Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Shirah, Mrs. Aretha January 23 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 2, 2004, 12:01 pm Columbus Enquirer, Jan. 24. 1953 Mrs. Aretha Shirah, 54, 209 42nd St., died at 2 a.m. yesterday at City Hospital after a 12 day illness. She was born a Camilla, Ga., May 31, 1898, daughter of Mrs. Robert Taylor of Columbus and the late Bob Taylor. She had lived in Columbus 30 years, having moved here from Camilla. Survivors include her mother; her husband, R. G. Shirah, Columbus, three brothers, Charlie Taylor, and Jerry Taylor, Columbus, and Robert Taylor, Bainbridge, Ga., and several nieces and nephews. She was a member of the Assembly of God. Funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at North Highlands Assembly of God Church, with the Revs. Edgar W. Bethany and Emory T. Andrews conducting the service. Burial will be in Riverdale Cemetery. Pallbearers will be, Homer Shirah, T. P. Shirah, A. C. Ward, Homer Pollock, Harman Pollock, and J. C. Pollock. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/muscogee/obits/s/gob1963shirah.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb