Ollie Mae Phagan

Here is the December 16, 1963 obituary of Ollie Mae Barrett in the Atlanta Consitution:

,Grave side services for Mrs. Ollie Barrett, 68, of Atlanta, will be at 1 PM. Monday in the Marietta City Cemetery with the Reverend WB Weaver officiating.

Mrs. Barrett died Saturday in a private hospital. The former Ollie Phagan, she was a native of Marietta and was a member of the Baptist Tabernacle, the Golden Age Club and Georgia chapter 127 OES [Order of the Eastern Star].

She is survived by a daughter, Mrs JD Parrish of Richmond, Virginia, and three brothers, BF [Benjamin Franklin] Phagan of St Petersburg, Florida, CB [Charles] Phagan of Miles, Texas and William J. Phagan of Atlanta.'

Research note

Is this the same Ollie Mae?

Here is the February 25, 1965 obituary, from the Atlanta Constitution :

'Funeral services for Mrs. Ollie Mae Barrett of 109 Simpson St., NW, will be at 10:30 AM Friday at spring hill. The Reverend Jason D. Stevens will officiate and burial will be in Holbrook Campground Cemetery, Cherokee County.

Mrs. Barrett died Tuesday in a private hospital.

Survivors include two daughters: Mrs. Viola Medlock, Atlanta, and Mrs. Juanita Burns, El Paso, Tex: two sons, Ralph Barrett, Birmingham, Ala., and Charles Barrett, Atlanta, four sisters, Mrs . Gerthie Waters,Mrs Jewell Epson, Mrs. Essie Webb, and Mrs. Eula Aarons and four brothers, Lee, Harold, Boyd and Herman Hughes, all of Atlanta.'

Here is a link to the second obituary, https://www.newspapers.com/image/398541120/?terms=ollie%20barrett%2...

References

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