Irwin-Telfair County GaArchives Obituaries.....Alberta Powell Dover March 5 1997 ************************************************ 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: Kay Music http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00028.html#0006826 February 5, 2003, 9:39 pm The Ocilla Star April16,1997 Alberta P. Dover Mrs. Alberta Powell Dover, 86,of Wray, passed away March 5,1997 at Tift General Hospital following a short illness. Mrs. Dover, a native of Telfair county, had lived in the Wray and Ambrose area for the past several years. She was a retired lunchroom employee of the Coffee County School System. She attended the Wray Holiness Baptist Church. Survivors include one daughter,Hazel Phillips of Wray; one sister Mrs. Lucille Hargraves of Savannah; four grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and several nieces, nephews and other relatives. She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Jackson Dover and a son, Ernest Dover. Funeral services were held March 7, 1997 at 3 p.m. at the Wray Holiness Baptist Church with Rev.Thurman Griffin and Rev. Steve Willingham officiating. Interment followed in the Wray Holiness Baptist Church Cemetery in Irwin county. Active pallbearers were Henry Shaddix, Walter Chaney, Mark Elder, Aaron Griner, Silas Carver and Bobby Cobb. Honorary Pallbearers were George Dockery, Milton Royal, Clayton Russ, Fraxier Porter, Kellie Ruth Rigdon, Geneva Youngblood, Rev. Farrell Harper, Aldine Merritt, George Paulk, Kathy Paulk, C.B.McCauley, Julian Royal and Quincy Purvis. Special musical selections,"Amazing Grace" was rendered by Mrs. Johnnie Royal and "Leave Me A Message" was rendered by Janice Young with Christopher Phillips at the piano. Ricketson Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb