Lamar-Pike County GaArchives Obituaries.....Collier, Jena Cuthbert June 23, 1944
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J. C. COLLIER, A LEADING CITIZEN OF LAMAR, DIES
Was a Former Mayor And Worked for the Creation of the County
     
     Services for Jena Cuthbert Collier, 78, for years a leading citizen of 
Barnesville, were held Sunday afternoon, 4 o'clock at the home on Thomaston 
street.  Burial was in Greenwood cemetery in the Collier vault.  Rev. W. R. 
Sisson and Rev. Harvey Mitchell officiated in the funeral services.
     Mr. Collier died Friday morning at a private hospital in Atlanta after an 
extended illness.  He has seemingly improved when his condition took a rapid 
turn for the worse.
     Mr. Collier was a former Mayor and councilman of Barnesville and served 
as state senator from the 22nd district from 1925 to 1927.  He was a member of 
the First Methodist Church of Bernesville [sic], the Society of Colonial Wars 
and Society of Sons of the Revolution.
     Born in Pike county, he moved to Barnesville in 1890 and engaged in the 
mercantile business.  He organized the Collier Manufacturing Company and later 
operated widespread farming interests in the Piedmont section of Lamar county.
     In 1898 he was married to Miss Jessie Stephens, who survives him.  One 
son, Durward Cuthbert Collier, and two daughters, Mrs. Julius Cason of 
Barnesville, and Mrs. J. C. Ruffner of Atlanta, also survive.  Grandchildren 
include:  Lt. Jena C. Collier II, now serving in Africa; Miss Virginia 
Collier, Puerto Rico; Midshipman Robert Cuthbert Collier, U. S. Naval Academy; 
Miss Evelyn and June Cason, Barnesville, Miss Nancy Ruffner and Steve Ruffner, 
Atlanta.
     Mr. Collier was one of the workers for Lamar County when efforts to get 
it created were being put forth.  He was a civic leader and had many friends 
who regret his death.
     Among those coming here to attend the funeral of Mr. Collier were:  Col. 
and Mrs. L. D. Watson and daughter, Miss Elizabeth Godwin, Gainesville; Mrs. 
H. L. Flynt, Atlanta; Mrs. Chas. H. Stone, Miss Janet Stone, Macon; Dr. A. R. 
Franklin, Jackson; Col. and Mrs. Claud Christopher, Griffin; Mr. and Mrs. 
Luther Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas McKenny, Thomaston; Mr. Ben G. McKenny, The 
Rock; Mrs. E. T. Black, Thomaston; Mr. and Mrs. Powell Stevens, The Rock.

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