Unnamed Newspapers / Unkown Dates
Mrs. Burdette, 81, is called by death

(Based on the obituary writing, this was published in a Griffin, Georgia newspaper)

Final tribute was paid to Mrs. Martha Dora Nixon Burdette, who died here [Griffin, Spalding Co. Georgia] Thursday night, at funeral services conducted from the Haralson, Ga. Baptist Church this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock [Friday, 17 April 1916].

Rev. N. O. L. Powell, pastor of the Senoia Methodist Church, and Rev. P. H. Stokes, pastor of the Hanleiter Methodist Church of Griffin, officiated. Interment was in the Haralson Baptist cemetery with Haisten Brothers, funeral directors, in charge.

Pallbearers, all of whom were nephews, were William and Glenn Addy, Hardy Nixon, Alvin Nixon, J. H. Robinson and Otis Thompson.  Honorary pallbearers were Dr. E. L. Merrill, Dawson Culpepper, O. L. Hutchinson, Emory McGahee, W. L. Herndon, Albert Gable, Hugh Johnson and Arthur Pope.

Mrs. Burdette, who was 81 years of age, died Thursday night at 7:15 o'clock while visiting with her daughter, Mrs. J. M. Crowe, on North Fourteenth Street (Griffin, Ga.).  She had been in declining health for several weeks. She was the widow of the late T. N. Burdette.

She had been a resident of Haralson all of her life.  She was a devoted member of the Haralson Methodist church and was the oldest church member in Coweta county. The body was carried last night to the home of a son, L. G. Burdette in Haralson.

  ~ ~ ~ ~

Aged Newnan Resident Passes in Griffin; Funeral at Haralson

Mrs. Martha Dora Burdette, 81, a life-long resident of Haralson, died Thursday night, April 16, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. M. Crowe, in Griffin. She had been in declining health for a month or so.

The widow of the late T. N. Burdette, she was a devoted member of the Haralson Methodist church, and the oldest member in the county.

Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon [April 18, 1936] at 2:30 o'clock at the Haralson Baptist church, with Rev. N. O. L. Powell, pastor of the Senoia Methodist church officiating, and Rev. P. H. Stokes, pastor of the Hanleiter Methodist church of Griffin, officiating.  Interment was in the Haralson cemetery and the pallbearers, who were nephews of the deceased, were William and Glenn Addy, Hardy Nixon, Alvin Nixon, J. H. Robinson and Otis Thompson. Honorary pallbearers were Dr. E. L. Merrell, Dawson Culpepper, O. L. Hutchinson, Emory McGahee, W. L. Herndon, Albert Gable, Hugh Johnson and Arthur Pope.

She is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Rosa Hood, and Mrs. Eula Norton, of Marietta, Mrs. J. M. Crowe, of Griffin, Mrs. Othel Morgan, of Senoia, and Mrs. J. D. Hamilton, of Anniston, Ala; four sons, T. R. Burdette, of Clinton, Ala., L. G. Burdette, of Haralson, O. W. Burdette, of Turin, and W. E. Burdette, of East Point; one brother, J. G. Nixon, of Senoia; and two sisters, Mrs. James Addy and Mrs. Alice P. Horton, of Senoia.

  ~ ~ ~ ~

Mother of Local Resident Passes

Mrs. Thomas Hamilton has returned from Harrelson (sic), Ga. where she attended the funeral services for her mother, Mrs. M. D. Burdette, who died Thursday night at Griffin, Ga. [April 16, 1936].

Mrs. Burdette had visited her daughter here many times and had a number of friends in this city. The funeral was conducted Friday afternoon.

Additional Comments:
Georgia Death Index
Mrs. Dora N. Burdette
D: 16 April 1936
Spalding Co., Georgia
*
Buried at Haralson Baptist Church Cemetery in Haralson, Coweta Co., Georgia
*
Daughter of Harrison H. Nixon & Elvira Elmore.
*
Descendants of Martha Madora "Dora" Nixon


1  Martha Madora "Dora" Nixon b: 30 Nov 1854 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 16 Apr 1936 in Spalding Co., Georgia (Resident of Haralson, Coweta Co., Georgia) Burial: Haralson Baptist Church Cemetery - Haralson, Coweta Co., Georgia
+Morgan Govan Swygert b: 10 Nov 1845 in Lexington Co., South Carolina m: 5 Jan 1871 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 22 Dec 1880 in Georgia Burial: Mt. Pilgrim Lutheran Church Cemetery - Haralson, Coweta Co., Georgia Father: John Zeno Swygert Mother: Mittie Ann Addy

~ 2  Rozilla "Rosa" Ann Swygert b: 1872 in Georgia Baptism: 30 Apr 1872 Mt. Pilgrim Lutheran Church - Haralson, Coweta Co., Georgia d: 22 Sep 1949 in Cobb Co., Georgia

