Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Jeffries, William Arthur January 22 1953 ************************************************ 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: Anne Brown annebrown44@hotmail.com November 1, 2004, 2:05 pm The Columbus Enquirer, Columbus, Ga., Jan. 23 & 24, 1953 William Arthur Jeffries, 74, retired textile worker, died at 4 p.m., Jan 22, 1953, at his home, 206 18th St., Phenix City, AL, following a one month illness. He was born Oct. 26, 1878, in Columbus, Ga., and moved to Phenix City, AL, 50 years ago. He was the widower of Mrs. Hattie Parker Jeffries. Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. G. B. Duke, Dallas, Texas, Mrs. George M. Slaughter, Fitzgerald, Ga., Mrs. Clara Hibbler, and Mrs. Wilson Abbott, both of Phenix City, seven grandchildren including Mrs. Ann Weaver and Mrs. Beverly Leggett of Phenix City and three great-grandchildren. Funeral for William Arthur Jeffries , will be held at 4 p.m. today at the Britton and Dobbs chapel. The Rev. Joseph Avery, pastor of the Phenix City First Baptist Church, will conduct the service. Burial will be at Girard Cemetery with Louie Lane, B. L. Cole, O. E. Cole, G. L. Webb, John Freeman and J. M. Whittle serving as pallbearers. Additional Comments: William Arthur was the son of William Robert Jeffries and Ella McCracken. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/muscogee/obits/j/gob1951jeffries.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb