Mitchell County Georgia Obit Lillie Pansy Palmer Archibald 1973 ****************************************************************************************************** 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 Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/mitchell.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Obituary of Lillie Pansy Palmer Archibald as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 6 Jul 1973. Mrs. Pansy Palmer Archibald, wife of the late B. M. Archibald, died Tuesday afternoon, 3 Jul 1973 at Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville where she was carried MOnday after suffering a slight stroke late Sunday. Death came at 3:15 PM. She had been in failing health for several years but had remained fairly active until the end. Funeral services were held, Thursday, 5 Jul 1973 at 5:00 PM at the First Baptist Church of Camilla where she had held membership and taken an active part in the work of the church for many years. Her pastor, Rev Edgar T. Davis Jr. officiated at the services and interment followed in Oakview Cemetery with Parker-Bramlett Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Linda Archibald Turner of Winter Park, Fla.; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Betty Jordan of Mobile, Ala.; one brother, Donnie Palmer of Camilla with whom she lived at eht old Palmer Home place on Moultrie HIghway; five sisters, Mrs. Johnnie Mae Palmer Gray, Mrs. A. J. Osteen, Mrs. Elsie Alexander, all of Camilla, Mrs. Clyde Dewitt of Manchester and Mrs. Ermine P. Branch of Albany; two grandchildren, David Turner and Allison Marie Turner of Winter Park, Fla. Mrs. Archibald was born in Mitchell County, daughter of the late James L. Palmer and Mary Ella Baker Palmer, pioneer citizens of the county. She received her early education in the local schools and then went on to graduate from Bessie Tift College at Forsyth, now known as Tift College. She taught school for one year and then went to Columbia University to further her education. She taught high school English in various places in Alabama, North Carolina, Florida and Georgia. She went to Florida State University about fifteen years or more ago and got a degree in library science and was librarian for the Pelham Public Schools for some years before her retirement. In September of 1926 she was happily married to the late B. M. Archibald who preceded her in death in 1961. They were in Charleston during World War II when he worked for the shipyards there.