Funeral services for Mrs. George W. Hairston were held from Cockrell Funeral Home at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon, October 25, with Rev. L. P. Wasson, the Rev. Gus Shelly and the Rev. H. L. Hathorn officiating. Interment followed in the Crawford Cemetery.
Mrs. Haisrton passed away on October 23, at St. Joseph Hospital in Meridian. She was 67.
The former Corine Patty, Mrs. Hairston was born in Macon on August 18, 1901. Her parents were Robert C. Patty and Rebecca Powell Patty. She was very young when she married George W. Hairston, and from then on, devoted her life to her husband and children. A talented homemaker and a kindly, thoughtful neighbor, Mrs. Hairston was a member of the Crawford Methodist Church.
Survivors include her husband; two sons, George W. Hairston, III of Columbus, and Col. Robert E. Hairston of Miami, Fla; two grandchildren; one great grandchild; and her aunt, Mrs. Mary P. Keirn of West Point.
Pallbearers were Hayes Cade, Lamar Hairston, Fred Potts, Leonard Gibson, George Demarest, Swinton Potts and Paul Silvery.
The Macon Beacon, Macon, MS Thursday, October 31, 1968.
Funeral services for Mrs. George W. Hairston were held from Cockrell Funeral Home at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon, October 25, with Rev. L. P. Wasson, the Rev. Gus Shelly and the Rev. H. L. Hathorn officiating. Interment followed in the Crawford Cemetery.
Mrs. Haisrton passed away on October 23, at St. Joseph Hospital in Meridian. She was 67.
The former Corine Patty, Mrs. Hairston was born in Macon on August 18, 1901. Her parents were Robert C. Patty and Rebecca Powell Patty. She was very young when she married George W. Hairston, and from then on, devoted her life to her husband and children. A talented homemaker and a kindly, thoughtful neighbor, Mrs. Hairston was a member of the Crawford Methodist Church.
Survivors include her husband; two sons, George W. Hairston, III of Columbus, and Col. Robert E. Hairston of Miami, Fla; two grandchildren; one great grandchild; and her aunt, Mrs. Mary P. Keirn of West Point.
Pallbearers were Hayes Cade, Lamar Hairston, Fred Potts, Leonard Gibson, George Demarest, Swinton Potts and Paul Silvery.
The Macon Beacon, Macon, MS Thursday, October 31, 1968.