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Obituary for Sadie Ashley Linn
Sadie Ashley Linn, 94, died Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at home. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, August, 22, 2017 in the chapel of First Baptist Church of Jackson. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m. Graveside services will follow 2:30 p.m. at the Hazlehurst City Cemetery. Mrs. Linn was born on February 2, 1923, in Hazlehurst; the daughter of the late Ailous and Josephine Ashley. After attending college, Mrs. Linn retired as a secretary, first working for MP&L and later for several physicians. A longtime and faithful member of First Baptist Church, she sang in the sanctuary choir for many years. Mrs. Linn was honored to be chosen as a Hall of Fame choir member. Mrs. Linn loved to invite friends to the Ashley home place in Hazlehurst for lunch in the country. She would invite her friends from church twice a year to join her to eat lunch and fellowship. Mrs. Linn was known for her generosity, she routinely opened her home to students attended college and offered them a free place to stay
Along with her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, William E. Linn, sisters, Mary Owens, Milma Wiselogel, Thelma Furlow, Ruth Blackledge, Ann Bone and brother, John T. Ashley. She is survived by her daughter, Antoinette Linn and husband Tom of New Orleans, LA; granddaughter, Daisy McNariy of New York, NY; brother, William M. Ashley (Harriet) of Jackson; Faye Straw of Alpharetta, GA; numerous nieces and nephews and many loving friends.
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