Marjorie Jacob Caudill

Family-Placed Death Notice

Marjorie Jacob Caudill was born in Little Springs, Mississippi on March 7, 1908. As a child, her family moved to Macon, Georgia where her father taught at Mercer University. She graduated from Wesleyan College and got her Masters degree from Wesleyan Conservatory. In 1930, she married Herbert Caudill and went to Havana, Cuba where they served as missionaries under the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention until 1969. During her years of service, she taught piano to any person who was willing to use their skill in the church. Later, she also taught music and directing at the Havana Baptist Seminary. She translated many hymns and anthems into Spanish, many of which were published by the Spanish Baptist Publishing House in El Paso, Texas. Her husband, Herbert Caudill and son-in-law, David Fite were incarcerated by Castro in 1965 along with 51 Cuban Baptist pastors. Upon their release in 1969, the family received a warm welcome from the Atlanta community. She lived in Decatur from 1969 until 2000 and was active in the Chapel Heights Baptist Church on Wesley Chapel Road and Primera Iglesia Bautista on Covington Road. In 2000, she moved to Honduras to live with her son, Herbert Caudill, Jr. Visitation will be at A. S. Turner & Sons Funeral Home on North Decatur Rd. on Friday, August 1st from 7:00-9:00 pm. The Funeral Service will be at Primera Iglesia Bautista on Covington Road (at Memorial Drive) on Saturday, August 2nd at ll:00 am. Interment will be at Omega, GA. She is survived by her children: Margaret and David Fite, Jane and Doug Pringle, Herbert and Bonnie Caudill; her grandchildren: James and Pat Fite, John and Bonnie Fite, Mark and Georgia Fite, George and Genny Pringle, Rebecca and Don Porter, Marjorie and Gary Crawford, Anna Pauline and Porfirio Rodriguez, Carla Caudill, Herbert and Lynne Caudill, Cindy and Maduka Donas, Arlene Caudill, Joseph Caudill and 24 great-grandchildren.