Mitchell County  Georgia Obituaries Coy Akridge Cannon 1933

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Obituary of Coy Akridge Cannon 
as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 7 Apr 1933.  


A grievous shock to loved ones and numerous friends throughout the county 
was the news of the sudden death of Mrs. Earl M. Cannon, formerly Miss Coy Akridge, 
which occurred at the hospital in Moultrie Monday, 3 Apr 1933, at 10:30 AM after a 
three day illness from pneumonia.  Mrs. Cannon was taken sick Friday in the school 
room at Cotton, where she was teaching.  She continued to grow worse and Sunday 
morning was carried to the Moultrie hospital, where she lingered until Monday morning.  
Funeral services were held Tuesday, 4 Apr 1933, morning at Antioch Methodist Church, 
which was filled to capacity with sorrowing relatives and friends of the beloved young 
woman, whom death had removed so quickly from a life of useful service.  Services were 
conducted by the pastor, Rev E. B. Sutton, of Sale City, assisted by the Rev J. M. Rustin, 
of Meigs.  Interment was in the family lot at Akridge cemetery.  The pall bearers, all first 
cousins of the deceased were Charles Smith, James Eubanks, Clarence Palmer, Armand 
Edwards, L. G. Edwards, Wiley Williams and Allen Eubanks.  Mrs. Cannon was the 
youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Akridge and was born and reared in Pebble City 
Community.  She attended High School in Sale City, graduating with the class of 1929. 
She finished her education at Andrew College, in Cuthbert, where she graduated in 1931.  
For the past two years she has been teaching in the school in Cotton.  Last October she 
was happily married to Mr. Earl M. Cannon, of Pebble City, who is left heart broken in 
the loss of his bride of less than six months.  Though quiet and retiring of nature, the 
force of her gentle, lovely personality was felt everywhere and she numbered her friends 
by acquaintances.  She was a devoted Christian and had been a member of the Antioch 
Methodist Church since childhood.  She was a prominent and enthusiastic worker in the 
church.  The same zeal of service was characteristic of her work in the school room and 
she was a valued member of the faculty at Cotton.  The swift removal of her beautiful and 
worthy young life has left a wide gap in home, school room and church.  Besides her 
parents and husband, she leaves two brothers, John W. Akridge of Pebble City and 
Clifford F. Akridge of Camilla; and two sisters, Mrs. M. F. Clark of Lakeland, Fla., and 
Mrs. Hiram Caton of Pebble City.  A large number of relatives and many friends join the 
family in grief over her untimely death.  The sincere sympathy of friends of the entire 
county is extended to the bereaved family in their sad loss.