Dougherty-Sumter-Worth County GaArchives Obituaries.....Story, Emily Sessions December 13, 2002
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The Albany Herald - Obituaries
Emily Sessions Story

AMERICUS — Emily Sessions Story, 90, of 551 Middle River Road, Americus, died 
on Friday evening, December 13, 2002, at Sumter Regional Hospital. Funeral 
services will be conducted at 1 p.m. on Monday from the Bethel Baptist Church 
in Sumter County, with interment to follow at 3:30 p.m. in the Story-Odum 
Cemetery, Acorn Pond Baptist Church, in Worth County. The Rev. Bryan Bentley 
will officiate.

Mrs. Story, a native of Sumner, was born January 12, 1912, a daughter of the 
late Dr. Walter Wesley Sessions and Verlin Frances Veasey Sessions. She was the 
wife of the late Carl Jackson Story who preceded her in death on January 18, 
2000.

Mrs. Story was a 1931 graduate of Georgia State College for Women, now known as 
Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville. She was an elementary 
school teacher in Bridgeboro and Collins, and in the Westside Elementary School 
in Warner Robins. She was a very active member of the Bethel Baptist Church, a 
member of the Ladies Sunday School Class, and a leader in the Women's 
Missionary Union.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Bethel Baptist Church Building Fund, 
846 Lane Store Road, Americus, GA 31709.

The family will receive friends at Mrs. Story's residence, Middle River Road, 
from 2 p.m.-5 p.m. on today (Sunday).

Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Joyce S. and Doug Carreker of 
Americus; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Robert L. Story of Warner Robins, 
John M. and Donna Story of Charlotte, NC; a sister, Martha Dean Blackstock of 
Sumner; grandchildren, Vicki and Jeff Jones and Susan and Bob Doughtry, all of 
Warner Robins, Russ and Patti Carreker of Columbus, Erica Story of Charlotte, 
NC, Emily and Kenny Spikes of Suwanee, Clarke and Chris Story of Commerce, MI; 
12 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a 
sister, Margaret S. Sinclair, and by three brothers, Dr. H. Karl Sessions, 
William (Mack) Sessions and W. Wesley Sessions.

Hancock Funeral Home 

Americus 229/924-3645 



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