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Susan <I>Thigpen</I> Finley

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Susan Thigpen Finley

Birth
Ware County, Georgia, USA
Death
31 Jan 1940 (aged 91)
Nicholls, Coffee County, Georgia, USA
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Death claimed one of Coffee county's six Confederate widows Wednesday morning when Mrs. Susan Thigpen Finley died after an illness of three days. Funeral services will be held Friday morning at eleven o'clock at Chatterton Church and burial will be in the church cemetery, Rev. Jeff Williams officiating.

Mrs. Finley was born in Ware County on December 24, 1848, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Travis Thigpen. Her mother, prior to her marriage was Miss Mary Davis. Mrs. Finley was the widow of the late A. B. Finley who died in 1919. He was a veteran of the War Between the States, having served with Company K, Twenty-Ninth Georgia Regiment. Many of the older residents of this section remember Mr. Finley as a Baptist preacher.

Survivors include one son, A. B. Finley Jr., of Nicholls, with whom she made her home, and two brothers, Bartow Thigpen of Waycross, and Dr. Gaines Thigpen of St. Mary's. She was the mother of two other children who are now dead, Mrs. Maude Finley McRae and Lee Thigpen.

The Douglas Undertaking Company is in charge of arrangements.
Death claimed one of Coffee county's six Confederate widows Wednesday morning when Mrs. Susan Thigpen Finley died after an illness of three days. Funeral services will be held Friday morning at eleven o'clock at Chatterton Church and burial will be in the church cemetery, Rev. Jeff Williams officiating.

Mrs. Finley was born in Ware County on December 24, 1848, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Travis Thigpen. Her mother, prior to her marriage was Miss Mary Davis. Mrs. Finley was the widow of the late A. B. Finley who died in 1919. He was a veteran of the War Between the States, having served with Company K, Twenty-Ninth Georgia Regiment. Many of the older residents of this section remember Mr. Finley as a Baptist preacher.

Survivors include one son, A. B. Finley Jr., of Nicholls, with whom she made her home, and two brothers, Bartow Thigpen of Waycross, and Dr. Gaines Thigpen of St. Mary's. She was the mother of two other children who are now dead, Mrs. Maude Finley McRae and Lee Thigpen.

The Douglas Undertaking Company is in charge of arrangements.

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  • Maintained by: Michael H Pafford
  • Originally Created by: Kathy
  • Added: Dec 6, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45176089/susan-finley: accessed ), memorial page for Susan Thigpen Finley (24 Dec 1848–31 Jan 1940), Find a Grave Memorial ID 45176089, citing Chatterton Grove Holiness Baptist Church Cemetery, Nicholls, Coffee County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Michael H Pafford (contributor 46805670).