Finger Family Genealogical DatabaseLast Update 09/21/2019
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| Name George Washington Finger #6409 |
Suffix Jr. |
Sex M |
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| Born 1923 |
Place Milstead, Rockdale, Georgia |
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| Died 5 Apr 2009 |
Place Athens, Clarke, Georgia |
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Buried
Evergreen Memorial Park
| Father | Mother |
| Spouse |
Date abt 1942 |
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2 Ray L. Finger
3 George Washington Finger III abt 1944
Found him on the 1930 Militia District 216, Clarke, Georgia census (dist 2 img 5) age 7.
Athens - George W. Finger Jr., 86, died April 5, 2009.
Born in Milstead, Ga., he was the son of the late George W. Sr. and Mattie Pirkle Finger and was preceded in death by a son, George W. Finger III.
A U.S. Navy veteran of WWII, he was a gunner's mate second class, SV6 and was awarded numerous medals. He retired from Chicopee Mills after 42 years of service and was a participating member of the Johnson and Johnson Georgia Retirement Association.
Mr. Finger was a longtime member of West End Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and worked in the church office every Sunday. Mr. Finger was a loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He loved the outdoors, was an avid fisherman and a faithful listener of WMSL. He was a friend to many and had a particular fondness for Varsity Chili Dogs.
Funeral services will be Tuesday, April 7, 2009, at 2 p.m. at West End Baptist Church with Revs. Lee Hunter, Ray Finger and Shane Moore officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Memorial Park.
Pallbearers will be Ken Skelton, Zack Wallace, Chris Freeman, Dwight Dean, Larry Autry, Okey Love, Shane Moore and Guy Hughes. Honorary pallbearers will be members of Johnson and Johnson Georgia Retirement Association.
Survivors include his wife of 67 years, H. Carlene Finger; daughter, Rita A. Salisbury of Bluefield, W.Va.; son and daughter-in-law, Ray L. and Carol Finger of Winterville; daughter-in-law, Dianne Finger of Watkinsville; sisters, Irene Bailey of Tallahassee, Fla., and Gloria Hudson of Hendersonville, N.C.; brother, Dan Finger of Gainesville; grandchildren, Jeff E. and Holly Finger, Lindsie K. Finger and Tyler R. Finger; great-grandson, Sloan Finger; and a number of nieces and nephews. - Obituary
Born in Milstead, Ga., he was the son of the late George W. Sr. and Mattie Pirkle Finger and was preceded in death by a son, George W. Finger III.
A U.S. Navy veteran of WWII, he was a gunner's mate second class, SV6 and was awarded numerous medals. He retired from Chicopee Mills after 42 years of service and was a participating member of the Johnson and Johnson Georgia Retirement Association.
Mr. Finger was a longtime member of West End Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and worked in the church office every Sunday. Mr. Finger was a loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He loved the outdoors, was an avid fisherman and a faithful listener of WMSL. He was a friend to many and had a particular fondness for Varsity Chili Dogs.
Funeral services will be Tuesday, April 7, 2009, at 2 p.m. at West End Baptist Church with Revs. Lee Hunter, Ray Finger and Shane Moore officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Memorial Park.
Pallbearers will be Ken Skelton, Zack Wallace, Chris Freeman, Dwight Dean, Larry Autry, Okey Love, Shane Moore and Guy Hughes. Honorary pallbearers will be members of Johnson and Johnson Georgia Retirement Association.
Survivors include his wife of 67 years, H. Carlene Finger; daughter, Rita A. Salisbury of Bluefield, W.Va.; son and daughter-in-law, Ray L. and Carol Finger of Winterville; daughter-in-law, Dianne Finger of Watkinsville; sisters, Irene Bailey of Tallahassee, Fla., and Gloria Hudson of Hendersonville, N.C.; brother, Dan Finger of Gainesville; grandchildren, Jeff E. and Holly Finger, Lindsie K. Finger and Tyler R. Finger; great-grandson, Sloan Finger; and a number of nieces and nephews. - Obituary
| John Tyler Finger 1815
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| Daniel Anderson Finger 1847 |
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| | Christina Moose 1818
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| George Washington Finger 1887 |
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| | Louise Elvira Fry 1851 |
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| Mattie Camilla Pirkle 1892 |
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