Clay County AlArchives Obituaries.....Rainwater, John D.  August 19, 1920
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Ashland Progress
J. D. Rainwater age ,79 years, 9 months and 6 days, passed away at his home in 
the Pole Bridge community Thursday morning, Aug. 19, at 3 o'clock. He had been 
failing in health for quite a while, but his fatal illness was of only about two 
weeks duration. Mr. Rainwater was one of the county's pioneer citizens, having 
resided in the same community most all his life. He was the father of 12 
children, five of whom, with their mother, survive him. Those living are J. E. 
Rainwater of Bon Air, Mrs. J. H. Mayo, of Talladega, Mrs. Florence Prickett, of 
Coleta, W. U. Rainwater and Mrs. Grizzle of Millerville. The funeral service was 
held Friday morning at 11 o'clock, conducted by Rev. S. J. Ingram and the remains 
were laid to rest in the Pole Bridge cemetery.

Additional Comments:
1932 Ashland Progress:
The Pole Bridge church and the Bethlehem church were each leveled to the ground 
and at Pole Bridge marble monuments and tombstones were lifted and hurled out of 
the graveyard.

[Many of the headstones at Pole Bridge were destroyed in the 1932 Tornado] 

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