Mitchell County  Georgia Obituaries Euitt Powell Palmer 1975

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Obituary of Euitt Powell Palmer 
as written in "The Camillia Enterprise" dated 15 Aug 1975.  

Camilla, Georgia.  
Bringing sorrow and grief to a host of friends along with 
relatives was news of  the death of Euitt Powell Palmer, age fifty-six, of 180 Heath Street 
in Camilla.  He had not been sick and had been enjoying a television show at his 
residence when he was struck by a heart attack and died almost instantly.  He was 
pronounced dead at Mitchell County Hospital where he was carried.  Funeral service will 
be held this afternoon, Friday, 15 August 1975, at 2:00 PM at the First Baptist Church of 
Camilla where he held membership and was a faithful worshiper.  Officiating will be his 
pastor, Rev Edgar T. Davis Jr. and Rev Al Davis of Mt. Zion Baptist Church.  Serving as 
pallbearers will be Grover Cleveland, Gordon Mullis, Paul A. Wright Jr., Bob Dunn, 
Irvin Beckwith, James Ricks, Clyde Cox and Lynwood Shiver.  Forming an honorary 
escort will be Edward B. Hilliard, Robert Culpepper, Tom Cobb, Tom Peek, Lewis 
Campbell, Robert Walker and members of the Fellowship Sunday School Class of the 
First Baptist Church.  Interment will take place in Oakview Cemetery with Parker-
Bramlett Funeral Home of Camilla in charge of arrangements.  Mr. Palmer was a native 
of Mitchell County.  He was born 23 Oct 1918.  His father was the late T. H. Palmer and 
his mother who survives is Mrs. Mabel Powell Palmer of Camilla.  He was the 
maintenance superintendent for the Camilla Housing Authority and a member of the First 
Baptist Church of Camilla. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Elsie Wright Palmer of Camilla; 
one daughter Mrs. Mary Carleen Poitivent of Orange Park, Fla.; two sons, Joe and 
Kennon Keith Palmer of Camilla; his mother, Mrs. Mabel Powell Palmer of Camilla; two 
sisters, Mrs. A. L. Johnson of Camilla and Mrs. Stanley Shiver of Quitman; four brothers, 
Jack M. Palmer of Camilla, Billy Palmer of Albany, Toby Palmer of Cuthbert and Max 
Palmer of Claxton, Ga; also two grandchildren.