Marion-Benhill-Sumter County GaArchives Obituaries.....Pryor, Jeffie Moore Persons August 6, 1964
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The Fitzgerald Herald, Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Georgia, Thursday, Auguuust 11, 1964, Front Page.
The Fitzgerald Herald
Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Georgia
Thursday, August 11, 1964
Front Page
                Methodist rites for Mrs. Pryor
   Funeral services for Mrs. Shepherd Green Pryor, Jr., 75 were held Saturday, 
August 8, at 3 p.m. at Central Methodist Church.
   The pastor,  Rev. Ned Steele, assisted by  Rev. Wade Scott, officiated and 
burial was in Evergreen Cemetery. 
   Members of the Nathaniel Abney Chapter D. A. R. attended the funeral in a 
body and rituals were said at the cemetery with  Mrs. Silas Hearne  and  Mrs. 
Basil Steed in charge.
   Pallbearers were  Jack Massee,  Owen Seagraves,  J. W. Fountain,  D. L. 
Paulk, Jr.  Ethridge Paulk,   and  Harvey Jay.
   Mrs. Pryor died at Ben Hill County hospital Friday, August 7, being hospitalized

since July 27, following an extended illness.
   A native of Marion county,  Mrs. Pryor was the former Jeffie Persons, daughter 
of the late John T.  and  Sarah Pickard Persons. 
   One of the community’s most beloved and honored matrons,  Mrs. Pryor was 
society eitor of the Fitzgerald Herald since 1916, woking with her husband, the 
late S. G. Pryor Jr., long time editor of the publication.  She had continued her 
work until about a month ago.
   She was most active in church, civic and club work, being named  “Woman of 
the Year” in 1981.  Mrs. Pryor was a past regent and president of Nathaniel 
Abney Chapter D. A. R.  and  Ben Hill Chapter U. D. C.  She was a charter 
member of the Review Club and Garden Study Club,  and had served as 
president and circle leader of the W. S. C. S.  of Central Methodist Church.
   Survivors include a son,  S. G. Pryor, III of Atlaanta; two daughters,  Mrs. Jack

Mathis of Columbus  and  Mrs. John W. Spence of Barrington, Ill.;  two brothers,  
C. C. Persons of Fitzgerald  and  Victor H. Persons of Toledo, Ohio; a sister 
Mrs. Eva P. Cole of Atlanta, and eight grandchildren.
   Paulk Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Additional Comments:
Compiler Notes:  You will note  Shepherd Green Pryor is refer to as a Jr. This is 
not correct.  It should be Shepherd Green Pryor, I.  His grandfather was 
Shepherd Green Pryor (1828-1911)  he's buried in the DeSoto Methodist 
Church Cemetery at DeSoto, Sumter County, Georgia.  He is listed on Page 8, 
Sumter County, Georgia Cemetery Records, Compiled By: Mr.  and  Mrs. W. D. 
Harvey in 1972 The above correction were made at the suggestion of a close 
family member.

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