Thomas County GaArchives Obituaries.....Rebecca Mitchell Bruce February 1908
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Weekly Times Enterprise February 1908

MRS. REBECCA BRUCE DEAD
 
One of the Oldest and Most Beloved Citizens of the County
 
Mrs. Rebecca Bruce, mother of Dr. W. W. Bruce, died at the home of her son in 
this city Wednesday morning at 2 o'clock. She was the wife of the late Dr. 
Robert J. Bruce and the daughter of Thomas Goodwin Mitchell and Elizabeth Clara 
Alston. She was born in Thomas County on the 18th of October 1829. Her illness 
lasted only a week and her death came as a shock to her family and friends. The 
funeral will occur at the residence of Dr. Bruce, corner of Hansell street and 
Remington avenue this afternoon at 3.30 o'clock.
The following gentleman will act as pall bearers: R. H. Lester, J. S. 
Montgomery, J. T. Culpepper, C. S. Parker, J. W. H. Mitchell and Emmett 
Mitchell. Internment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. 
Her generous, helpful hands are folded forever above her brave and loyal heart 
and her glorified spirit rejoices with loved ones in her home beyond the skies. 


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