Grady-Thomas County GaArchives Obituaries.....Hall, Fannie August 5 1918 ************************************************ 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: Janet Sumner http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002510 May 31, 2004, 8:05 am The Cairo Messenger, Friday, August 9, 1918 Mrs. Fannie Hall Passes Away At Beachton News of the death at Beachton of Mrs. Fannie Hall, which occurred last Monday evening, about seven o'clock, came as a shock to her many friends in Cairo. The cause of her death was the result of heart failure, and came suddenly as she was preparing to retire for the night. Mrs. Hall was 82 years of age and was a native of Thomas County. She was the widow of the late James. T. Hall, and before her marriage was Miss Fannie Mitchell, a member of one of Thomas county's oldest and most prominent families and widely connected throughout this section of the state. Mrs. Hall was a woman of strong and lovely character, and one of the few remaining representatives of the Southern woman of ante bellum days. She was a woman loved and liked by all whom she came in contact, and will be sadly missed by every one. Mrs. Hall is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Albert Moller, Mrs. D. Bowen, Miss Mattie and Miss Fannie Hall and two sons, Messrs. James T. Hall and Will Hall. She was a sister to Judge Robert G. Mitchell and Mrs. K. T. McLean of Thomasville and Mrs. James Blackshear of Beachton. The funeral services were conducted at the Mitchell cemetery at the old family homestead near Beachton. It was conducted by the Rev. J. E. Seals of the Thomasville Methodist church. A large number of relatives and friends were present to pay the last tribute of respect to one who was widely known and loved. Several from Cairo attended the funeral services. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb