Mitchell County Georgia Obituaries Mittie Lee Palmer Burson 1960 ****************************************************************************************************** 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 Mittie Lee Palmer Burson as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 21 Jan 1960. Bringing sadness to relatives and friends was the death shortly after 6:00 PM Friday, 15 Jan 1960, of Mrs. Grover C. Burson. The end came at Mitchell County Hospital in Camilla. She had been sick for the past six months and had been a patient from time to time in the hospital. Funeral services were held at 3:00 PM Sunday, 17 Jan 1960, at the First Baptist Church of Camilla where she had been a devoted member for many years, serving the church in various capacities throughout the Sunday School department and in the Woman's Missionary Society. Officiating at the brief and simple but impressive rites at the church were her pastor, Rev Edgar T. Davis Jr. assisted by Rev O. P. Sloat. Interment followed in Oakview Cemetery with Bramlett Funeral Home in Charge of arrangements. Nephews served as pall bearers. Her husband who served for many years as City Clerk of Camilla, was suffering from flu and was a patient at Mitchell County Hospital a few days before and at the time of her death. He was allowed to leave the hospital t attend the funeral but was readmitted immediately afterwards. He attended the services escorted by his only brother's eldest son, Joe Burson of Griffin, and a niece by marriage, Mrs. E. K. Harrell Jr., who is a nurse at the hospital. Mrs. Burson was seventy-three years old at the time of her death. She was the former Miss Mittie Lee Palmer and was born and reared in Mitchell County where she spent her entire life. She was the daughter of the late James H. and Laura Twitty Palmer, pioneer citizens outstanding in the early growth and development of this town. Mrs. Burson was a charter member of the Cherokee Garden Club. Survivors include her husband, Grover Burson; two brothers, Tom C. Palmer and Mayor Dan B. Palmer, both of Camilla; five sisters, Mrs. W. C. Adams, Mrs. Mattie Barker, Miss Louise Palmer and Mrs. E. K. Harrell, all of Camilla, and Mrs. A. I. Bennett of Mobile, Alabama.