Dougherty-Lee-Whitfield County GaArchives Obituaries.....Augustus Columbus Pye July 13 1954 ************************************************ 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 March 27, 2004, 11:02 pm Albany Herald, Albany, Ga 14 Jul 1954 Obituary Notice - 14 Jul 1954 Pye Final Rites Slated Here Today4 Funeral services for Augustus C. Pye will be conducted today at 5 p.m. in the Eight Avenue Church of God by the Rev. Mark Gurthy and the Rev. C. M. Bolt. Interment will be in Crown Hill Cemetery. Mr. Pye, 82, 524 Flint Ave., died Tuesday morning following an illness of several months. He had been a resident of Albany for the last 28 years, moving here from Worth County. Prior to his retirement he had owned and operated a grocery store here. In Worth County he had been engaged in farming. He was also a retired Holiness Baptist Minister. The Albanian was married to the late Miss Angeline M. Powell of Worth County who died in 1945. He was a member of the Holiness Baptist Church in Worth County. Mr. Pye is survived by five daughters, Mrs. M. W. Ruis, Worth County, Mrs. C. H. Massey, Cordele, Mrs. J. E. Lawson, Mrs. J. G. Butler and Mrs. Arthur H. Butler all of Albany; four sons, Daniel A. Pye, Worth County, W. C. Pye, Asheville, N. C., Walter L. Pye, J. L. Pye, both of Albany; three sisters, Mrs. J. R. Mitchell, Leesburg, Mrs. S. L. Hinson and Mrs. A. B. Tyson, both of Albany, and one brother J. W. Pye of Leesburg. The following grandsons will be pallbearers: Elton Ruis, Olin Ruis, Donald Ruis, D. A. Pye, Jr., Donald Pye and Dr. William A. Lawson. The Albany Undertaking Company is in charge of arrangements. Additional Comments: Grandfather of Donald L. Pye, Sr. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb