Clay County AlArchives Obituaries.....Peoples, Thomas May 9, 1941
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Ashland Progress
Anniston Star Apr 4, 1936:
Tom Peoples Confederate veteran of Flshead Valley in Cleburne County, was the 
oldest citizen attending the dedication of Cheaha State Park. In his 94th year, 
Mr. Peoples said he had heard of this place, since he was four years old. He 
said that he had hunted deer in the vicinity of Cheaha Stata Park when he was a 
young man and recalled that he killed and in the second year of the War Between 
the states near Pulpit Rock. "I shouldn't have come," Mr. Peeples said. "It's 
too cold and I haven't been feeling well lately. Anyway, there ain't gonna be a 
dance. Mr. Peoples is noted for his "fiddling" which he has played at dances for 
many years.

Ashland Progress Aug 15, 1940:
Mr. Tom Peoples, age 97 years and five months, and not only the oldest citizen 
in the county, but also the only living Confederate Veteran, and residing in the 
Delta community, was in Ashland yesterday and while here placed an ad in The 
Progress offering an $80 organ for sale for $16. Mr. Peoples says he has got to 
where he can't hear the music and don't enjoy the organ anymore. If anyone needs 
an organ see him. Mr. Peoples says he believes in advertising and stated that 
about four years ago he saw an advertisement by a party in Cleburne County, 
offering a buggy for sale for $10. He says he went to see the buggy and bought 
it for $8 and stated that he got a $40 value in the deal.

May 15, 1941, Ashland Progress:
Last Confederate Veteran in County Answers Final Call 
In the death of Uncle Tom Peoples at his home near Delta Saturday evening at the 
advanced age of 98 years, the last surviving Confederate in Clay County joined 
the ranks of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson and that gallant host who 
fought so nobly and well for the cause they thought was just 75 years ago.  The 
deceased fought in some of the hottest battles of the War Between the States and 
was never happier than in recounting what they gave the "damned Yankees," as he 
termed them. Uncle Tom was the oldest inhabitant of Clay County so far as we can 
learn. On being asked by a Progress Reporter as to what he attributed his long 
life, he promptly replied, "simple food, plenty of work and exercise." He stated 
that since he had passed the age of 90, he tried to walk as much as a mile a 
day. Funeral services were conducted from Bethel Baptist Church with Rev. W. L. 
Sprayberry officiating, assisted by Rev. Grubb.  Pallbearers were six grandsons, 
Dewey, Boyd and Clifford Peoples, Winford, Boyd Payne and John Floyd McCollough. 
Interment was in Bethel cemetery, with Blair directing. He is survived by two 
daughters, Mrs. R. C McCollough, Delta, and Mrs. Bertha Payne of Chulafinnee.

Anniston Star, May 16, 1941:
Uncle Tom Peoples, 98 years of age, passed away last Friday evening about 10 
o'clock. His funeral was conducted at Bethel Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock and 
he was laid to rest in Bethel Cemetery. He will be greatly missed by a host of 
relatives and friends for he was a friend to all and numbered his friends by his 
acquaintances. He always was Jovial, a great hand to visit and do what he could 
for the sick and needy, a lover of music. He played his violin as long as he was 
physically able.


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