Georgia P. Kerr, who was active in church and civic affairs, died Jan. 24 at Union Memorial Hospital of a respiratory illness. She was 89 and lived in Randallstown.

Services for Mrs. Kerr were held Jan. 27 at Loring Byers Funeral Directors Inc.

Mrs. Kerr had been organist, choir director and Sunday school teacher at the First Presbyterian Church in Randallstown. She wrote a history of the church that was published in 1988.

She served on the board of the Presbyterian Home in Towson for more than 50 years and was a former president of the International Sunshine Society, which serves the elderly.

The former Georgia P. Stanfield was born in the Randallstown area and grew up on a farm there. She was a graduate of Catonsville High School.

She is survived by a son, Howard W. "Bud" Kerr of Mitchellville; a daughter, Georgeanna Mainhart of Glen Burnie; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.