Georga M. P. Ferris, artist
Georga Marie Perry Ferris, an artist and former Ridgefielder, died Monday, Feb. 2, 2004, in her home in Evans, Ga.
Mrs. Ferris, who moved to Fulling Mill Lane in 1967, had been an artist and painting instructor who had also operated Georga’s Gallery here. She specialized in tole and decorative painting.
“I sincerely feel that painting is such a joy that it should be shared by all, and not just the talented few,” she once told The Press. “I can teach anyone to paint, no matter how ‘untalented’ they may think they are. I can’t give them that extra spark that it takes to make someone famous, but I can certainly teach them well enough to make money at it, and be proud enough of their work to hang it.”
Since moving from Ridgefield in 1976, Mrs. Ferris and her husband Herschel have lived in Atlanta and Savannah, Ga., Sedona, Ariz., and of late, Augusta, Ga.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Ferris is survived by a son, Dr. Daron G. Ferris and his wife Pamella of Evans, Ga.; a daughter, Devon Greenwood and her husband William of Bethel; two granddaughters Heather and Kellie Greenwood, and a grandson, David Brown.
The family requests that donations in her memory be made to The American Cancer Society, PO Box 102454, Atlanta, GA 30368-2454 or Unity Church of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Boulevard, Savannah, GA 31404.