Georgia:  Decatur County:  Obituary of Russell B. Yawn
6 January 1966

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Russell B. Yawn

Funeral services for Mr. Russell Benjamin Yawn, 87, year old Bainbridge 
resident, were conducted Tuesday, December 28 at 2:00 o'clock p. m. in Mount 
Olive Church with Rev. Earl Blanton officiating.

The deceased passed away December 27 in Memorial Hospital after a lengthy 
illness. He was preceded in death by his wife the late Mrs. Mary Edna Cloud 
Yawn. He was a farmer and member of Black Jack Baptist Church.

Surviving are three sons, Chester and Eddie Yawn of Bainbridge and J. M. Yawn 
of Jacksonville, Fla.; two daughters Mrs. Mittie Owens, Valdosta, and Mrs. 
Ruby Poitevint, Lake City, Fla.; a sister, Mrs. Becky Miller, Brinson; 
seventeen grandchildren; thirty six great grandchildren and 25 great great 
grandchildren.

Those serving as active pallbearers were Jimmy Merkison, John Waiber, Tom 
Dodson, Watson Sasser, Owen Edmunds and Buford Edmunds.

Interment was in Mount Olive Cemetery with Ivey Funeral Home in charge.

Source: Volume 60, Number 1, Page 4-B, Thursday, January 6, 1966.