Treutlen-Emanuel County GaArchives Obituaries.....Sammons, Georgia Kate Cooper January 4, 1950 ************************************************ 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: William J (Jim) Carroll williamcarrollj@bellsouth.net March 13, 2018, 11:19 am The Soperton News 5 Jan 1950 FP Last Rites For Mrs. Sammons Held Thur., Jan. 5 Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon, 2;30, Jan. 5, for Mrs. Georgia Cooper Sammons at Harmony Baptist Church and burial followed in the church cemetery. The Rev. Curd Walker officiated at the services with Sammons Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. One of the county's most prominent and beloved women, Mrs. Sammons was the widow of the late G. W. (Crockett) Sammons, well-known and influential citizen who died in 1941. She had been ill for the past four months when death came Wednesday morning at her home near the city. Members of the family were at her bedside when she died. A member of the Baptist Church, Mrs. Sammons was 52 years old. Surviving are five sons, Herbert Hall, Cooledge, Hugh, and Ronald Sammons, all of Soperton, Groyt Sammons, Baltimore, Md.; four daughters, Mattie L. Sammons, Soperton, Mrs. Doris Holton, Atlanta, Mrs. Wilma Perkins, Macon, and Mrs. Grace Johnson, Dublin; four sisters, Mrs. Leon Thompson, Swainsboro, Mrs. Mae Henry and Mrs. Fred Riner, of Graymont, and Mrs. John Anderson, Lyons; four brothers, Edwin Cooper, Leesburg, Fla., Ralph Cooper, Orlando, Fla., Joe Cooper, Lumber City, and Howard Cooper, Jesup. Pallbearers serving were Bill Sammons, James henry, Darrell Holton, Tullie Barwick, S. A. Horton, and Lester Hutchinson. Additional Comments: Georgia was born 24 Nov 1897 in Emanuel County, Georgia. Georgia death certificate #1709. Her husband, George Washington (Crockett) Sammons is also buried in Harmony. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/treutlen/obits/s/sammons10856gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb