Mitchell County  Georgia Obituaries Charles Samuel Shirah Sr. 1958

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Obituary of Charles Samuel Shirah Sr. 
as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 11 Apr 1958.  

Camilla, Georgia.  
Charles Samuel Shirah Sr. passed away 
Saturday, 5 Apr 1958, at the home of his son, George W. Shirah, near Camilla, following 
a lengthy illness.  Funeral services were held Monday, 7 Apr 1958, at 3:00 PM, at the 
Hopeful Baptist Church with the Rev A. L. Croy and the Rev W. H. Rittenhouse 
officiating.  Interment was in the church cemetery. Bramlett Funeral Home was in charge 
of arrangements.  Serving as pall bearers were his nephews, Lamar Shirah, Cleve 
Cranford, James Sellers, Clifford Shirah, Carl Shirah Jr., Emory Shirah and Carzell 
Shirah. Mr. Shirah was 65 years of age.  He was born in Mitchell County in 1893, son of 
the late George Washington and Martha Ann Chance Shirah. He was a farmer and 
landowner in the Pine Cliff community and a member of Fathers Home Baptist Church.  
Survivors include two sons, George W. of Camilla, and Charles S. Jr. of Pelham; six 
daughters, Mrs. W. L. Goodson and Mrs. E. E. Carroll of Sale City, Mrs. O. C. 
Musselwhite of Winter Haven, Fla., Mrs. Edwin Pollock and Mrs. Alice Shirah of 
Camilla and Mrs. E. C. Palmer of Pelham; five sisters, Mrs. J. C. Harmon of California, 
Mrs. W. L. Cain of Bainbridge, Mrs. J. B. Maples and Mrs. Floyd Taylor of Camilla and 
Mrs. Ralph Jackson of Tifton; three brothers, John E. Shirah and George W. Shirah of 
Camilla and Carl Shirah of Bainbridge; twenty grandchildren and several great 
grandchildren.