Mitchell County  Georgia Obit Frank Starling Twitty Sr. 1981

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Obituary of Frank Starling Twitty Sr. 
as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 18 Mar 1981.  

Camilla, Georgia.  
Final rites for Frank Starling Twitty Sr., were held Saturday afternoon, March 14, 1981 at 
First Baptist Church, with Rev. Edgar T. Davis officiating, assisted by Rev. Don Tennyson.  
Jarrell Cooper sang and Ron Jones was organist.  Pallbearers were Raymond Muggridge, Jud Vann, 
Jimmy Autry, Dan Royal, B. W. Hughes, Jack Slover, Dr. A. A. McNeill and Robert Culpepper.  
As an honorary escort were members of the Mitchell County Bar Association, Camilla Rotary Club 
and employees and Directors of Planters and Citizens Bank.  Interment was in Oakview Cemetery.  
Frank Twitty died early Friday, March 13, 1981 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, where he 
had been a patient for several weeks.  He had undergone several operations at Palmyra Park 
Hospital and later was transferred to Phoebe Putney where his condition continued to deteriorate.  
Frank S. Twitty Sr. was born August 29, 1907, in Camilla, the son of the late Thomas Baker 
Twitty Sr. and the late Mrs. Tennie Wood Twitty.  He grew up in Camilla, attending the public 
school, and later graduated from Mercer University, Macon, in 1928 with an LLB degree.  He 
hung out his shingle in Camilla and thus began a long and distinguished career as a lawyer 
lasting more than 52 years.  He was known far and wide as an outstanding trial lawyer and 
many of the major cases in this area over the past decades, both in Mitchell and surrounding 
counties, would find Frank Twitty Sr. of Camilla, at the table for the defense.  He was 
aggressive and knowledgeable in behalf of the rughts of his client and rarely was bested in 
open court debate of the issues.  In 1945 he was elected to the Legislature to represent 
Mitchell County and he held this post for 19 years, serving until 1964 when he chose not to 
offer for re-election.  During this period he served as floor leader for the Talmadge and 
Vandiver Administrations, aside from many special assignments for the Governors and the 
Legislature.  He was responsible for many important state legislative acts, as well as directing 
many projects toward his constituents in Mitchell County.  Frank also served as County Attorney 
and Attorney for the City of Camilla for a number of years.  A member of First Baptist Church in 
Camilla since early childhood, he served the church as a deacon many terms.  He also taught an 
adult men's class for a number of years.   Mr. Twitty was a Mason and a Shriner.  He aslso served 
as a Vice President of Planters and Citizens Bank for a number of years, as well as Attorney for 
the Bank.  I community activities Frank S. Twitty was always among the leaders, doing more than 
his share to develop the community, its schools and its churches.  Survivors include his wife, 
Mrs. Elisabeth Almand Twitty of Camilla; two daughters, Mrs. Charles R. Adams of Fort Valley and 
Mrs. Ray Steele of Atlanta; one son, Frank S. Twitty Jr. of Camilla; a sister, Mrs. Lois Bramlett 
of Camilla; two brothers, T. B. Twitty Jr. and Vernon W. Twitty, both of Camilla; and eight 
grandchildren.  Parker Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.