Mrs. Emma Lou Hursey Kight, 72, of Old Axson Road, Douglas, Ga., passed away Friday, May 24, 2002, at Memorial Medical Center in Savannah, Ga. Mrs. Kight, a Coffee County, Ga., native was born January 23, 1930, the daughter of the late Arthur Lott and Annie Bell Sears Hursey. She was a homemaker, a retired school- teacher with Coffee County School System, and a member of First United Methodist Church. Survivors include: her husband, Thomas Ray Kight, Jr., of Douglas, Ga.; two sons, Ray Kight, III and wife, Karen, of Broxton, Ga., and John Kight and wife, Judy, of Douglas, Ga.; three grandchildren, Bryan Kight and Wendy Kight, both of Broxton, Ga., and Tammy Rowe of Willacoochee, Ga.; two sisters, Evelyn Adams and Betty Smith, both of Douglas, Ga.; one brother, Clarence Hursey of Douglas, Ga.; two great-grandchildren, nieces, and nephews. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 26, 2002, at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. James E. Duke, Jr., officiating. The first United Methodist Church Quartet sang "Peace In The Valley" and "I Would Rather Have Jesus," with Tania Myers accompanying at the piano. Interment followed at the Douglas City Cemetery. Active pallbearers were Randall Adams, Edwin Adams, Dennis Hursey, Artie Hursey, Lamar Waldron, Anthony Smith, and Mark Smith. Honorary pallbearers were members of the Whitfield Sunday School Class, First United Methodist Church, Michael and Trena McMillan, Elaine Cobb, and Yvonne Paulk. Sims Funeral Home of Douglas, Ga., was in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Emma Lou Hursey Kight, 72, of Old Axson Road, Douglas, Ga., passed away Friday, May 24, 2002, at Memorial Medical Center in Savannah, Ga. Mrs. Kight, a Coffee County, Ga., native was born January 23, 1930, the daughter of the late Arthur Lott and Annie Bell Sears Hursey. She was a homemaker, a retired school- teacher with Coffee County School System, and a member of First United Methodist Church. Survivors include: her husband, Thomas Ray Kight, Jr., of Douglas, Ga.; two sons, Ray Kight, III and wife, Karen, of Broxton, Ga., and John Kight and wife, Judy, of Douglas, Ga.; three grandchildren, Bryan Kight and Wendy Kight, both of Broxton, Ga., and Tammy Rowe of Willacoochee, Ga.; two sisters, Evelyn Adams and Betty Smith, both of Douglas, Ga.; one brother, Clarence Hursey of Douglas, Ga.; two great-grandchildren, nieces, and nephews. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 26, 2002, at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. James E. Duke, Jr., officiating. The first United Methodist Church Quartet sang "Peace In The Valley" and "I Would Rather Have Jesus," with Tania Myers accompanying at the piano. Interment followed at the Douglas City Cemetery. Active pallbearers were Randall Adams, Edwin Adams, Dennis Hursey, Artie Hursey, Lamar Waldron, Anthony Smith, and Mark Smith. Honorary pallbearers were members of the Whitfield Sunday School Class, First United Methodist Church, Michael and Trena McMillan, Elaine Cobb, and Yvonne Paulk. Sims Funeral Home of Douglas, Ga., was in charge of arrangements.
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