Statesboro - Mrs Addie Dunnaway Averitt died Dec. 19 at home. The native of Clarksville, Tenn. moved to Statesboro in 1946 to start a career as reference librarian at Georgia Teachers College (now Georgia Southern University). She was a member of Statesboro First Baptist Church and a former Sunday school teacher. She was a leader in academic, civic and cultural activities in the community, region and internationally.
She was the first woman to receive Rotary International's Distinguished Service Award The organization said, "Her selfless work expanding human horizons to encompass the globe has served two causes: peace through understanding and progress through knowledge." As a benefactress, her special interest was the promotion of cultural pursuits to enhance academic excellence at Georgia Southern University
Survivors: her husband, Jack Nelson Averitt of Statesboro; a sister, Buford Pitts of Miami Shores, Fla.; a brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Hal and Connie Averitt of Statesboro; three nieces, Carolyn Pitts Fairchild of Duluth, Beth Averitt Burke and a nephew, David H. Averitt Jr. of Statesboro; seven great-nieces and great-nephews
Graveside Service: 11 a.m. Thursday in Eastside Cemetery. Hodges-Turner-Anderson Funeral Home, Statesboro
Savannah Morning News - 20 Dec 2000
She was the first woman to receive Rotary International's Distinguished Service Award The organization said, "Her selfless work expanding human horizons to encompass the globe has served two causes: peace through understanding and progress through knowledge." As a benefactress, her special interest was the promotion of cultural pursuits to enhance academic excellence at Georgia Southern University
Survivors: her husband, Jack Nelson Averitt of Statesboro; a sister, Buford Pitts of Miami Shores, Fla.; a brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Hal and Connie Averitt of Statesboro; three nieces, Carolyn Pitts Fairchild of Duluth, Beth Averitt Burke and a nephew, David H. Averitt Jr. of Statesboro; seven great-nieces and great-nephews
Graveside Service: 11 a.m. Thursday in Eastside Cemetery. Hodges-Turner-Anderson Funeral Home, Statesboro
Savannah Morning News - 20 Dec 2000
Statesboro - Mrs Addie Dunnaway Averitt died Dec. 19 at home. The native of Clarksville, Tenn. moved to Statesboro in 1946 to start a career as reference librarian at Georgia Teachers College (now Georgia Southern University). She was a member of Statesboro First Baptist Church and a former Sunday school teacher. She was a leader in academic, civic and cultural activities in the community, region and internationally.
She was the first woman to receive Rotary International's Distinguished Service Award The organization said, "Her selfless work expanding human horizons to encompass the globe has served two causes: peace through understanding and progress through knowledge." As a benefactress, her special interest was the promotion of cultural pursuits to enhance academic excellence at Georgia Southern University
Survivors: her husband, Jack Nelson Averitt of Statesboro; a sister, Buford Pitts of Miami Shores, Fla.; a brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Hal and Connie Averitt of Statesboro; three nieces, Carolyn Pitts Fairchild of Duluth, Beth Averitt Burke and a nephew, David H. Averitt Jr. of Statesboro; seven great-nieces and great-nephews
Graveside Service: 11 a.m. Thursday in Eastside Cemetery. Hodges-Turner-Anderson Funeral Home, Statesboro
Savannah Morning News - 20 Dec 2000
She was the first woman to receive Rotary International's Distinguished Service Award The organization said, "Her selfless work expanding human horizons to encompass the globe has served two causes: peace through understanding and progress through knowledge." As a benefactress, her special interest was the promotion of cultural pursuits to enhance academic excellence at Georgia Southern University
Survivors: her husband, Jack Nelson Averitt of Statesboro; a sister, Buford Pitts of Miami Shores, Fla.; a brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Hal and Connie Averitt of Statesboro; three nieces, Carolyn Pitts Fairchild of Duluth, Beth Averitt Burke and a nephew, David H. Averitt Jr. of Statesboro; seven great-nieces and great-nephews
Graveside Service: 11 a.m. Thursday in Eastside Cemetery. Hodges-Turner-Anderson Funeral Home, Statesboro
Savannah Morning News - 20 Dec 2000
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