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
Rosenbergs 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
|