Submitted by Emily O'Neal

December 26, 1987 - Rome News Tribune
Mr. Freeman

Adairsville-Funeral services for George Monroe Freeman, 96, were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Snow Springs Baptist Church.
The Rev. Dewey Atchley and the Rev.James Ward officiated. Interment followed at the church cemetery.
Mr. Freeman, a resident of a health-care center here, died Wednesday at a Rome hospital after a long illness. He was born Sept. 30, 1891 in Bartow County, son of the late Stephen Monroe and Mattie Lou Hazelwood Freeman. He was a member of Stoner Baptist Church where he was the oldest deacon. Mr. Freeman was a local contractor, and also operated Freeman's Feed and Grist Mill in Adairsville prior to retirement.
Mr. Freeman was preceded in death by his wife, Octavia Viola Hight Freeman, in June 1945.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Louise Abernathy, Adairsville; Mrs. Helen Harkins, Milford, Ohio, and Mrs. Hazel Janet Mixon, Rome; two brothers, Newt Freeman, Adairsville and Dykes Freeman, Calhoun; 19 grandchildren 41 great grandchildren; 4 great great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

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