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Georgia Mae “Ms. Pete” <I>Bingham</I> Byrge

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Georgia Mae “Ms. Pete” Bingham Byrge

Birth
Catoosa, Morgan County, Tennessee, USA
Death
7 Apr 1989 (aged 82)
Oakdale, Morgan County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Oakdale, Morgan County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Obituary;
Oakdale TN - Services will be tonight for Georgia Mae Bingham Byrge, who
served as jailer and deputy sheriff of Morgan County during the 1930's.
Byrge, 82, died Friday at her Morgan County home in Oakdale. She was known to many as "Mrs Pete".

Her husband, H E "Pistol Pete" Byrge, was sheriff of Morgan County for 19 years.
Georgia Byrge served as interim sheriff for two months when he became ill. She once
said she could track down outlaws who eluded her husband and make arrests without a gun. A son; Cecil Byrge, was sheriff of Morgan County for eight years.

Services will be tonight at 8:30 at Schubert Funeral chapel in Wartburg.
[The Knoxville News Sentinel - April 8, 1989]
Obituary;
Oakdale TN - Services will be tonight for Georgia Mae Bingham Byrge, who
served as jailer and deputy sheriff of Morgan County during the 1930's.
Byrge, 82, died Friday at her Morgan County home in Oakdale. She was known to many as "Mrs Pete".

Her husband, H E "Pistol Pete" Byrge, was sheriff of Morgan County for 19 years.
Georgia Byrge served as interim sheriff for two months when he became ill. She once
said she could track down outlaws who eluded her husband and make arrests without a gun. A son; Cecil Byrge, was sheriff of Morgan County for eight years.

Services will be tonight at 8:30 at Schubert Funeral chapel in Wartburg.
[The Knoxville News Sentinel - April 8, 1989]

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  • Maintained by: B.J.
  • Originally Created by: Craftster
  • Added: Jul 24, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114316720/georgia_mae-byrge: accessed ), memorial page for Georgia Mae “Ms. Pete” Bingham Byrge (11 May 1906–7 Apr 1989), Find a Grave Memorial ID 114316720, citing Crab Orchard Cemetery, Oakdale, Morgan County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by B.J. (contributor 47065160).