Irwin County GaArchives Obituaries.....Mrs. Barzilla Roberts Cannady September 9 1972 ************************************************ 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: Jim Rodgers jrodgers@axs2k.net March 3, 2003, 4:30 pm The Ocilla Star, Sept. 14, 1972 Final Rites Held For Mrs. Cannady Funeral services were held Monday September 11 at Old Valley Grove Church at 3 p. m. for Mrs. Barzilla Roberts Cannady, who died Saturday Sept. 9 at the Osceola Nurseing Home following a long illness. Elder Ashley Griffin officiated and burial was in New Valley Grove cemetery. Active pallbearers were Glen Hopson, Larry Smith, Eston Yawn, Eulas Cannady, Herman Cannady and Theo Cannady. Honorary pallbearers were Johnny Harper, Eldon Hall, Curtis Roberts and Ethridge Roberts. Mrs. Cannady was born December 11, 1881 in Irwin county where she had lived most of her life. She was the daughter of the late Richard and Nancy Whitley Roberts and was a member of Old Valley Grove Church. Survivors include four sons, Richard Cannady of Fitzgerald, Ellis Cannady and William Horace Cannady, both of Valdosta, and Algie Cannady of Tifton; five daughters, Mrs. J. C. Maye of Macon, Mrs Louise Yawn of Enigma, Mrs. Mitchell Hopson of Ocilla, Mrs J. D. Henderson of Gray and Mrs. Myrtice Bernier of Clearwater Fla.; a brother, Tally Roberts of Tifton, and a sister, Mrs. L. T. Myers of Lakeland Ga. Twenty-two grandchildren, several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren also survive. Paulk Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb