Johnson-Emanuel County GaArchives Obituaries.....Riner, Nora Catherine Thompson October 5, 1964 ************************************************ 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: William J. (Jim) Carroll williamcarrollj@bellsouth.net August 25, 2011, 4:21 pm The Wrightsville Headlight 10-8-1964 Front Page Funeral Services For Mrs. Riner Held Tuesday Funeral services for Mrs. J. N. Riner, age 83, were held at Brown Memorial Baptist Church at 3pm Tuesday, Oct. 6, with Elder C. H. Redford of Fitzgerald in charge assisted by the Rev. R. C. Smith. Interment was in Westview Cemetery. Mrs. Riner died Sunday morning after four months illness. She had been making her home in a nursing home in Atlanta recently. She was born in Emanuel County, but lived in Johnson County for 45 years prior to moving to Atlanta four years ago. She was a member of the Wrightsville Primitive Baptist Church where she was very active in church work until the time of her illness. Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Henry Lovett of Atlanta, Mrs. Lowery New of Wrightsville, Mrs. Charles Downs of Sandersville, and Mrs. Phillip Rowell of Atlanta; one son, Woodrow J. Riner of Otis Field, Mass.; six grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Charles Moore and Mrs. Enoch Deriso, both of Augusta; one brother, Willie Thompson of Augusta. Active pallbearers were Linton Smith, Carl Davis, Ray Outlaw, Adolph Soell, James Sheppard, and Junior Outlaw. The honorary escort included L. E. Fasker Jr., V. R. Blount, W. L. Thompson, Lewis Lovett, Claxton Clark, Virgil Mosley, Burt L. Price, Grady Brantley, Dr. J. G. Brantley, J. Monroe Cook, Joe Tucker, and Clay Chester. Kent Funeral Home was in charge. Additional Comments: Nora was born 25 May 1881 to William Warren Thompson and Sarah Riner. Georgia death certificate #026283. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/johnson/obits/r/riner2238nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb