Decatur County GaArchives Obituaries.....William Riley Dean April 3 1953
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Post Search Light  Bainbridge Georgia      April 9, 1953
Mr. William R. Dean,
Pioneer Resident,
Passes Away Friday
 
    Mr. William Riley Dean, 74, 
one of Decatur County's pioneer
citizens, passed away Friday, 
April 3rd.
    A lifelong resident of the 
Mount Pleasant community, Mr. 
Dean was a retired farmer. He 
was also a member of Prosperity
Church.
    He is survived by hjis wife,
Mrs. Anna Lodge Dean of Route
3, Bainbridge; seven daughters, 
Mrs K.E. Welling of Jacksonville, 
Mrs. Myrtle Crosson of Albany,
Mrs. Ruby Berardi of Tallahassee,
Mrs.Christine Pollock of Bainbridge,
Mrs. Janie Lee Anderson {should read Anderton}
of Dade City, Florida, Miss Fannie Bell Dean, and
Miss Jeanette Dean, both of Bainbridge; and 
seven sons,  Roy Dean, of Pelham,
Gordon Dean of Climax, Alton Dean of Tallahassee,
Riley Hoover Dean of Dade City, Leonard C. Dean of
Bainbridge, Hermon Lloyd Dean of Tallahasssee and 
Roy Boutwell of Climax.
    Also surviving are 24 grandchildren; two sisters, 
Mrs. Mattie Brock of Jacksonville and Mrs. Bertha Dollar
of Tampa, and five brothers, R.W. Dean of Bainbridge,
I.C. Dean of Plant City Fl., Ben Dean of St. Petersburg,
Lonnie Dean of Jacksonville and Donnie Dean of Climax.
    Funeral services were held from the Prosperity Church
Saturday afternoon at three o'clock with the Rev. Earl Childs
officiating. Interment was in Prosperity Cemetery.
    Active pallbearers were: J.W. Dean, J.W. Dollar, Tillman
 Dean, Eugene Crosson, Lavonne Strickland and W.L. Dean.
    Honorary pallbearers were: Andrew Avery, J.L. Brock, 
Carl Brock, Boen Brock, D.W. Wimberly, Joe Brock, Jim
Newsome, Homer Brock, Levi Harrell, Carlton Davis, Ruel
Brock, Tom Sellers, Harrison Wilder, Berry Wilder, David
Thompson, Wilsey Coker, Tom Mills, and Henry Adams.
    E.W. Cox & Sons in charge of arrangments

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