Greene-Richmond County GaArchives Obituaries.....Geer, Ida Gilmore Fuller January 20, 1981
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 The Augusta Chronicle & The Augusta Herald, August, GA;The Times, Shreveport-Bossier, LA;The Bienville Democrat, Arcadia, Louisiana  
Ida Gilmore [sic] Geer
from: The Times, Shreveport-Bossier, LA, Wednesday, January 21, 1981, p. 8A:

   Arcadia, LA. - Services for Mrs. Ida Gilmore Geer, 88, of Arcadia, will be 
at 11 a.m. Friday Jan. 23 at Poteet Funeral Home in Augusta, Georgia, Rev. 
Robert S. Geer, son of the deceased, officiating.  Burial: Penfield Cemetery 
in Penfield, Ga.  Visitation: 7 a.m. to noon Wed. Jan. 21 at Conger's Funeral 
Home in Arcadia.
   She died at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday Jan. 20, 1981 at Bienville General Hospital 
in Arcadia.  Mrs. Geer was a retired U.S. Postal clerk.  She is preceded in 
death by her husband, William Fred Geer.  Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. 
H. Rupert Sledge of Arcadia; three sons, Dr. William D. Geer of Birmingham, 
Alabama, Rev. Robert S. Geer of Miami, Florida, and H. Calvin Geer of Augusta, 
Georgia; 12 grandchildren.
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Mrs. Ida F. Geer
from: The Augusta Herald, Wednesday Afternoon, January 21, 1981:

ARCADIA, La. - Mrs. Ida Fuller Geer of Arcadia died Tuesday.
   The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Poteet Funeral Home Green 
Street Chapel with Rev. Robert S. Geer and Dr. George L. Balentine 
officiating.  Burial will be in the Penfield, Ga., cemetery at 2:30 pm.
   A former Augustan, Mrs. Geer, the widow of W. Fred Geer, was a native of 
Waterloo, S.C., and a retired postal service employee.  She was a member of 
the First Baptist Church of Augusta, the Sanctuary Choir and Faith-Victory-
Mizpah Sunday School Class.  She was a member of the Womens Missionary Union, 
Golden Years Club, National Association of Retired Federal Employees, Augusta 
Womans Club, Augusta Garden Club, Silver Threads and the Elizabeth chapter of 
the Order of the Eastern Star.  For many years she played the organ at the S&S 
Sunday School Class on Broad Street sponsored by First Baptist Church.
   Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. H. Rupert Sledge of Arcadia; three sons, 
Dr. William D. Geer of Birmingham, Ala., Rev. Robert S. Geer of Miami, FL, and 
H. Calvin Geer of Augusta.  Pallbearers will be John W. Geer, James R. Sledge, 
R. Fred Geer, David C. Geer, James F. Geer, Samuel T. Geer and Paul D. Geer.  
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 until 9 p.m. 
Thursday.  Friends also may call at the residence of H. Calvin Geer, 2714 
Rosewood Dr.
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Mrs. W. Fred Geer
from: The Augusta Chronicle, Thursday Morning, January 22, 1981, p. 3B:

   Mrs. W. Fred (Ida Fuller) Geer, 88, died Tuesday in Arcadia, La. The 
funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Poteet Funeral Home, Greene Street, 
with the Rev. Robert S. Geer and the Rev. George L. Balentine officiating.  
Burial will [be] held at 2:30 p.m. in Penfield Cemetery, Penfield, Ga.
   Mrs. Geer was a native of Waterloo, S.C., but lived in Augusta most of her 
life.  She was a pianist for the S. and S. Sunday School Class for many years, 
a retired postal employee and a member of Augusta First Baptist Church, 
Sanctuary Choir, Faith-Victory-Mizpah Sunday School Class, Woman's Missionary 
Union, Golden Years club, National Association of Retired Federal Employees, 
Augusta Woman's club, Augusta Garden Club, Silber Threads and Elizabeth 
Chapter Order of the Eastern Star.
   Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. H. Rupert Sledge, Arcadia; and three 
sons, Dr. William D. Geer, Birmingham, Ala., the Rev. Robert S. Geer, Miami, 
and H. Calvin Geer, Augusta.
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Mrs. W. F. Geer
from: The Bienville Democrat, Arcadia, Louisiana, Wednesday, January 28, 1981:

   Mrs. W. F. Geer, nee Ida Fuller, died early Tuesday morning, January 20th 
in the Bienville General Hospital, following a brief illness.
   Services for Mrs. Geer, age 88, a resident of Augusta, Georgia, and the 
mother of Mrs. Rupert Sledge, of Arcadia were held Friday in the Poteet 
Funeral Home Chapel, in Augusta, Georgia, with her son, Rev. Robert S. Geer, 
Pastor of the Gateway Baptist Church, Miami, Florida, Dr. George Balentine, 
Pastor of the First Baptist Church, Augusta, and the Rev. J. Hoffman Harris, 
Pastor of the Briarlake Baptist Church, Atlanta, officiating.  Interment 
followed in the Penfield Cemetery, Penfield, Georgia.
   Mrs. Geer, the widow of W. F. Geer, was a native of Waterloo, SC, and a 
retired postal service employee.  She was a member of the First Baptist Church 
of Augusta, where she was member of the Sanctuary Choir, the Faith-Victory-
Mizpah Sunday School Class, the Woman's Missionary Union and was the organist 
for the Sunday School Class, held in the S & S and sponsored by the church.
   She was also a member of the Golden Years Club, National Association of 
Retired Federal Employees, Augusta Woman's Club, Augusta Garden Club, silver 
Threads and the Elizabeth Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star.
   Survivors include Mrs. Sledge, nee Margaret Geer, three sons, Dr. William 
Geer, of Birmingham, Alabama, Rev. [sic] Robert S. Geer, of Miami, Florida, 
and H. Calvin Geer of Augusta, Georgia, and twelve grandchildren.
   Pallbearers were her grandsons: John W. Geer, James R. Sledge, R. Fred 
Geer, David C. Geer, James F. Geer, Samuel T. Geer and Paul D. Geer.

Additional Comments:
Daughter of Harrison Calvin Fuller and Ida Gilmore Fooshe.

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