Submitted by Emily O'Neal

Rome News Tribune April 6, 1972

Jeff Cordle, Sr.

Thomas Jeff (Shorty) Cordle, Sr. 55, of the Texas Valley Community, died Wednesday following injuries received in an on-the-job accident.
Cordle was born in Floyd County Aug. 2, 1916, the son of Lucille Broom Cordle and the late Will Henry Cordle. He had spent his entire life here. He was a veteran of World War II, having served with the U.S. Army, a member of Antioch Baptist Church, and the Men's Bible Class. He had been employed by General Electric Co. as a welder since Jan. of 1854.
Survivors include his wife, the former Miss Elva Boggs, to whom he was married Sept. 20, 1941; two sons, Thomas Jeff Cordle, Jr. and Ricky Cordle, both of Rome; his mother, Mrs. Lucille Cordle, Rome; three brothers, Herbert Cordle, and Marion Cordle, both of Rome, and W.H. Cordle of Summeville; four sisters, Mrs. Sidney Avery, Alto, Mrs. Herchel Avery, Rome, Mrs. Margaret Patterson, Armuchee and Mrs. Edna Ford of Anniston, Ala.; two grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 a.m. at Antioch Baptist Church in Texas Valley with Revs. Clifford LeMaster and S.H. Pendley officiating. Interment will be in Antioch Cemetery.
The body will remain at the Jennings Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 7 until 9 p.m. today. At other hours they will be at the residence in Texas Valley. The body will lie in state at the church from 10 a.m. Friday until the funeral hour.
Active pallbearers are C. L. Hicks, Horace Smith, Harold Eleam, Raymond Davis and Max Worley. Employees of the Parts Welding Section at General Electric will serve as honorary escort. All pallbearers are asked to meet at the church at 10:45 a.m. Friday. Jennings Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements.

(note: died Apr. 5)

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