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Pearl Boatwright
CENTURY – Mrs. Pearl Boatwright of Century, Fla., born in Atmore on Nov. 4, 1923 to Arthur and Carrie Bell Mayo Sellers, Sr., passed away on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2006 at Jay Hospital.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Jean Day Boatwright, her parents, Arthur and Carrie Bell Sellers, two brothers, Arthur Sellers, Jr. and Joe Frank Sellers, two sisters, Mary Sellers and Ralphine Morrow and three grandchildren.
She is survived by four sons, Billy and Diane Boatwright, Charles Boatwright (currently on active duty in Iraq), Douglas Boatwright, and Wayne Boatwright, all of Century, Fla; five daughters, Glorie Jean and Ray Lawson of Century, Judy and David Tillery of Atmore, Margie Knowles of Brewton, Sue and Charles Walston of Century, and Kathy and Donald Walston of Pensacola, Fla; thirteen grandchildren; fifteen great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; her brother, Aubrey "Toab" and Jackie Sellers of Atmore; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, March 1, 2006 at 2 p.m. at Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. Wallace Reid officiating. Burial will follow at Beulah Chapel Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Dewey Boatwright, Jay Rhoades, George Chavers, Rodney Grimes, Joe Brantley and Wink Killam.