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Jane Elizabeth Belcher

Female 1914 - 2005  (91 years)


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  • Name Jane Elizabeth Belcher 
    Nickname Beth 
    Born 1914  Whigham, Grady Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 9 Feb 2005  at Camellia Retirement Center, Thomasville, GA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I94  MyTree
    Last Modified 15 Aug 2009 

    Father Byron Hugh Belcher, Sr.,   b. 19 Apr 1883, Decatur Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Sep 1962, Whigham, Grady Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Myrtice Brown (Faircloth),   b. 24 Aug 1889, Phenix City (Seale), Russell Co., AL Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Feb 1918, Whigham, Grady Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years) 
    Married 29 Aug 1906  Whigham, Grady Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4645  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Buren Walker Tillman 
    Married Aft 1971  GA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 17 Jul 2017 
    Family ID F2541  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 James Taylor Fitzpatrick,   b. 20 Aug 1906, Terrell Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 May 1971, GA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Children 
     1. Jr. James Taylor Fitzpatrick
     2. Byron Hill Fitzpatrick
    Last Modified 17 Jul 2017 
    Family ID F5020  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Beth drank some lye that was stored in a cup by a cleaning woman when
      she was about 4 years old. Her mother, Myrtice, took her to stay with
      relatives near the doctor in Cairo. The doctor performed emergency
      and experimental surgery which saved her life.

      (Obituary)
      ELIZABETH TILLMAN
      February 9, 2005
      Elizabeth Belcher Fitzpatrick Tillman, 91, died Wednesday Feb. 9, 2005
      at Camellia Retirement Center in Thomasville, Ga.The funeral service
      will be held Saturday, at 11 a.m., at Whigham
      United Methodist Church with interment at p.m., in Crown Hill
      Cemetery, Albany, Ga., with Rev. Rodney Porter officiating. A native
      of Whigham, Ga., Mrs. Tillman was a charter member of Avalon United
      Methodist Church in Albany and was a member of Whigham United
      Methodist Church in Whigham. Mrs. Tillman was a long time employee of
      Rosenberg’s Department Store. Mrs. Tillman was preceded in death by
      her husbands James Taylor Fitzpatrick and Buren W. Tillman. She was
      also preceded in death by her parents Mr. and Mrs. Byron H. Belcher,
      her brothers, Hugh Belcher, Robert Belcher and Rodney Belcher and
      sisters, Francis Belcher, Mildred Pryse, Mary Howard and Lillian
      Bales. Survivors include, sons James T. Fitzpatrick Jr. and his
      wife, Donna, Colorado Springs, Co., Byron H. Fitzpatrick and his wife,
      Hiedi, Covington, Ga., Horace Tillman and his wife, Mary, Boaz, Ala.,
      and Lowell Tillman of Birmingham, Ala.; grandchildren, Sherron
      Fitzpatrick, Fresno, Ca., Mr. and Mrs. James T. Fitzpatrick III,
      Colorado Springs, Holly Fitzpatric, Colorado Springs, Stephen
      Fitzpatrick, Spartanburg,
      S.C. and Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hedrick, Spartanburg;
      great-grandchildren, Austin and Greg Hedrick,
      both of Spartanburg; brother-in-law, Elbert Howard,
      Americus, Ga.; sister-in law, Bertha Belcher, Eden, N.C.;
      nephews, Al Bales and Hill Moore; and nieces
      Eleanor Walton, Carol Riles and Ginger Davis-Beck
      Kimbrell-Stern Funeral Directors were in charge of
      arrangements.
      The Cairo Messenger, Feb. 16, 2005