Ida Fuller Geer (1892-1981)



Ida was raised by her grandparents, James Dudley Fooshe (1844-1940) and Mary Ann Fuller (1848-1918) of Gracewood, Richmond County, Georgia, as her mother died when she was only ten days old. She learned to play the piano by taking a correspondence course and after graduating from Gracewood High School she attended State Normal College (now part of the University of Georgia, Athens, Clarke County, Georgia. After returning to Augusta, she went to work for the United States Postal Service and taught piano, arriving at pupils homes by horse and buggy.  She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Augusta where she sang in the Sanctuary Choir and was a member of the Faith-Victory-Mizpah Sunday School Class.  She was a member of the Woman’s Missionary Union, Golden Years Club, National Association of Retired Federal Employees, Augusta Woman’s Club, Augusta Garden Club, Silver Threads and the Elizabeth chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star.  For many years she played the organ at the S&S Sunday School Class on Broad Street sponsored by First Baptist Church.

Fred and Ida Geer were the parents of four children all born in Augusta: 1) Dr. William Dudley Geer (1922-2003), Ph.D. married Lucy Elizabeth Durner (1927-2009); 2) Margaret Fuller Geer married Henry Rupert Sledge (1913-2002); 3) Rev. Robert Stokely Geer first married Edith Roberta Underwood (1928-1992) and secondly Mrs. Catherine Jeanne Satcher 1928-2007) Cole; 4) Harry Calvin Geer married Anita Carolyn Taylor.