Dougherty-Early County GaArchives Obituaries.....Barry, Christine "Chris" Odell George November 15, 2006 ************************************************ 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: Ann Yeager ann.yeager@ets.exel.com February 16, 2007, 6:19 am Kimbrell Stern Announcements - 2006 Date of Birth: February 08, 1925 Date of Death: November 15, 2006 Chris lived in Albany since 1949. She was an active member of First United Methodist Church of Albany. She was a faithful member of the “Elnora Hawk Class,” where she served as President for six years. She was an active member of the United Methodist Women in mission service, and the “Young-at-Heart” Club. She served as volunteer receptionist in the church office for more than a decade. She was a woman of great faith, grace and beauty who gave diligently out of her care and concern for others. She retired from a career in Civil Service. She was preceded in death by her parents, John Riley and Mary George, by her brother, Chesley George, and her sister and brother-in-law, Verne and Byron Blackburn. She is survived by her husband, William Borden Barry; her daughter, Virginia Heidinger; her son and daughter-in-law, Chris and Gayle Barry; her five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; her brother and sister-in-law, Riley and Sybil George; her sister and brother-in-law, Bobbie and Russell Anglin; and her sister-in-law, Klara George. One of her grandchildren wrote of her as she left this world, “She has left a deep mark on us all and given us a true example of how to be a truly loving person. I pray that all of us can live up to her example and remember her name when we each feel the need for a bit more patience and love to face a struggle on down the road in our time ahead.” The funeral service will be 11AM Saturday, November 18, 2006 at First United Methodist Church. Rev. Mike McAfee will officiate. Interment to follow at 3 PM, in George Family Cemetery at New Hope Baptist Church in Early County, south of Blakely. The family will receive friends 5 PM to 7 PM Friday at Kimbrell-Stern Funeral Directors. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/dougherty/obits/b/barry6843gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb