Chambers County AlArchives Obituaries.....Lamb, Willaard Lee October 3 1933 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Benny Gross benny106@earthlink.net August 3, 2004, 10:28 pm Chattahoochee Valley Times 10/11/1933 Death of Willard Lamb in Fairfax Saddens Community Friends and relatives in Fairfax and surrounding communities were saddened last week by the untimely death of Mr. Willard Lamb, which occurred at the home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Lamb early Tuesday morning Mr. Lamb had been employed in Atlanta until a few months ago when illness compelled him to come home for treatment. His condition was pronounced much improved, and he returned to Atlanta but was unable to work except for a short while. He was brought home again and there remained until his death. Willard, the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Lamb, was born December 31, 1909, at Glass, Alabama. He joined the Methodist church at an early age. Most of his early life was spent at his birthplace. Later he went to Talladega and Atlanta where he was employed for a number of years. The many beautiful flowers tht graced the bier were evidence of the scores of friends the young man possessed. Funeral services were held at Bethlehem Baptist Church on Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock. Interment was in the Bethlehem cemetery. Rev. Wislon, pastor of the Fairfax Methodist Church officiated assisted by Rev. McLeod of the Baptist church. The following young men acted as pallbearers: Hugh Yarbrough, A. B. Yarbrough, Jr., Max Lamb, Jr., George Scales, William Bradfield, Gene Workman. Cousins of the deceased acted as flower girls. Young Mr. Lamb is survived by his parents, four sisters, and three b rothers, his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Bradfield, and a number of aunts and uncles. The out of town friends and relatives at the funeral include: Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Lewis and daughters, Doris and Faye, Mrs. J. T. Yarbrough and family, Mrs. Wa. A. Turner and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Love and Thoron Love, Miss Marvel Leak, Mrs. J. M. Hall and daugher and Tom Morgan all of Atlanta; Mrs. Gordon Lamb, J. W. Lamb and son, of Newnan; Mrs. Ben Swanson and Miss Mary swanson, Miss Mary Cox, LaGrange; mrs. Leo Polson, Birmingham; rev. O. K. Lamb, Tuscaloosa; Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Sweat, Et hlyn Houston, Kassie Mayer, Talladega; Mr. Jim Branfield, Columbus. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/chambers/obits/gob214lamb.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb