Georgia:  Decatur County:  Obituary of Mrs. Augustus J. Rich
15 January 1946

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Mrs. Augustus J. Rich Dies Following Lengthy Illness

Funeral Service Held Wednesday Afternoon At First Baptist Church

   Mrs. Augustus J. Rich prominent and widely beloved Bainbridge woman, died 
at her home on Clay Street Tuesday morning, January 15, 1946.  News of her 
passing caused widespread sorrow among friends throughout this county and 
section.  Mrs. Rich had been in bad health for the past several months but 
became critically ill about three weeks ago.  Her loved ones and friends 
realized the her slender strength was gradually ebbing and the end was not 
unexpected when it quietly came.  

   Mrs. Rich was the former Miss Willie Bess Glover.  She was a member of the 
First Baptist Church and  took an active part in church work and civic 
activities.

   She is survived by her husband Augustus J. Rich, four children, Earl J. 
Rich, Bessie Carolyn Rich, Martha Susan Rich and Augustus J. Rich Jr., all of 
this city; six sisters, Miss Freddie and Miss Leana Glover,  Mrs. O.D. 
Williams,  Mrs. J.R. Brockett and Mrs. Berie Hughes, of this city and Mrs. 
P.H. Harrell of Camilla, Georgia, one brother, J.C. Glover of Albany, 
Georgia.   


  Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon, January 16, at 3:00 o'clock 
at the First Baptist Church with the Reverend H.H. Shell and the Reverend 
J.E. Ward officiating.  Interment was made in the Oak City Cemetery.

  The following gentlemen served as active pallbearers:  E. B. Harrison, Lee 
A. Parker, Clayton Walker, R.E. Rowan, James D. Floyd and J.M. McCollum.

  Members of the American Legion Auxiliary and the Philathea Class of the 
Baptist Church acted as an honorary escort.

   E.W. Cox Funeral Home in charge.