Dougherty-Colquitt-Mitchell County GaArchives Obituaries.....Akridge, Margaret September 8 1997 ************************************************ 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: Donald L. Pye Redstar36@aol.com May 16, 2004, 6:47 pm Moultrie Observer, Moultrie, Ga., 10 Sep 1997 Obituary - MARGARET AKRIDGE Margaret Akridge, 57, of Sylvester, died Monday, Sept. 8, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday at Banks Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Elbert Osteen and Mr. Cedric Solomon officiating. Burial will be in the Cool Springs Cemetery in Mitchell County. Born Oct 30, 1939, in Mitchell County, she was the daughter of the late Carl Akridge and the late Nora Kelley Akridge. She had lived in Sylvester for the last 17 years after moving from Albany. She retired in 1996 after teaching 27 1/2 years. At Moultrie and Albany Tech she was an eructation representative for IBM for three years. She retired as director of counseling at Dougherty County High School. A member of Georgia School Counselors Association she was recently recognized as an outstanding counselor in Georgia. She was a member of Etta Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa International Honorary Sorority of Women in Education. She was a former member of Sale City Baptist Church. Survivors include a son,. Samuel Kelley Akridge Toumey and wife Toni Ann, Albany; two sisters, Hazel Ester, Albany, Mabel Bass, Pelham; three brothers, Carroll Akridge, Harold Akridge, both of Moultrie, Robert Akridge, Hot Springs, Ark.; several nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held 7 to 8:30 tonight at Banks Funeral Home in Sylvester. Banks Funeral Hone is in charge of arrangement. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb