Home of Bainbridge Georgia was in charge of arrangements.