FIFTH GENERATION

Thomas Jeff "Shorty" CORDLE Sr. (son of William Henry CORDLE and Lucille BROOME) was born on 2 Aug 1916 in Floyd Co., GA.⁽²⁶⁴⁾ He died on 5 Apr 1972.⁽²⁶⁵⁾ He had an obituary on 6 Apr 1972. 
Obituary, Published April 6, 1972: 
Jeff Cordle, Sr. Thomas Jeff (Shorty) Cordle, Sr. 55, of the Texas Valley Community, died Wednesday following injuries received in an on-the-job accident. Cordle was born in Floyd County Aug. 2, 1916, the son of Lucille Broom Cordle and the late Will Henry Cordle. He had spent his entire life here. He was a veteran of World War II, a member of Antioch Baptist Chruch and the Men's Bible Class. He had been employed by General Electric Co. as a welder since Jan. of 1954. Survivors include his wife, the former Miss Elva Boggs, to whom he was married Sept. 20, 1941, two sons, Thomas Jeff Cordle, Jr. and Ricky Cordle, both of Rome, his mother, Mrs. Lucille Cordle, Rome three brothers, Herbert Cordle, and Marion Cordle, both of Rome, and W. H. Cordle of Summerville, four sisters, Mrs. Sidney Avery, Alto, Mrs. Herschel Avery, Rome, Mrs. Margaret Patterson, Armuchee and Mrs. Edna Ford of Anniston, Al; two grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be held Friday at ll a.m. at Antioch Baptist Church in Texas Valley with Revs. Clifford LeMaster and S. H. Pendley officiating. Interment will be in Antioch Cemetery. The body will remain at the Jennings Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 7 until 9 p.m. today. At other hours they will be at the residence in Texas Valley. The body will lie in state at the church from 10 a.m. Friday until the funeral begins. Active pallbearers are C. L. Hicks, Horace Smith, Harold Eleam, Raymond Davis, Talmadge Davis and Max Worley. Employees of the Parts Welding Section at General Electric will serve as an honorary escort. All pallbearers are asked to meet at the church at 10:45 a.m. Friday. Jennings Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements. He was buried in Rome, Floyd Co., GA at Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery. He was also known as Shorty. Elva Beatrice BOGGS and Thomas Jeff "Shorty" CORDLE Sr. had the following children:

+183 i. Thomas "Tommy" Jeff CORDLE Jr..
+184 ii.Ricky Dean CORDLE.