LANETT, Ala. - Mrs. George H. Lanier, 103, died Monday at her home in Lanett.
A graveside service will be 3 p.m. today at West Point Cemetery*** in West Point, Ga., according the McCarthy Funeral Home, West Point.
Mrs. Lanier was born Sept. 26, 1883, in Americus, Ga***., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Lamar. She was the widow of George H. Lanier, who was president of the West Point Mfg. Co., today the West Point Pepperell Co. Mrs. Lanier was a member of the Spring Road Christian Church for 80 years. She was the founder of The Chattahoochee Valley Girl Scout Council, and served as the council's first president. She was the chairman of the Juliette Lowe (sic - should be Low) Girl Scout Camp in north Georgia.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Joe L. Jennings of West Point, two sons, Joe L. Lanier, Sr. and Bruce Lanier, both of Lanett; 15 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; a great-great grandchild.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the George H. Lanier Memorial Hospital in Langdale or to charity.
Additional Comments:
***Her birthplace is wrong in the obituary. She was born on the plantation of her Grandfather, Harrison Nichols, near Snow Spring, Dooly Co., Georgia. She and her parents later made their home in Americus, Georgia.
She is buried at Marseilles Cemetery, not West Point. My husband attended her funeral and I have also been to the gravesite.
A graveside service will be 3 p.m. today at West Point Cemetery*** in West Point, Ga., according the McCarthy Funeral Home, West Point.
Mrs. Lanier was born Sept. 26, 1883, in Americus, Ga***., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Lamar. She was the widow of George H. Lanier, who was president of the West Point Mfg. Co., today the West Point Pepperell Co. Mrs. Lanier was a member of the Spring Road Christian Church for 80 years. She was the founder of The Chattahoochee Valley Girl Scout Council, and served as the council's first president. She was the chairman of the Juliette Lowe (sic - should be Low) Girl Scout Camp in north Georgia.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Joe L. Jennings of West Point, two sons, Joe L. Lanier, Sr. and Bruce Lanier, both of Lanett; 15 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; a great-great grandchild.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the George H. Lanier Memorial Hospital in Langdale or to charity.
Additional Comments:
***Her birthplace is wrong in the obituary. She was born on the plantation of her Grandfather, Harrison Nichols, near Snow Spring, Dooly Co., Georgia. She and her parents later made their home in Americus, Georgia.
She is buried at Marseilles Cemetery, not West Point. My husband attended her funeral and I have also been to the gravesite.
LANETT, Ala. - Mrs. George H. Lanier, 103, died Monday at her home in Lanett.
A graveside service will be 3 p.m. today at West Point Cemetery*** in West Point, Ga., according the McCarthy Funeral Home, West Point.
Mrs. Lanier was born Sept. 26, 1883, in Americus, Ga***., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Lamar. She was the widow of George H. Lanier, who was president of the West Point Mfg. Co., today the West Point Pepperell Co. Mrs. Lanier was a member of the Spring Road Christian Church for 80 years. She was the founder of The Chattahoochee Valley Girl Scout Council, and served as the council's first president. She was the chairman of the Juliette Lowe (sic - should be Low) Girl Scout Camp in north Georgia.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Joe L. Jennings of West Point, two sons, Joe L. Lanier, Sr. and Bruce Lanier, both of Lanett; 15 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; a great-great grandchild.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the George H. Lanier Memorial Hospital in Langdale or to charity.
Additional Comments:
***Her birthplace is wrong in the obituary. She was born on the plantation of her Grandfather, Harrison Nichols, near Snow Spring, Dooly Co., Georgia. She and her parents later made their home in Americus, Georgia.
She is buried at Marseilles Cemetery, not West Point. My husband attended her funeral and I have also been to the gravesite.
A graveside service will be 3 p.m. today at West Point Cemetery*** in West Point, Ga., according the McCarthy Funeral Home, West Point.
Mrs. Lanier was born Sept. 26, 1883, in Americus, Ga***., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Lamar. She was the widow of George H. Lanier, who was president of the West Point Mfg. Co., today the West Point Pepperell Co. Mrs. Lanier was a member of the Spring Road Christian Church for 80 years. She was the founder of The Chattahoochee Valley Girl Scout Council, and served as the council's first president. She was the chairman of the Juliette Lowe (sic - should be Low) Girl Scout Camp in north Georgia.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Joe L. Jennings of West Point, two sons, Joe L. Lanier, Sr. and Bruce Lanier, both of Lanett; 15 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; a great-great grandchild.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the George H. Lanier Memorial Hospital in Langdale or to charity.
Additional Comments:
***Her birthplace is wrong in the obituary. She was born on the plantation of her Grandfather, Harrison Nichols, near Snow Spring, Dooly Co., Georgia. She and her parents later made their home in Americus, Georgia.
She is buried at Marseilles Cemetery, not West Point. My husband attended her funeral and I have also been to the gravesite.
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