~~ +William D. Hood b: Abt 1854 in Georgia
Father: Mother:

~ 2  Esther Viola Swygert b: 23 Aug 1873 in Georgia d: 6 May 1958 in Floyd Co., Georgia (Resident of Spalding Co., Georgia) Burial: Hanleighter Methodist Church/Oak Hill Cemetery - Griffin, Spalding Co., Georgia
~~ +Azmon Benson Shackleford, Jr. b: 30 Jul 1870 in Georgia m: 14 Mar 1897 in Spalding Co., Georgia d: 24 Apr 1899 in Griffin, Spalding Co., Georgia Burial: 25 Apr 1899 Oak Hill Cemetery - Griffin, Spalding Co., Georgia Father: Azmon Benson Shackleford Mother: Matilda A. Greene
~ *2nd Husband of Esther Viola Swygert:

~~ +John Marshall Crowe, Rev. b: 1 Sep 1857 in Forsyth Co., Georgia m: 29 May 1901 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 26 Nov 1932 in Spalding Co., Georgia Burial: Hanleighter Methodist Church/Oak Hill Cemetery - Griffin, Spalding Co., Georgia Father: Mother:

~ 2  Lula Addy Swygert b: 13 Aug 1876 in Georgia Baptism: 20 Sep 1876 Mt. Pilgrim Lutheran Church - Haralson, Coweta Co., Georgia d: 13 Mar 1937 in Coweta Co., Georgia Burial: Senoia City Cemetery - Senoia, Coweta Co. Georgia
~~ +Othel Morgan b: 6 Sep 1874 m: 4 Dec 1901 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 6 Dec 1939 in Coweta Co., Georgia Burial: Senoia City Cemetery - Senoia, Coweta Co. Georgia Father: Mother:

*2nd Husband of Martha Madora "Dora" Nixon:

+Thomas Newton Burdette b: 10 Nov 1849 in Georgia m: 1 Feb 1888 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 9 Oct 1899 in (Coweta Co., Georgia) Burial: Haralson Baptist Church Cemetery - Haralson, Coweta Co., Georgia Father: Thomas Jefferson Burdette Mother: Almedia  C. Murphy

~ 2  Lottie (Lottye) Mae Burdette b: 3 May 1889 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 7 Aug 1982 in Anniston, Calhoun Co., Alabama Burial: 9 Aug 1982 Highland Cemetery - Anniston, Calhoun Co., Alabama

~~ +John Thomas "Tom" Hamilton, MD b: Abt 1875 in Alabama d: 5 May 1947 in Alexandria, Calhoun Co., Alabama Burial: 7 May 1947 Highland Cemetery - Anniston, Calhoun Co., Alabama Father: Mother:

~ 2  Thomas Reese Burdette b: 24 Jun 1891 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: Mar 1971 in Last Res: Clanton, Chilton Co., Alabama

~~ +Eula Viola Garrick b: 21 Jun 1892 in Senoia, Coweta Co., Georgia m: 29 Jan 1913 in Eula's Parent's Home - Senoia, Coweta Co., GA; License: Meriwether Co., Georgia d: 25 Mar 1983 in Jefferson Co., Alabama; Last Res: Clanton, Chilton Co., Alabama Father: George Washington Garrick Mother: Martha Angela "Mattie" Williams

~ 2  Lucius Guy Burdette b: 15 Mar 1894 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 3 Nov 1984 in Meriwether Co., Georgia (Resident of Luthersville) Burial: Haralson Baptist Church Cemetery - Haralson, Coweta Co., Georgia
~~ +Mary Lucy Huckaby b: 23 May 1894 in Pike Co., Georgia m: 1913-1915 in Home of Rev. W. A. Sears - near Senoia, Coweta Co., Georgia d: 12 Oct 1918 in (Georgia) Burial: Haralson Baptist Church Cemetery - Haralson, Coweta Co., Georgia Father: William T. Huckaby Mother: Mary Eliza Gaulding
~ *2nd Wife of Lucius Guy Burdette:

~~ +Susan ?_______ m: Aft 1930 in Divorced - Sept 1935 Father: Mother:
~ *3rd Wife of Lucius Guy Burdette:

~~ +Fairy Martha ?_______ b: Abt 1904 in Georgia m: Aft 1944 d: 30 Mar 1957 in Fulton Co., Georgia Father: Mother:
~ *4th Wife of Lucius Guy Burdette:

~~ +Minnie Rachel Wyche-Lambert b: 1 Feb 1893 in Wooster, Meriwether Co., Georgia m: 3 Nov 1958 in Meriwether Co., Georgia d: 2 Mar 1991 in LaGrange, Troup Co., Georgia; Last Res: Luthersville,  Meriwether Co., Georgia Father: Mother:

Cert #22097