Mitchell County  Georgia Obituaries Thomas Carroll Palmer Sr. 1966

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Obituary of Thomas Carroll Palmer Sr. 
as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 7 Sep 1966.  

Camilla, Georgia.  
Thomas Carroll Palmer Sr., popular seventy-seven 
year old Camilla businessman, died of a heart attack around midnight Saturday, 3 Sep 
1966, at Mitchell County Hospital in Camilla.  He suffered the first attack early Saturday 
morning in his car outside his home on South Harney Street where he had just finished 
breakfast and was going to ride up town.  He was carried to the hospital immediately 
where during the day and evening he became progressively worse until the came around 
midnight.  Funeral services were held at 3:00 PM Monday, 5 Sep 1966 at the First Baptist 
Church of Camilla where he was a member for a long number of years.  His pastor, Rev 
Edgar T. Davis Jr. officiated at the services and interment took place in Oakview 
Cemetery with Bramlett Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.  Pallbearers were Joe 
Barber Adams, James Lee Adams, Carroll Adams, Dan Palmer Jr., Hartley Palmer, Fred 
Sumter Jr., Harold Broack and Thad Huckabee.  Mr. Palmer was born 1 Feb 1889 in 
Mitchell County, son of the late James H. Palmer and Laura Twitty, pioneer residents of 
the county.  He was a farmer and landowner and prominent livestock dealer.  During his 
last years in high school in Camilla, in a game of "hay-stack", he severely injured his 
knee which left him permanently crippled in one leg.  He attended Donald Frazier 
Military School in Decatur, Ga., for a while and then came back to Camilla to begin his 
long farming and livestock career.  In 1914 , firty-two years ago, he was happily married 
to the former Miss Frances Cleveland who taught school here until several years ago.  
Mr. Palmer listed his friends in the hundreds, referred to as a man with "the kindest heart" 
and always in a good humor, ready and always doing any kind of favor for those about 
him.  Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Frances Cleveland Palmer of Camilla; two sons, 
Neil B. Palmer of Tallahassee, Fla., and Tom Palmer Jr. of Chamblee, Ga; a brother, 
Mayor Dan Palmer Sr. of Camilla; five sisters, Mrs. W. C. Adams, Mrs. Fort Barker, 
Miss Louise Palmer and Mrs. E. K. Harrell Sr., all of Camilla, and Mrs. A. I. Bennett of 
Mobile, Ala.; five grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and a number of nieces and 
nephews.