Dougherty-Lee County GaArchives Obituaries.....John Wesley Pye January 6 1971 ************************************************ 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: Donald L. Pye Redstar36@aol.com March 30, 2004, 11:40 pm Albany Herald, Albany, Georgia Obituary - 7 Jan 1971 J. W. Pye Sr. Died in City John Wesley Pye Sr., 85, 612 N. Davis St., died this morning in NurseCare Center. Mr. Pye was born Jan. 26, 1885, in Lee County, the son of the late Jennie Williford Pye and Augustus Pye. He had been a lifelong resident of Lee County until moving to Albany seven years ago. He was a retired farmer and a member of Thundering Springs Baptist Church and the Woodmen of the World. His wife was Mary Howell Pye, who died Jan. 19, 1963. Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. John Pits, Mrs B. E. Stripling and Mrs. Phillip W. Gralley, all of Albany, and Mrs. Kenneth Gaumer, Allentown, Pa., three sons, H. Glenn Pye and J. W. Pye Jr., both of Albany, and William A. Pye, Jacksonville, Fla.; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements will be by Kimbrell-Stern. The family is at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. John Pitts, 1707 Parker Ave. Additional Comments: Granduncle to Donald L. Pye. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb