Mitchell-Sumter County GaArchives Obituaries.....Autry, Donald Dennis December 12, 1959 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sam Luckey http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00013.html#0003136 June 27, 2005, 3:09 pm "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 17 Dec 1959 Obituary of Donald Dennis Autry as written on page 8 of "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 17 Dec 1959. Camilla, Georgia. On Saturday morning, December 12th, death came to Donald Dennis Autry at 5:45 o'clock. He died at Mitchell County Hospital after an illness of six months. Mr. Autry was born in Sumter County, Georgia, November 3, 1886, the eldest son of the late James Marion Autry and Emma Johnson Autry. He moved with his family to Hinsonton about sixty years ago where he has lived ever since. He was married in 1909 to the former Annie Mae Hinson and to this union three children were born. He attended church at the Hinsonton Baptist Church and was a member of the Woodmen of the World. Mr. Autry was engaged in business as a sawmill operator, a country store operator and a farmer. Surviving him besides his wife is one daughter, Mrs. Louise Davis of Tampa, Fla.; one son, J. Dawson Autry of Hinsonton; four grandchildren, Denny and Judith Davis of Tampa, Jay and Denise Autry of Hinsonton; one brother, J. E. Autry, Sr. of Hinsonton; four sisters, Mrs. Malissa Leverette, Mrs. L. A. Edwards and Mrs. Stetson Adams, all of Hinsonton, and Mrs. Agnes Sapp of Orlando, Fla. Funeral services were held at four o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Hinsonton Baptist Church with interment following in Liberty Hill Cemetery. Rev. Buford Pittman of Albany, pastor of Hinsonton Baptist Church, officiated, assisted by Rev. Jasper Sadler of Pelham, a former pastor. Pallbearers were A. F. Spinks, Y. M. Blanchard, W. H. Bozeman, Theodore Robinson, O. G. Harrell, W. H. Rouse, Jr., R. H. Davis and J. M. Roberts. Braswell Funeral Home of Pelham had charge of funeral arrangements. There were relatives coming for the funeral from Deerfield Beach, Orlando, Indiantown, Gainesville, Seffner and Tampa, Fla., Atlanta, Macon, Americus, Leslie, Albany, Thomasville, Cairo and Moultrie, Ga. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/mitchell/obits/a/autry317nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb