Mitchell County  Georgia Obituaries Richard Griner 1926

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Obituary of Richard Griner 
as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 31 Dec 1926.  


Camilla, Georgia.  Of sad note to many friends throughout the county was the 
death of Mr. Richard Griner, aged and highly esteemed citizen of the county, which took 
place at the home of Mr. H. D. Kemp on Thursday, 23 Dec 1926, of last week at 7:30 PM 
after a short illness.  "Uncle Dick" as he was lovingly called, had for some time been so 
feeble that he could hardly get about the house, and his short illness was just the sapping 
of the frail thread of life.  Funeral services were held Friday, 24 Dec 1926, at 2:00 PM at 
old Evergreen Church, where Mr. Griner had worshiped for a long number of years. Rev 
Albert Ott was in charge of the simple service and many old friends of the deceased were 
present to show their love and respect.  Mr. Griner had reached the advanced age of 86 
years when his life came to a close.  He was born and raised on the farm in the 
community of Evergreen and Bethany churches and lived his entire life on the farm 
where he was born and which he still owned at the time of his death.  This with the 
exception of his latest years when in his enfeebled health he went to make his home with 
the family of Mr. H. D. Kemp.  Mr. Griner, though quiet and unassuming of nature, 
possessed many fine traits of character and held the love and high esteem of numbers of 
friends as long as he lived.  When the Civil War come on in the Sixties, he enlisted and 
served faithfully in the Army of the Confederacy.  Mr. Griner had been a Christian for a 
long number of years and early in life had united with Evergreen Baptist Church, and 
probably was the church's oldest member at the time of his death. The deceased was 
united in marriage to Mis Mary Kemp, who preceded him to the grave about forty years 
ago.  Though no members of Mr. Griner's immediate family survives, there are nieces 
and nephews and many friends, who are sorrowful at his passing from the scene of his 
long life here.