Pike-Lamar County GaArchives Obituaries.....Elliott, Matthew Means October 28, 1954
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Barnesville News-Gazette, Thursday, 4 November 1954, page 1 
Judge Elliott Buried Friday
     Funeral services for Judge Matthew Means Elliott, 86, were held Friday 
afternoon at 3 o'clock at the First Methodist Church with Dr. E. Nash Broyles, 
former pastor, the Rev. Dan Brewster, pastor, and the Rev. Edsel Huffstettler, 
pastor of the Presbyterian Church, officiating.  Burial was in Greenwood 
Cemetery.
     Judge Elliott, a native of Pike County, came to Barnesville in his 
boyhood and had lived here since then.  He was a steward in the Methodist 
Church and has been a merchant and Justice of the Peace a long number of years.
     The beloved Mr. Elliott was one of Barnesville's oldest and favorite 
citizens.  He was known all over the community for his gentle manner and 
fairness in discharge of his duties.
     Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Clifford Willis Elliott; two nieces, 
Mrs. J. F. Godard, Palatka, Fla., and Miss Pearl Harris, Griffin; a nephew, 
George Wilson, Palatka, Fla., and a great niece, Mrs. George Mitchell, Palatka.
     Haisten Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Additional Comments:
He was the son of Stephen Elliott and Jane E. (Means) Elliott.

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