Mitchell County  Georgia Obituaries Ruth Naomi Yeates Shirah 1998

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Obituary of Ruth Naomi Yeates Shirah 
as written in "The Bainbridge Post Search Light" 
and retrieved from Internet Web Site: 
www.rootsweb.com/~gadecatu/Obituaries/surindex.html.  
Bainbridge, Georgia (Web site: www.rootsweb.com/~gadecatu/Obituaries/surindex.html).  

Ruth Y. Shirah (16 Jul 1908-2 Jul 1998).  
Funeral services for Ruth Naomi Yeates Shirah, 89, of Roswell, were 
held Tuesday, 7 Jul 1998 at Cox Funeral Chapel, with Minister Bruce Quiggle and the 
Rev Luther Hastey officiating.  Interment was in the Brinson Cemetery, with Rusty 
Kelley, Bobby Evans, Hill Yates, Harry Rich, Tommy Moore and Turner Brock serving 
as pallbearers.  Mrs. Shirah died 2 Jul 1998 in Kennestone Hospital, Marietta, after a 
lengthy illness.  She was born in and lived most of her life in Decatur County.  She had 
lived in Roswell for the past year and a half. She was a member of the First Christian 
Church of Bainbridge.  She was the wife of the late Carl J. Shirah Sr.  Survivors include 
one son, Carl J. Shirah, Jr. of Bainbridge; two daughters, Louise Marshal of Roswell and 
Bainbridge, and Grace Holt of Tampa, Fla; a brother, James T. Sikes of Montgomery, 
Ala; eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.  
Cox Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.