Georgia Lois Shiver biography: 10 things about Wrightsville, Georgia native

Georgia Lois Bridges Shiver was an American woman from Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia, United States. She was a long-time employee of Neel’s Department Store in Thomasville.

Shiver and Cecil Dowdy are the parents of Jerry M. Floyd‘s wife Annette Dowdy Floyd and Jerry W. Hodges‘s wife Janette Dowdy Hodges. Shiver and Grayson Heyman Shiver are the parents of Robin R. Shiver’s husband Allen Lloyd Shiver.

Georgia was an active member of First Baptist Church in Thomasville. She was the stepmother of Grayson Shiver Jr. and Karen Brown.

In Thomasville, Georgia was a member of the Thomasville Garden Club and Archbold Hospital Auxiliary. Here are 10 more things about her:

1. She was born in Wrightsville, Georgia to Julian Bridges and Leola Bridges.
2. She is Irene Strickland, Lola Mae Bridges and Felton Bridges‘s sister. 
3. In 1938, she gave birth to Annette and Janette in Albany, Georgia.
4. In 1952, she married Grayson.
5. In 1953, she and Grayson moved to Thomasville.
6. In 1955, she gave birth to Allen.
7. In 1978, her son Allen joined Flowers Foods in Thomasville.
8. On November 13, 1979, her husband Grayson passed away at age 60.
9. In 2010, her grandson Robert Grayson Shiver married Miss Houston County 2005 Lindsay Shirley Shiver.
10. On September 22, 2011, she passed away at age 93.