MUSCOGEE COUNTY, GA - OBITS Geraldine (Geri) Ellison Comer

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      THEDA GERALDINE ELLISON COMER

February 4, 1917-January 29, 
2002 

Geraldine (Geri) Ellison Comer, age 84 of Senoia, GA and
former life time resident of Phenix City, AL, died
Tuesday, January 29, 2002 at Hospice near Newnan, Coweta,
Co., GA.  

Geraldine Comer was born February 4, 1917 in Russell
County, AL, daughter of the late John Burt Ellison and
Minnie Pearl Howard Ellison.  Her fraternal grandparents
were the late Charles A. Ellison and Georgia Ann Pounds
Ellison.  Her maternal grandparents were the late Andrew
Jackson Howard and Josephine Smith Howard. 

Cecil Arthur Comer to whom she married on July 3, 1948,
preceded Geraldine Ellison in death.  Geraldine and Cecil
were married for almost 40 years. 

Geri was a long time member of Summerville Baptist
Church.  She taught Sunday School at Summerville Baptist
for 25 years.  Summerville Baptist Church was built on
land purchased from her late husband, Cecil Arthur Comer
who was the son of Frank Lee Comer and Sally Maude
Gregory Comer.  The Phenix City School System employed
Geraldine Comer as school lunchroom manager for Brick and
Central Elementary Schools until her retirement.  She was
a member of the Russell County Retired Teachers
Association until her sister Doris Ellison Knight moved
her to Senoia, GA.  

Geraldine was preceded in death by her sisters: Syble
Juanita Ellison and Eleanor Elizabeth Ellison Kennington,
wife of the late Oscar Kennington.  

Survivors include her sister, Doris Ann Ellison Knight
and her husband, Albert McGee Knight and their children:
Jerry Ann Knight Fain, husband Bob Fain; Albert McGee
Knight, Jr. and his wife Barbara Freeman Knight; Judy
Gail Knight Whitwood, and husband Noel Eugene Whitwood
and Doris Knight's grandchildren: Michael Knight, Chris
Knight, Wendy Gail Whitwood, and Dean Wesley Whitwood.  

Geraldine was buried in Parkhill Cemetery, Columbus, GA
next to her husband Cecil Arthur Comer. Colonel Funeral
Home, Phenix City, AL, handled the funeral arrangements.