Mitchell County Georgia Obituaries Guy Hamilton Fitzgerald 1943 ****************************************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ****************************************************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Sam Luckey Oct 2002 Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/mitchell.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Obituary of Guy Hamilton Fitzgerald as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 26 March 1943. Guy H. Fitzgerald, prominent and well beloved Mitchell county farmer, died at Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville Friday afternoon at three o'clock, following an illness of ten days from brills fever and complications. Mr. Fitzgerald was carried to the hospital on Monday in serious condition and continued to grow worse. Many of his friends learned of his illness and were sadly shocked by news of his passing. Funeral services took place Sunday at two o'clock at Greenwood Baptist church, of which Mr. Fitzgerald and his wife were leading members. Relatives and numerous friends gathered in the little church to pay homage to a loved friend in the sacred rites of the Christian church. Numerous and beautiful floral pieces were banked about the casket and church chancel and the choir sang hymns of Christian faith, "Shall We Gather At The River," "Sometime We'll Understand" and "Abide With Me." Services were conducted by Rev. S.H. Bennett, assisted by Rev. N. H. Williams. Acting as pall bearers were W.W. Kirbo, Levi Kirbo, Mark Sanders, C.F. Williford, C.P. Adams, E.J. Vann, Jr., B.W. Hughes, John C. Butler, Joe Gary, C.J. Harvey, Cliff Oliver, O.G. Richards, D.V. Thompson, I. Macey, T.L. Kirbo, Julian Rivers, G.C. Smith, Warren Davis and Lester Butler. Interment was in the family lot in Oakview cemetery. Guy Hamilton Fitzgerald was a lifelong resident of Mitchell county. He was born June 10, 1883 and was the son of the late E.T. Fitzgerald and Emma Spence Fitzgerald. Growing up on the farm in lower Mitchell, he had settled in Greenwood community where he operated farming interests and was closely knit with affairs of community and church. Friendly and kind to every one, he was always ready with a happy smile and jolly word of greeting, meeting life with the same brave and cheery philosophy through the years, enjoying his friends with affectionate appreciation, finding something to be happy about. Guy Fitzgerald had many friends who loved him and are deeply saddened by his death. In July 23, 1913 he was happily married to Miss Janie Lowrey, of Preston, with whom he lived for nearly thirty years before the tie war (sic) broken. Their home in Greenwood was a happy gathering place of their relatives and friends. Recently they had built a new home and had just moved in a short time ago. Mr. Fitzgerald was a member of Greenwood Baptist church, where he and his wife were active workers and have meant much to the church. He was a member of et (sic) Woodmen of the World and Modern Woodmen. He is survived by his wife, his aged mother, Mrs. Emma Spence Fitzgerald, a sister, Mrs. J. C. DeGraffenreid and two brothers, Joe Brown Fitzgerald, of Albany, and D. Warner Fitzgerald of Camilla. All these have the deep and sincere sympathy of hosts of friends throughout the county in their sad loss.