Georgia:  Decatur County:  Obituary of Mr. Corbett Emory Earnest 
14 August 1974

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Services Monday for Corbett E. Earnest

Corbett Emory Earnest of Bainbridge passed away Saturday, August 10, 1974 at 
Archbold Hospital in Thomasville following a lengthy illness. Funeral 
services were held Monday, August 12, 1974 at 3:00 p. m. at the Cox Funeral 
Home Chapel with Mr. Larry Woodley and rev. Roy Dasher officiating. 
Interment followed in the Cool Springs Cemetery.

Mr. Earnest was born in Kinicker County, Alabama on March 2, 1902 and lived 
in Decatur County his entire life. He was self employed as a painter and 
paper hanger until his retirement in 1971. He was a member of the Blackjack 
Baptist Church.

Survivors include his widow, Ida Mae Jackson of Bainbridge; four sons: 
Winston T. Earnest, Monticello, Fla., Carlton E. Earnest, Bainbridge, James 
E. Earnest, Valdosta, Ga. and Charles H. Earnest, Monticello; 8 
grandchildren; and three sisters; Mrs. Bonnie Hinton, Mrs. Jewel Overturff 
and Mrs. Burma Austin, all of Bainbridge. Cox Funeral Home was in charge of 
the arrangements.

Source: Volume 68, No. 34. Page 12 - B The Post-Searchlight Wednesday, 
August 14, 1974.

*Note* Corbett Emory Earnest was a son of Charlie E. Earnest and Susie R. 
Smith. He was married first to Annie Bell Poston on 21 January 1922 Decatur 
Co., GA Book H, Page 510. He married second Ida Mae Jackson 22 August 1936 
Decatur Co., GA Book J, Page 706.