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Mary Elizabeth <I>Owens</I> Thrift

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Mary Elizabeth Owens Thrift

Birth
Death
9 Jun 1945 (aged 36)
Waycross, Ware County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Ferry Lake, Tift County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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1st married on September 5, 1926 in Berrien County, Ga.
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Waycross Journal Herald
Monday - June 11, 1945

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Owens Thrift , 36 , wife of Owen Matthew Thrift of Waycross (Route 3), was fatally injured Saturday night when an automobile driven by Mr. Thrift collided with a truck on the Waycross-Valdosta Highway just beyond the city limits of WC. Mary was rushed to the local hospital where she had passed.

Ernie Henderson, occupant of the Thrift car, substained cuts and bruises that required hospitalization. Mrs. Mary substained head injuries and severe shock.

Survived by her husband Owen Matthew Thrift of Waycross
her daughters:
Miss Emma Evelyn McMillan
Miss Lollie 'Lila' Ruth McMillan
her sons:
Raymond Jackson McMillan
James Ralph McMillan
Henry Russell 'Russ' McMillan
Willie Billy McMillan
Carl McMillan .. all of Waycross, Ga.

her parents: Andrew Jackson Owen and Emma Jane Haralson Owen
her sisters:
Mrs. T. Varnedore of Atlanta, Ga
Mrs. Carra Persall of Waycross, Ga
Mrs. Clara Batchelor of Jersey, Ga
her brothers:
Jim Owens of Atlanta, Ga.
Leonard Owens of the US Army

Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at the Turner Church near Enigma, Georgia following burial into the Church cemetery.
Waycross Journal Herald
Monday - June 11, 1945

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Owens Thrift , 36 , wife of Owen Matthew Thrift of Waycross (Route 3), was fatally injured Saturday night when an automobile driven by Mr. Thrift collided with a truck on the Waycross-Valdosta Highway just beyond the city limits of WC. Mary was rushed to the local hospital where she had passed.

Ernie Henderson, occupant of the Thrift car, substained cuts and bruises that required hospitalization. Mrs. Mary substained head injuries and severe shock.

Survived by her husband Owen Matthew Thrift of Waycross
her daughters:
Miss Emma Evelyn McMillan
Miss Lollie 'Lila' Ruth McMillan
her sons:
Raymond Jackson McMillan
James Ralph McMillan
Henry Russell 'Russ' McMillan
Willie Billy McMillan
Carl McMillan .. all of Waycross, Ga.

her parents: Andrew Jackson Owen and Emma Jane Haralson Owen
her sisters:
Mrs. T. Varnedore of Atlanta, Ga
Mrs. Carra Persall of Waycross, Ga
Mrs. Clara Batchelor of Jersey, Ga
her brothers:
Jim Owens of Atlanta, Ga.
Leonard Owens of the US Army

Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at the Turner Church near Enigma, Georgia following burial into the Church cemetery.


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  • Created by: d powell
  • Added: Aug 21, 2022
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/242852716/mary_elizabeth-thrift: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Elizabeth Owens Thrift (11 May 1909–9 Jun 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 242852716, citing Turner Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Ferry Lake, Tift County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by d powell (contributor 48137798).