Clay-Washington County GaArchives Obituaries.....WARTHEN, RICHARD LEE April 23, 1914
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ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
SANDERSVILLE, GA. APRIL 23

R. LEE WARTHEN, AGED 87, SAID TO BE WASHINGTON COUNTY'S OLDEST AND WEALTHIEST 
CITIZEN, DIED HERE LAST NIGHT AND WAS BURIED AT WARTHEN, GEORGIA THIS 
AFTERNOON.  HE OWNED HERNDON'S BARBER SHOP AND ADJACENT BUILDINGS BESIDES 
OTHER HOLDINGS IN ATLANTA.  HE GAVE $20000 FOR HERNDONS PROPERTY SEVERAL YEARS 
AGO, AND REFUSED $150,000 FOR IT TWO YEARS AGO.  hE WAS A DIRECTOR OF THE 
sANDERSVILLE TENNILLE RAILROAD AND MANY OTHER ENTERPRISES.  HE IS SURVIVED BY 
TWO SISTERS, MRS HA FREEMAN OF FORT GAINES AND MRS ADA WARTHEN OF 
FAYETTEVILLE; TWO BROTHERS, GEORGE D WARTHEN OF THIS CITY, AND ELISHA WARTHEN, 
OF WARTHEN, GEORGIA--A TOWN NAMED AFTER HIS FATHER.  

tHE FUNERAL WAS ATTENDED BY HUNDREDS OF CITIZENS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE STATE.  
HIS WILL HAS NOT BEEN MADE PUBLIC BUT IT IS THOUGHT THAT GEORGE D WARTHEN WILL 
COME INTO POSSESSION OF THE ATLANTA PROPERTY, HE HIMSELF OWNING CONSIDERABLE 
PROPERTY THERE.

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