UPSON COUNTY, GA - OBITS Jerry L. Carithers Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Dorothy Fletcher Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/upson.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Jerry L. Carithers Thomaston-Death claimed Jerry L. Carithers, age 43, of 100 Avenue G, on Friday morning, February 17, 1978 at the Upson County Hospital. Funeral services were held Sunday at 3:00 p.m. from the Chapel of Pasley-Fletcher Funeral Home with the Rev. Foy Perkins officiating, assisted by the Rev. Bobby Helton. Burial was in South View Cemetery. Mr. Carithers was a native of Putnam County but had lived in Thomaston for 37 years. He was employed as a machinist at the William Carter Company. He has served in the U.S. Marines. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mearcine M. Carithers, Thomaston, two daughters, Miss Deborah Carithers and Miss Lisa Carithers, both of Philadelphia, PA. Two brothers, Ralph and Dennis, both of Thomaston also survive.