Mitchell County  Georgia Obituaries Irma Hortence Griner Kirkland 1954

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Obituary of Irma Hortence Griner Kirkland 
as written in "The Bainbridge Post Search Light" dated 14 Nov 1954.  


Bainbridge, Georgia.  Funeral services were held 
Saturday afternoon for Mrs. Lee Roy Kirkland, 37, of Rout 1, Brinson, who died 
Thursday, 11 November 1954. A lifelong resident of Decatur County, she was a member 
of the Mt. Gilead Free Will Baptist Church.  She is survived by her husband, Lee Roy 
Kirkland, and seven children: Patricia, Helen, Hilda, William, Stanley, Hiram and 
Geneva Kirkland, all of Brinson. Also surviving are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Landon 
Griner of Brinson; three brothers, Odel Griner of Brinson, Odgeburn Griner of 
Hawkinsville and Lorenzia Griner of Albany; and three sisters, Miss Doris Griner of 
Bainbridge, Mrs. Betty Schuenning of Germany and Mrs. Grace Hatton of Savannah. 
Funeral services were conducted from the Bethany Baptist Church Saturday afternoon at 
three o'clock with the Rev H. L. Catrett officiating, assisted by the Rev Dick Ostean.  
Interment was in Bethany Cemetery with Ivey Funeral Home handling arrangements.  
Active pallbearers were Elbert Kirkland, Johnny Kirkland, George Kirkland, Robert 
Boyd, C. L. Earnest and Joe Holton.