Greene County GaArchives Obituaries.....Geer, Harry Hill  May 21, 1965
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The Herald-Journal," Greensboro, Georgia, Friday, May 28, 1965, p. 1
LAST RITES FOR HARRY H. GEER

   Harry Hill Geer, 78, died Friday following a sudden illness of only a few 
hours, after being carried to the Boswell Memorial Hospital.
   Mr. Geer was Greene County's oldest active business man.  He had been a 
merchant for 60 years.
   He was born July 31, 1886 in Bairdstown, Ga., the son of J. J. Geer and 
Minnie Young Geer.
   On May 25, 1912, Harry Hill Geer and Hopie Atkinson of the "Gray Lands" 
community were united in marriage.  Of this union a  on [sic], Harry Lee, was 
born and he, with his mother, survives his father.
   Other survivors are sisters, Mrs. Julia Geer Pitts, Mrs. Reba Norman, Mrs. 
Annie Bell Kitchens, of Decatur; Mrs. Irene Wheeler, Mrs. Berta Marchman, of 
Savannah and brother, Joseph J. Geer of Avondale.
   Funeral services occurred at the graveside Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock.  
Rev. E. A. Kilgore officiating.
   The pallbearers were O. A. Moorhead, Lloyd Davis, Henry Maxey, C. W. Smith, 
Jack McGibony and Marvin Merritt.
   Internment in Greenview Cemetery.
   As a young man, Mr. Geer traveled for a grocery house.  He covered his 
territory in auto being amoung [sic] the first traveling men to use an auto.
   He later opened a grocery store in Greensboro. At onetime he was a director 
in both of the banks in Greensboro.
   Mr. Geer was the last member of the Greene Rifles, a local military company 
that passed out of existence in the early 1900's.
   Mr. Geer was well known and respected throughout Greene County where he has 
been a land owner and merchant over a long period time.  He had been in 
business for sixty years in Greensboro and could claim the distinction of 
having been a merchant for more consecutive years than anyone else in the 
town.  He was a member of the First Baptist Church.  Mr. Geer will be greatly 
missed.
   Among those from out-of-town attending the funeral of Mr. Harry Geer on 
Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Marchman, Mr. and Mrs. Alec Salatore of 
Savannah; Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Wheeler; Mrs. and Mrs. W. R. Word, Jr.; Mr. 
Russell Pitts, Mr. Dick Baker, of Atlanta; Mrs. Reba Norman, Mr. and Mrs. 
Steve Norman, Mrs. Preston Johnson of Decatur; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Geer, Miss 
Nora Geer, Mr. Jeff Geer of Avondale; Miss Allene Geer, Penfield; Mr. Henry 
Geer, Bogart; Mr. and Mrs. Love Atkinson, Mrs. Mamie Sue Few of Madison; Mrs. 
Eula Williamson and Mr. Williamson, Washington; and Mrs. Frank Askew, Union 
Point.

Additional Comments:
Son of Joseph Jefferson Geer and Minnie Young; husband of Hopie Atkinson.

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