Chambers County AlArchives Obituaries.....Reaves, Virgil February 24, 1917 ************************************************ 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 June 11, 2006, 5:03 pm The Chattahoochee Valley Times Mar. 1, 1917 Virgil Reaves Killed By Train Virgil Reaves, a loom operator of the Piedmont cotton mills, at Eagan Park, near Hapeville, was killed Saturday night by a railroad train at Tillman's corssing, between Fort McPherson and East Point, Ga. The body was horribly mutilated and was not identified until late Sunday night. The remains were carried to the chapel of Greenberg & Bond. ---Atlanta Journal. The father of Mr. Reaves formerly lived in Lanett and at that time he was very well known here. The body was bought to Lanett and interred Tuesday. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/chambers/obits/r/reaves583gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb