Pierce County GaArchives Obituaries.....John Riley Thrift September 20 1987
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Waycross Journal-Hearld 09/21/1987
BLACKSHEAR - John Riley Thrift, 84, died Sunday afternoon at Wayne Memorial
Hospital in Jesup after a long illness.
     A native of Pierce County, he was a retired farmer and a member of Beulah
Baptist Church.  His parents were William Carter Thrift and Nancy Dowling Thrift.
     Survivors are his wife, Mary Mock Thrift, Blackshear; a daughter, Dorothy
Nell Hodge, Pensacola; four sons, Charles W.Thrift, Alma, Riley C.Thrift,
Hoboken, James C.Thrift, and Edward R.Thrift, both of Blackshear; a sister,
Lanie Parker, Jesup; 17 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and several other
relatives.
     Funeral will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Clough-Pearson Funeral
Home chapel with the Rev.Bennie Yearty and the Rev.J.R.Bowen officiating. 
Burial will be in the Ben James Cemetery.
     The family will receive friends from 7-9 this evening at the funeral home.



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