Mitchell County GaArchives Obituaries.....Palmer, Jerome J. August 15, 1958
************************************************
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, 1:43 pm

"The Camilla Enterprise" dated 22 Aug 1958
Obituary of Jerome J. Palmer as written on pages 1 and 12 of "The Camilla 
Enterprise" dated 22 Aug 1958.  Camilla, Georgia.  
Causing widespread shock and grief among his host of friends and large family 
connection was the very sudden and unexpected death from a heart attack of 
Jerome Palmer, forty-one year old resident, death coming around eleven o'clock 
Friday night, August 15th.  He had reached home between 9:00 and 9:30 P. M. 
from Camilla Cotton Oil Company where he was working late receiving a load of 
peanuts.  He complained of a headache and being tired and went on to bed.  The 
fatal coronary attack came shortly afterwards.  Funeral services were held 
Sunday afternoon at four o'clock at the Camilla Methodist Church, the use of 
this church requested by the family since the own home church of the deceased, 
the First Baptist Church of Camilla, was undergoing repairs and the auditorium 
being inaccessible.  The pastor of the First Baptist Church, the Rev. Edgar T. 
Davis, Jr. officiated, and interment followed in Oakview Cemetery.  Pallbearers 
were Roy Palmer of Sylvester, Morton (Shorty) Glausier and Fred Hollis Jr., 
both of Pelham, and Alva C. Thomas, Ernest G. Smith, Cleo Rogers, Tommy Cullens 
and David P, Luke, Jr. Forming an honorary escort were members of the local 
Alcoholics Anonymous group and the Brotherhood of the First Baptist Church.  
Palmer was currently serving the Brotherhood as President.  Bramlett Funeral 
Home of Camilla had charge of funeral arrangements. Mr. Palmer was born 
November 27, 1916, in Mitchell County, the son of the late Preston Hammond 
Palmer and Minnie Lee Moore Palmer.  His father preceded him in death on 
November 20, 1956.  He was born and grew up on the family farm on the Harmony 
Road section out from Pelham.  In October of 1930 the Palmer family moved to 
Winter Haven, Fla. and it was there that the deceased attended high school and 
was graduated in 1935, a year after the family moved back to Mitchell County.  
He spent several years in Florida after his graduation from high school and 
after coming back to Mitchell County he met and married Miss Helen Rowland, of 
Pittsburgh, Pa.  Their marriage took place on April 21, 1939.  In 1940 he and 
his wife went to Pennsylvania where he worked until entering the service of the 
United States Marines in 1942.  He was in combat with the Marines in the 
Pacific during World War II and received a medical discharge in 1945 when he 
was wounded in the battle of Tinian Islands.  That same year the couple moved 
back to Mitchell County and Camilla where they became active in the affairs of 
the community.  Mr. Palmer was a faithful and devoted member of the First 
Baptist Church of Camilla.  He taught a Sunday School class and had just 
recently been elected President of the Baptist Brotherhood.  He enjoyed golfing 
and the social activities of Pinecrest Country Club where he served on the 
Board of Managers.  He was a charter member of the Camilla Toastmasters Club 
formed the early part of this year.  He was a member of the American Legion and 
Woodman of the World.  He was affiliated in business with Camilla Cotton Oil 
Company and Holland Insurance Agency of Pelham now Service Agency.  Mr. Palmer 
had a deep feeling for all his kin and just recently completed a term of one 
year as President of the Palmer Reunion Organization, taking an active part in 
the group's search for historical data concerning members of the Palmer family 
now gone to their reward.  Genial and friendly of manner, Mr. Palmer was fond 
of children.  One of the biggest joys of his lifetime was the adoption by he 
and his wife on August 15, 1953, of a son, Johnny.  Survivors include his wife, 
who for some years has served as office manager for the Mitchell County 
Electric Membership Corporation; his mother, Mrs. Preston Hammond Palmer; two 
adopted sons, Eddie and Johnny; two sisters, Mrs. Jack Culpepper of Winter 
Haven, Fla. and Mrs. Ben Bateman of Camilla.


File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/mitchell/obits/p/palmer278nob.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/

File size: 4.6 Kb