Mitchell County  Georgia Obituaries Lillie Mae Eidson Maples 1968

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Obituary of Lillie Mae Eidson Maples 
as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 5 Jun 1968.  

Camilla, Georgia.  
Mrs. John M. Maples, Sr., widow of the late John 
Maples who served as Sheriff of Mitchell County for a number of years, died instantly of 
multiple head and chest injuries last Saturday, 1 Jun 1968, afternoon in a crash several 
miles from Camilla on the Hawthorne Trail.  Mrs. Maples, age 60, was driving along on 
Georgia Highway 112 when the car suddenly careened off the road and struck two large 
oak trees a short distance from the Howard Palmer home.  There were no other cars 
involved in the accident and it has not been determined exactly what happened.  Trooper 
W. D. Fielding of the Thomasville State Patrol office investigated the accident and said 
that the mishap occurred at about 3:45 P. M.  She was pronounced dead on arrival at 
Mitchell County Hospital.  Her death Georgia's accidental death toll to at least 18 for the 
first three days of the long Memorial Day weekend holiday.  News of Mrs. Maples death 
spread rapidly over the town and county and brought grief and sorrow to a large number 
of friends along with surviving relatives.  Funeral services were held Monday, 3 Jun 
1968, morning at 11:00 A.M., at the Camilla Methodist Church with Rev. Ernest 
Seckinger officiating, assisted by Rev Edgar T. Davis Jr.  Burial was held in the Oakview 
Cemetery with Bramlett Funeral Home of Camilla in charge of arrangements.  Frank 
Vann, Bud Williford, Alva Crow Jr., Andy Morrell, Morris Kolbie, and Keaton Cox 
served as pallbearers.  Mrs. Maples had lived in Camilla all her life, moving from 
Spalding County at the age of one year.  She was the daughter of the late Lewis Shelton 
and Daisy Beall Eidson.  She was the wife of the late John Milledge Maples.  She was a 
member of the Camilla Methodist Church.  She is survived by two brothers, Mr. Henry 
Eidson and Mr. Walter Eidson of Camilla, three sisters, Mrs. James Wiley Palmer, Mrs. 
Lucien Bush and Mrs. Hesikiah Burnett of Camilla; three grandchildren; several nieces 
and nephews.