Mary Louise Bird Lanier, age 89, of Metter, Georgia, passed away on October 1, 2025, at Ogeechee Area Hospice in Statesboro.

She was born in Candler County to the late George Walter Bird Sr. and Mary Lou Hattaway Bird.

Louise was a 1953 honor graduate of Metter High School. She graduated from Georgia Southern College, now Georgia Southern University. She was also president of her senior class and class reunion planner for approximately 30 years.

Louise was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and a devoted teacher.

She enjoyed cooking, sewing, gardening, working, puzzles and reading. She was always happiest when the whole family was able to gather around her table and enjoy the food she had prepared.

Louise was a member of the Georgia Retired Educators Associa

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