Dodge-Laurens-Wilcox County GaArchives Obituaries.....Williamson, John Hartley October 8, 1977 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: M SGT ROBERT K. [BOB], JR NOBLES http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00005.html#0001076 April 5, 2013, 11:08 pm DODGE COUNTY NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, Volume XII., 1975-1978, By: Tad Evans, For Date: See Page 6603, Thursday, October 13, 1977, For Obituary: See Page 6604. DODGE COUNTY NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS Volume XII. 1975-1978 By: Tad Evans For Date: See Page 6603 Thursday, October 13, 1977 For Obituary:: See Page 6604 WILLIAMSON The funeral services for John H. Williamson, of Route 1, Rhine was held Sunday in the Hopewell Baptist Church, with burial in the church cemetery. Rev. T. K. Carroll, Rev. Lamonte Hester and Rev. Alex Jones officiated. Great-grandsons serving as pallbearers were Mike Williamson, James Williamson, James Murphy, Wayne Williamson, Bob Strickland and Richard Anderson. Mr. Williamson, 102, died Saturday Born in Lauren County,, Mr. Williamson had lived in Dodge county for 83 years. A retired carpenter, he was a member and oldest deacon of Hopewell Baptist Church. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Alder Conley, of Rhine; two sons, Morris Williamson, of Route 4, Eastman, and Ben Williamson, of Fitzgerald. 17 grandchildren, 43 great-grandchildren, 39 great-great-grandchildren and two great-great-great-grandchildren also survive. Stokes-Southerland Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Additional Comments: Compiler Notes: John Hartley Williamson was born in Laurens County, Georgia on 8 September 1875 and died at the age of 102 at his home in Dodge County, Georgia. He married Amanda "Mandy" L. Dowdy on 25 November 1896 in Dodge County, Georgia. She was born on 1 May 1880 in Dodge county, Georgia and died at her home in Rhine, Dodge County, Georgia on 20 Jun 1945. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/dodge/obits/w/williams14059ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb