Habersham County GaArchives Obituaries.....Sellers, Jeremiah May 27, 1959
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Northeast Georgian, Thursday, May 28, 1959
FUNERAL FRIDAY FOR
JERRY SELLERS, 98,
GA's OLDEST MASON

Jeremiah, familiarly known as (Uncle Jerry) Sellers, aged 98, one of the 
oldest, and highly respected resident of Habersham County, died Wednesday 
morning at the home of his son, Paul Grant Sellers, Rte 1, Mt. Airy, following 
a lingering illness.

Mr. Sellers was born in Habersham County, April 13, 1861, and had resided in 
the Center Hill section all of his life.

He was a son of the late Ephriam and Sarah Prince Sellers, pioneer Habersham 
County pioneers.

On My 28, 1892, he married Miss Della Grant, who preceded him to the grave 
April 20, 1903.

Mr. Sellers was the oldest member of Hazel Creek Baptist Church, with which he 
united 80 years ago.

He affiliated with the Masonic Order 73 years ago, and bore the distinction of 
being the oldest Mason in Georgia, being a charter member of the Mount Airy 
Masonic Lodge 141, and was a farmer and carpenter by occupation.

Mr. Sellers was an ardent sportsman in his more active days, and was widley 
known by the Fox Hunters' Associations throughout the country.

Survivors include four sons, George Sellers, Albert Sellers and Paul Grant 
Sellers, all of Mt. Airy; N. A. Sellers, of Memphis, Tenn., 17 grandchildren 
and 18 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday (tomorrow), from the 
Community Baptist Church, with the Rev. Benjamin Tomlin, the Rev. Wilton 
Duckett, the Rev. J. Billy Graham and the Rev. Clyde McClain officiating.  
Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Members of the Mount Airy Masonic Lodge, 141, will serve as pallbearers and 
also have charge of the graveside rites.

The body, now at McGahee Funeral Home, will be placed in the church at 10:30 
a.m. Friday, half an hour before the services.

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