Submitted by Gerald & Tammy Westmoreland
Funeral services were held Tuesday morning from Carson Baptist Church for Mrs. Christine Garner, 83, of Route 1, Carson, who died Sunday at the Jefferson Davis County Hospital. Reverend Randall Walker officiated. Interment followed in the Antioch Cemetery with Saulters-Moore Funeral Home in charge.
Pallbearers were Thomas Nelson, Harlos McPhail, Charles Pruitt, Mickey Ross, Leslie Bridges and Lynn McNease.
Mrs. Garner was a native of Marion County, daughter of the late Tom and Allie Sinclair Allen. She was a graduate of Clarke College in Newton, was a longtime resident of the Carson area where she was the oldest active member of the Carson Baptist Church.
Survivors include one son, Paul Allen Garner of Carson; three daughters, Mrs. Dennis (Dot) Broome of Carson; Mrs. Aubrey (Elnor) Patterson of Pascagoula; Mrs. Alton (Tommy) Harvey of Satsuma, Alabama, 12 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Courtney of Columbia; Mrs. Tince Williamson Smith of Mt. Herman, Louisiana.
The Prentiss Headlight - June 1, 1988