Mitchell County  Georgia Obituaries Bertha Brown Faircloth 1963

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Obituary of Bertha Brown Faircloth 
as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 7 Mar 1963.  


Miss Bertha Faircloth, 65, veteran Albany school teacher, died Sunday, 3 
Mar 1963, at Eugene Talmadge Memorial Hospital in Augusta.  She was admitted to the 
hospital 25 Feb.  Funeral services were held Tuesday, 5 Mar 1963, at 4:00 PM at the First 
Baptist Church of Albany, the pastor, Rev Brooks officiating.  Born 13 Jun 1897, in 
Camilla, she was the daughter of the late David W. Faircloth and Nora Mansfield 
Faircloth.  She attended State Normal College and received  her A. B. Degree from 
Oglethorpe University and her M. A. Degree from Mercer. She did graduate study at the 
University of Mexico and at the University of Georgia.  She was a charter member of 
Alpha Delta Kappa Sorority.  Miss Faircloth moved to Albany in 1930 and had taught 
there continuously since then until her retirement last June (1962).  She became principal 
of Highland Avenue School when it was constructed and remained there until her 
retirement.  She was a past president of the Classroom Teachers Association, first 
president of the Second District Principals Association, and served on the state textbook 
committee under the Herman Talmadge administration as well as on a number of other 
Georgia Education Association Committees.  She was a member of First Baptist Church 
where she sang in the choir for a number of years.  Since her retirement she had made her 
home at Hotel Gordon. Survivors include five sisters, Mrs. N. D. Adcox and Mrs. F. H. 
Groom of Albany, Mrs. Kathryn Childs of Brunswick, Mrs. G. M. Swann of Savannah 
and Mrs. Marion F. Baker of Savannah, and a number of nieces and nephews.