Folks in the small town of Baxley, Georgia know Earl Dukes McCool well. He has passed away but will not soon be forgotten. Mr. McCool was 100 years old and over his lifetime he literally took thousands and thousands of black and white portrait photos of the residents of Baxley. I still have baby pictures, pictures of my extended family, my father and mother and many more that Mr. McCool took. The photo above is of my great uncle, Tom Kersey, and my grandfather, Elzie Hand, taken in downtown Baxley, Georgia by Mr. Earl Dukes McCool.
Earl Dukes McCool, age 100, died Friday, December 3, 2010 at the Pavilion. Mr. McCool better known as “E.D.” was born in Waynesville on Jan. 10, 1910 to the late Vinson and Maude Dukes McCool. E.D.’s mother died when he was one year old. He was raised by his aunt and uncle, Molly Dukes and Paul Carter in Surrency and graduated from Surrency High School. He was a veteran of the United States Army. McCool spent most of his life as a photographer in Baxley and the surrounding areas. He was preceded in death by his sisters, Ora Lee McCool Dubberly Myers and Fleta McCool Riley.
Survivors include one nephew, Dr. Charles Riley of Dublin; one niece, Reba Dubberly Foster of Sarasota, FL, special friends, Rev. Mike Woodard, Dwain Hutto and the late Warren E. Swain, Jr.
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5 in the chapel of Swain Funeral Home with the Rev. Mike Woodard officiating. Eulogy was given by Dr. Charles Riley. Interment was private.
Arrangements were under the direction of Swain Funeral Home.
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