Mitchell County Georgia Obituaries Katie Mae Mercer Shirah 1988 ****************************************************************************************************** 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 Katie Mae Mercer Shirah as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 10 Aug 1988. Camilla, Georgia. Katie Mae Mercer Shirah, 87, of Camilla, died Monday, 8 Aug 1988 at Mitchell County Hospital. Mrs. Shirah is the mother of Lamar Shirah, publisher of The Camilla Enterprise. Graveside services will be conducted at 4:00 PM Wednesday, 10 Aug 1988 in the Hopeful Cemetery with the Rev Joe Holden officiating and Dr. Hal Hunter assisting him. Mrs. Shirah, born 25 Sep 1900, in Houston County, Ala., was the daughter of the late William W. and Roberta Richardson Mercer. She was married to the late George W. Shirah. She was a member of Hopeful Baptist Church. In addition to Lamar Shirah, survivors include two daughters, Lucy Hassell of Greensboro, N. C., and Helen Guggino of Atlanta; one brother, James Mercer of Cairo; three sisters, Mrs. Autry Sawyer of Columbus, Eula Davidson of Athens, and Eunice Parrott of Newton; seven grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Parker Funeral Home of Camilla has charge of arrangements.