Washington County GaArchives Obituaries.....Prosser, John R. April 23, 1960 ************************************************ 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: Mary Esther Lord Smith http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00027.html#0006600 April 1, 2014, 10:44 pm Sandersville Progress, April 28, 1960 John R. Prosser, age 66, of Sandersville died on Saturday morning of a sudden illness at his home here. Funeral services were held Sunday April 24 at 3:30 o'clock from Sisters Baptist Church with Rev. Jack Ayers, pastor, officiating. Interment was in Brownwood Cemetery in Sandersville. Mr. Prosser was a member of Sisters Baptist Church, a retired farmer, a lifelong resident of Washington County. He was born December 20, 1893, the son of the late Alonza Prosser and the late Mrs. Mary Horton Prosser. Survivors include his wife, the former Miss Janie Brooks; one daughter, Mrs. Howard Robinson of Sandersville; three sons, Julian of Milledgeville, Melvin of Gordon and Willis of Milledgeville; 10 grandchildren, eight great- grandchildren, one brother, Owen Prosser of Statesboro; two sisters, Mrs. J.C. Johnson of Milledgeville and Mrs. Mary L. Horton of Sandersville, a large number of nieces and nephews and other relatives. Mayo Funeral Home of Sandersville was in charge of arrangements. Nephews were pallbearers. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/washington/obits/p/prosser14339ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb