Mitchell County Georgia Obituaries Laverne Akridge Thomas 1991 ****************************************************************************************************** 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 Laverne Akridge Thomas as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 9 Jan 1991. Camilla, Georgia. Laverne Akridge Thomas, 76, of Jacksonville, Fla. died Friday, 4 Jan 1991, in Jacksonville, Fla. Funeral services were held at 10:00 AM Tuesday, 8 Jan, at Corey Kerlin Funeral Home in Jacksonville, Fla., with the The Rev Roger Ezell officiating. Burial was held at 3:00 PM at Akridge Cemetery in Camilla. Mrs. Thomas was born in Camilla on 9 Sep 1914, the daughter of the late Daniel H. and Minnie Lee Faircloth Akridge. She was married to the late Horace "Reeves" Thomas. She was a retired bank officer from Flagship Bank in Jacksonville, Fla. Survivors include a son, Victor "Vick" Thomas of Jacksonville, Fla.; three brothers, Hal Akridge of Meigs, H. K. Akridge of Phoenix, Arizona, and A. H. Akridge of Albany; four sisters, Nita Hughes of Auburndale, Fla., Prudence Musgrove of Attapulgus, Senette Turner of Plains, and Culis Tarmy of Orlando, Fla.; three grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Parker Funeral Home had charge of arrangements.