Cleburne County AlArchives News.....Newspaper abstracts for SEPT 1935 September 1935 ************************************************ 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: C Gravelle tealtree@comcast.net January 28, 2007, 1:32 pm The Cleburne News September 1935 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE CLEBURNE NEWS", Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama for SEPTEMBER 1935 NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, SEPTEMBER 12, 1935 VICTIM OF AUTO ACCIDENT BURIED AT PLEASANT HILL Funeral services for Eldon Vise, age 21, of near Riddle's Bridge, who was fatally injured Saturday night in an automobile collision at Hollis Cross Roads, were conducted by the Rev. J.W. Grubbs at Pleasant Hill church Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Interment was in the church cemetery with Usrey of Anniston in charge. Mr. Vise died of injuries to his head and chest soon after he reached the hospital in Anniston. He was taken to Anniston in a private automobile. Surviving are his parents Mr. and Mrs. S.L. Vise, a brother J.C. Vise and four sisters, Mrs. Leo Feazzel of Heflin, Mrs. John Howle of Ranburne and Misses Marceline and Murle Vise. ----- CARD OF THANKS We take this opportunity of thanking our many friends for every kind word and each sympathetic deed shown us during our recent bereavement. May you be rewarded with love from One who is able to see all things. Mr. and Mrs. S.L. Vise Mr. and Mrs. John Howle Mr. and Mrs. Leo Feazel Misses Marceline, Murl J.C. Vise ------ DAVID E. BOYLES PASSES Funeral services for David E. Boyles, 86 years old, were held at Antioch church on Monday, Sept. 9 with Revs. Hobart Murphree and C.T. Morton officiating, Owens of Heflin in charge. Mr. Boyles was one of the county's best beloved citizens and had many friends over the county. He died at the home of his daughter Mrs. J.P. Groover near Heflin. He is survived by two sons, H. Boyles and Jim Boyles of Birmingham, and six daughters, Mrs. Groover, Mrs. McLendon, Mrs. Sherill, Mrs. McGriff, Mrs. McCray and Mrs. Brooks. The pallbearers were J.P. Groover, Dedrick McLendon, Wilks Sherill, E.G. McGriff, Mr. McCrary and Mr. Brooks. ----- NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, SEPTEMBER 19, 1935 REV. G.B. BOMAN IS TAKEN BY DEATH AFTER LONG ILLNESS Bowdon, Ga., Sept. 12 General B. Boman was born March 15, 1862 in Cleburne county and died September 7, 1935 in the Baptist hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, age 73 years, five months and three days. He spent his early youth in the section in which he was born and joined the church while yet a young man. He was married September 14, 1882 to Mary Elizabeth Morris. Ten children were born to this union and three of these have preceded their father in death. The remaining are Miss Mary Boman of Bowdon; Mrs. Pearl Morris of Heflin; Mrs. Pauline Hackney of Cedartown; John H. Boman of Atlanta; Owen Boman of Orlando, Fla., Tom Boman of Jackson, Miss., and Clyde Boman of Heflin. His first wife died on August 16, 1929 and on December 25, 1930 he married Miss Emmie Howle and she was his faithful companion at the time of his death. He spent his entire life in religious and education work. He preached his first sermon at Hurricane Church in Cleburne county, Alabama about 50 years ago. He has held pastorates in Polk County, Heflin, Bowdon, Bremen, Buchanan, Centralhatchee and many other rural churches. He was County Superintendant of Schools in Cleburne county for ten years and spent other years teaching. In addition to the widow and children, he leaves to mourn his passing, eleven grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends. The body of the deceased was carried from the home at noon Monday to the auditorium of the Baptist church where it lay in state in the midst of beautiful florals sent by loving friends and from numerous organizations he had been affiliated with. The funeral was conducted by Rev. H.P. Bell of Carrollton with Rev. E. Dittemore assisting. Invocation was by Rev. Thomason. Brief tributes to the life and character of the departed were given by Mr. Jeff Lovvorn of Carrollton and Rev. W.H. Barrett, pastor of the First Baptist church, Dawson. The active pallbearers were his sons, J.O., J.H., T.W., Clyde, his nephew Rev. W.H. Barrett and Houston Morris. The church decorating committee and ladies of the Missionary Society carrying the large florals, formed an isle from the church door to the street through which the funeral cortege passed from the church enroute to the cemetery where he was placed beside his wife who had preceded him. Besides members of his family from out of town, there were members of his pastorates at Bethel near Temple, and Shiloh near Cedartown. Friends were present from Bremen, Whitesburg, Centralhatchee, Heflin, Anniston, Birmingham, Esom Hill, Cedartown, Atlanta and other places. Rev. Boman was widely known in Georgia and Alabama where he had served pastorates. He was a member of the Masonic order. Bowdon business houses were closed during the funeral hour. The Bowdon, Ga. Bulletin ------ BRYAN A. REESE ACCIDENTALLY SHOT BY OFFICER Tampa, Fla., Aug. 30 Radio Patrolman Bryan A. Reese, 30, of 7301 Huntley