Lera Beatrice (Williams) Witcher (1927 - 2013)

Born 30 Jan 1927 in Muscadine, Cleburne County, Alabama

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Died 21 Sep 2013 at age 86 in Haralson County, Georgia

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Biography

Mrs. Lera Beatrice Williams Witcher passed away Saturday, September 21, 2013. Mrs. Witcher was born in Muscadine, Alabama on January 30, 1927. She was the daughter of the late George Franklin Williams and the late Lera Hutcheson Williams. Mrs. Witcher co-owned and operated Oscar and Bea's Donut Shop in Leesburg, Florida for almost 37 years before retiring in 2001 and moving back to her hometown of Tallapoosa, Haralson County, Georgia, USA. She was buried at Providence Baptist Church in Tallapoosa, Haralson County, Georgia, USA.

Sources

• 1930 United States Census; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3WQD-DW2), Beatris Williams in household of G F Williams, Buncombe, Haralson County, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0008, sheet 5B, family 97, line 51, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 368; FHL microfilm 2,340,103

• 1940 United States Census; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7G8-594), Beatrice Williams in household of George F Williams, Militia District 1225, Haralson County, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 71-9, sheet 1A, family 10, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 683.

• * Beatrice Hendricks; The Orlando Sentinel; Orlando, Florida; 1 Jul 1989; Page 30.^[1]

• "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KPM9-QZV ), Bea Witcher, 2008, Residence, Tallapoosa, Haralson County, Georgia, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.

• Obituary of Lera Beatrice Williams Witcher; The Daily Commercial; Leesburg, Florida; Tuesday, September 24, 2013.

• Obituary of Lera Beatrice Williams Witcher; The Times-Georgian; Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia, USA; September 23, 2013.

• Notice of Death; Lera Beatrice Williams Witcher; The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; September 23, 2013.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27QQ-8YW), Beatrice W Witcher, Death: 21 Sep 2013; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• Memorial for Lera Beatrice Williams Witcher; Find-A-Grave; http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=133517703.

1. ↑ Oscar and Beatrice Witcher are listed as the grandparents of Beatrice Hendricks. Beatrice Hendricks also worked in the donut shop of the Witchers in Leesburg, Florida.