Rites Held Wednesday For Elmo Colwell
Mr. Elmo Ponder Colwell, 85, of Route 3, Jackson, died early Tuesday morning, August 16th, at his residence in the Towaliga Community following an illness of several months. Son of the late Mr. James G. Colwell and the late Mrs. Mary Jane Jester Colwell, he was a retired farmer, a member of the Towaliga Baptist Church, and a veteran of World War I.
Funeral services for Mr. Colwell will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock from the chapel of Pittman Rawls Funeral Home in Griffin with the Rev. James Doom and the Rev. Lanny Smith officiating. Interment will follow in the Fellowship Presbyterian Cemetery in Butts County. Pittman Rawls Funeral Home will be in charge.
Mr. Colwell is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jewell Glass Colwell, Jackson; eight daughters, Mrs. Katherine Cobb of Griffin, Miss Charlotte Colwell, Mrs. Peggy Garner, and Mrs. Miriam McKibben, all of Jackson; Mrs. Polly Brown of Locust Grove, Mrs. Jacqueline Bevil of Forest Park, Mrs. Annette Elder of South Pittsburg, Tenn., and Mrs. Patsy Avery of Trenton, Michigan; four sons, E. P. Colwell, Jr. and Johnny Colwell, both of Jackson; George Colwell of Griffin; Olin Colwell of Atlanta; 27 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
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Rites Held Wednesday For Elmo Colwell
Mr. Elmo Ponder Colwell, 85, of Route 3, Jackson, died early Tuesday morning, August 16th, at his residence in the Towaliga Community following an illness of several months. Son of the late Mr. James G. Colwell and the late Mrs. Mary Jane Jester Colwell, he was a retired farmer, a member of the Towaliga Baptist Church, and a veteran of World War I.
Funeral services for Mr. Colwell will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock from the chapel of Pittman Rawls Funeral Home in Griffin with the Rev. James Doom and the Rev. Lanny Smith officiating. Interment will follow in the Fellowship Presbyterian Cemetery in Butts County. Pittman Rawls Funeral Home will be in charge.
Mr. Colwell is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jewell Glass Colwell, Jackson; eight daughters, Mrs. Katherine Cobb of Griffin, Miss Charlotte Colwell, Mrs. Peggy Garner, and Mrs. Miriam McKibben, all of Jackson; Mrs. Polly Brown of Locust Grove, Mrs. Jacqueline Bevil of Forest Park, Mrs. Annette Elder of South Pittsburg, Tenn., and Mrs. Patsy Avery of Trenton, Michigan; four sons, E. P. Colwell, Jr. and Johnny Colwell, both of Jackson; George Colwell of Griffin; Olin Colwell of Atlanta; 27 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Obit Received Courtesy of Contributor:
SPMcD (48452228)
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ELMO PONDER COLLIER
MAR. 18, 1892
AUG. 16, 1977
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Wilber Owen Colwell
1874–1935
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Mary Cora Colwell Sims
1876–1970
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Abner Harrison Colwell
1878–1912
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James Walter Glenn "Glenney" Colwell
1879–1881
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Bernita Jewel Colwell Thaxton
1882–1971
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Leonard Lacey Colwell
1884–1952
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Lilla Coral Colwell Whitaker
1886–1970
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Howell Homer Caldwell
1888–1961
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Dempsey Garland Colwell
1890–1940
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