Last rites for Mrs. Annie E. Hart were held in the Vidalia Primitive Baptist Church, Monday afternoon (May 8) at 3 o'clock with Elders S.M. Claxton of Swainsboro and D.R. Temples of Vidalia, officiating. Mrs. Hart was laid to rest in Pinecrest Cemetery with Murchison in charge of arrangements. Pallbearers were J.D. Hart, Jr., of Macon, L.S. Hart, Jr. of Birmingham, R.C. Wilkinson of Macon, S.D. Hooton of Birmingham, J.H. Brantley of Douglas and J.E. Durden of Atlanta.

Mrs. Hart was the daughter of the late Joe Brantley and Mrs. Melissa Massey Brantley, both of Washington County. She was the widow of the late William A. Hart. At the time of her death she was in her 80th year of useful life. She came to this place in 1898 and was among the first two hundred families to pioneer the beginning of Vidalia. She was a consecrated member of the Vidalia Primitive Baptist Church. She died Saturday afternoon (May 6) after a rather long illness.

Members of her immediate family surviving include a daughter, Mrs. J.O. Hatcher of Vidalia; two sons, J.D. Hart of Macon and L.S. Hart of Birmingham. Five brothers are J.F. Brantley of Douglas, G.C. Brantley of San Bernardino, Calif., J.D. Brantley of Macon, T.C. Brantley of Milledgeville, Beverley Brantley of Miami, Fla.; Four sisters are Mrs. J.E. Durden and Mrs. I.G. Hartley of Atlanta, Mrs. J.T. Lewis of Moultrie and Mrs. Luther Bonner of Haddock. There are four grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren, nieces and nephews and a wide family connection in Washington and Johnson Counties.

Out of town people who attended the funeral in Vidalia Monday are Mrs. J.E. Durden, Mrs. I.G. Hartley, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Durden, Mr. and Mrs. G.A. Payne and Mrs. Inez McKee all of Atlanta. Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Hart, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Williamson and Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Brantley of Macon; Mrs. Pearl K. Franklin, Mrs. Pauline M. Jackson and Mrs. W.E. Harrison of Harrison, Ga., Mrs. J.F. Brantley, Mr. and Mrs. G.E. Crutchfield, Mrs. Ruby Morgan, Mrs. E.J. Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Waits and Judy all of Macon; Mrs. E.T. Sears of Alamo, T.C. Brantley, of Milledgeville, Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Brantley and J.F. Brantley of Douglas; Mrs. Hershel Hart and Mrs. Oris Conner of Uvalda; Mrs. Wendell Moore of Soperton; Mrs. J.S. Stevenson of Mt. Vernon; Mrs. C.W. Kite and June and Jane of Kite; Mrs. Zona Wheeler of Kite; Mr. and Mrs. M.D. Hartley of Davisboro; J.O. Hatcher, Jr., of Savannah. Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Greer of Birmingham, Ala.; Mr. and Mrs. Hope V. Durden of Graymont and Mrs. Grady Daniel of Claxton; Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Wammock and G.C. May, Tennille.