UPSON COUNTY  GA  Obits Mrs. I. C. Collier
(Sarah Elizabeth)
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Mrs. I. C. Collier Passes Away  

Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Collier was born at Meansville, Ga.,
Pike County, June 10, 1844, was married to a Isaac
Cuthbert Collier Dec. 21, 1865 and departed this life at
an Atlanta Sanitarium Friday, Jan. 18, 1918 at four a.m.

She was the daughter of John And Nancy Means, of
Meansville, Ga., and was one of the family of 12
children. There being six sons and six daughters born to
the mean Family.

She was the sister of the late JUDGE James W. Means, so
long ordinary of Pike Co. Her Husband was the late Issac
C. Collier who proceeded her in death about 10 years ago,
having passed away being stricken with paralysis on July
11, 1908. There  was only one child born to them, Mr. J.
C. Collier. of Barnesville, Ga. Her husband was a
resident of Piedmont, Ga. all his life,

After the death of her husband, she came to live with her
son, where she resided the balance of her life.

Out of the family of 12 Means children there are only 3
left: Mrs. M.A. Aldridge, John F. and B. A. Means. The
funeral services were held at the First Methodist church
on Saturday, January 19, at 2:30 p.m. and were conducted
by her pastor, Rev. R. L. Wright her pastor was assisted
by the Rev. Quillian, pastor of the Barnesville M. E.
Church. 

Interment in the Collier family Vault, beside the remains
of her late husband. 

NOTE: Collier is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Lamar
(formerly Pike) County. Her parents, John and Nancy Means
are buried at Ebenezer Methodist Church Cemetery also now
in Lamar County.