Mitchell County GaArchives Obituaries.....Poore, Neufville "Shorty" August 17, 1958
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"The Camilla Enterprise" dated 22 Aug 1958
Obituary of Neufville "Shorty" Poore as written on page 2 of "The Camilla 
Enterprise" dated 22 Aug 1958.  Camilla, Georgia.  
Neufville (Shorty) Poore, of Cambridge Avenuce, Decatur, native of Mitchell 
County and the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Mart Poore, of Camilla, died around 
ten o'clock Sunday morning, August 17, at St. Joseph Infirmary in Atlanta.  
Relatives said he had entered the hospital around five o'clock and was laughing 
and talking with one of the nurses just seconds before death came.  He was 57 
years of age.  Funeral services were held Tuesday at 1:00 P. M. at Spring Hill 
in Atlanta. the Rev. Reuben Allen officiating and burial taking place at 
Westview Cemetery in Atlanta.  Going up to Atlanta to be with the family and 
attend the funeral were the deceased's sister-in-law, Mrs. Ouida Poore, of 
Camilla, and her son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Poore, Mrs. J. L. Gray, of 
Camilla, a cousin of the deceased, and Mrs. Ila Frazier, of Pelham, an aunt.  
Mr. Poore was an accountant with the Atlanta office of the American Telegraph 
and Telephone Corp. for more than 30 years.  He was a member of the Telephone 
Pioneers Club.  A member of the class of 1925 of Mercer University, Mr. Poore 
played halfback on the school's football team for four years.  He had earlier 
made a name for himself as a star of the Gordon Military Academy football 
team.  Mr. Poore was born in Sale City and moved to Atlanta about 30 years 
ago.  He was a member of Sigma Nu social fraternity and of the Baptist Church.  
Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Carolyn Hannings of Philadelphia; a 
son, Wayne M. Poore of Atlanta; a sister, Mrs. Jewel Carrera of Mariposa, 
Calif., and a brother, J. L. Poore of Leesburg, Fla.



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