Check with the Probate Judge's office in that county. In the early days of death certificates, sometimes the information was not sent to the state. The other suggestion -- check if the nearest newspaper(s) for an obituary. Phyllis ----------- In a message dated 4/22/2004 11:10:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time, gaspires@bellsouth.net writes: > > > On the 1920 Coffee County Census, Riley Bailey was living in house with > Warren Spires. Riley Bailey was age, 70, with wife, Amanda, age, 50, and > son, Leonard, age, 17. In the 1930 Census of Coffee County I cannot find > him. So he must have died somewhere between 1920 and 1930. I was told by > my grandmother that he is buried over at Deberry Baptist Church Cemetery > in an unmarked grave next to his wife Amanda "Bryant" Bailey. The only > name I know him by is "Riley Bailey", and cannot find him in the Georgia > Death Index and the funeral home cannot find his funeral card > information. > > I would like to know how to find out his death date? > > Does anyone know if Deberry Baptist Church over in Coffee County, > Georgia keeps records of the people buried in the cemetery? > > > > Larry Spires > > > > > > ==== GEORGIA Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid= > 1237