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Rome Tribune, Friday, May 29, 1970

Mrs. Georgiann Roxie Ray Smith Berryhill, age 78, of Rossville, died Thursday, at her residence.
Mrs. Berryhill was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Cicero Isom Ray, was born in Calhoun, April 26, 1892, and had resided in Rome for 50 years. She moved to Rossville in 1969 to live with her grandson. She was a member of the Bluffton, Ala. Baptist Church and for thirty years owned and operated a grocery store and cafe in the North and West Rome area. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Sanders Berryhill, on October 4, 1942.
Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. H. H. Holder, Atlanta, and Mrs. Nettie Beal, South Carolina; one half sister, Mrs. Rosa Lee Phillips, Miami, Fla.; one grandson, Arthur T. Guice, Jr., Rossville; and two great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3 P.M. in the chapel of Jennings Funeral Home with Parnick Jennings Sr. officiating. Interment will be in the East View Cemetery. The body will remain at the Jennings Funeral Home where the family will receive friends today from 7-9 P.M.. Jennings Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.

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