avenue, a member of the police department for nearly nine years, was almost instantly killed yesterday by a shot accidentally fired by Patrolman J.F. Thomas, while the two men, accompanied by Officers Wright and Williams, were raiding a negro gambling game at Central avenue and Kay street. The bullet pierced Reese's chest just below the right collar bone and he died before aid could be summoned. According to the report of the accident, Officers Thomas and Williams who were on duty in the section, received a complaint of the gambling in the rear of the house. They telephoned to headquarters shortly before 5 o'clock and asked for a radio patrol car to assist them in the raid. Wright and Reese were sent on the call and the four officers moved in on the game together. Thomas had drawn his gun to frighten the negroes, he told Lieutenant Eddings, and with no intention of firing it. He said he had seized one of the group who was struggling to free himself and during the scuffle the gun fired, the bullet striking Reese in the chest. Reese was a native of Edwardsville, Ala., and had spent much time in the west before coming to Tampa in 1926. He was married to Miss Amelia McNenney in 1932 and they had one child, Emily Joan, two years old. Other survivors are his mother Mrs. M.B. Reese, four sisters and three brothers. -------- DEATH CLAIMS FRED OSBORN He was born at Mobile, Ala, June 12, 1876 and died at Heflin, Alabama, Sept. 5, 1935 at 11:15 a.m. Death has claimed a beloved citizen, Mr. Fred Osborn, son of Jane Colton Osborn and Capt. Mathias Corwin Osborn. His early childhood wa spent in the cities of Mobile and Montgomery, Alabama. When about seven years of age his parents moved to Cleburne county where he attended the Ross Collegiate Institute. He was first employed as a bookkeeper in Heflin. At the early age of sixteen he went to Mt. Sterling, Ohio to live with an aunt and to begin the study of telegraphy; later he went to Columbus, Ohio and still later to Chicago where he was employed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railway company for a period of seven years. He was married to Amelia Stelzer June 25, 1902 and in the fall of that same year, returned to Heflin, working for a time in the post office. Then he was tendered a position of Asst. Cashier of the Bank of Heflin on Nov. 9, 1905. In the meantime he accepted a Civil Service appointment as clerk in the U.S. Treasury Department, Washington, D.C. In 1907 he returned to Heflin and was again connected with the Bank of Heflin which connection he continued to the time of his death. He was admitted to the Masonic Lodge in 1903. The ideals and purposes of the Order were dear to his heart. The atmosphere of his childhood was satiated with the spirit of Masonry since his father was an outstanding member and worked for the promotion of the cause. The funeral of Capt. Mathias Osborn was the first in Heflin conducted with Masonic honors. Surviving the deceased are his widow Mrs. Amelia Stelzer Osborn, Mrs. Frances Osborn Fuller, Miss Aline Osborn and one son, Mr. Clyde Osborn. The suddenness of Fred's passing was a severe blow to his family and friends. Few of us knew of his illness but those who understood his nature felt immediately how typical of his desire the briefness of the end. His was of a nature of unselfishness and he had expressed the wish that when the call came he might go without lingering to be served over a prolonged period. And yet friends grouped about the bier, looking upon his unusual naturalness, could scarcely accept the inevitable. His life had been one of usefulness and quiet service; his work in Heflin had given him opportunity for contacts with many people. That he had touched the lives and hearts of those in varied walks of life was attested as they came from all over the county to pay their last respects. He bore out the teachings " He hath shewed thee, man, what is good" and "what doth the Lord require of thee but to do justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with thy God." From early childhood this was a nature unassuming, modest, with the high note of sincerity as the unit of value. He never knew how to be false to a friend, likewise he could never pretend that which in his heart he did not feel. To such a nature pretense was the shabbiest attribute of the human make-up. Qualities so rare in the busy world of today give us a standard on which to think. The community life has been the loser in his passing. A good citizen has been called up higher. A devoted family man, a member of the M.E. Church, where he worshipped and served as in every other walk of life, with conscientious thoughtfulness. The last rites were particularly dignified, the church filled with a mass of floral offerings. Long before the hour for the service, friends from different parts of the state had come to mingle with the sorrowful, and a sense of peace and genuine affection pervaded the atmosphere. Surely the family must have felt the comforting spirit that was thrown about them; must have gone, even in their sorrow, to his last resting place with the assurance that though life had been cut short, the spirit of him who had without ostentation created for himself so genuinely a feeling of appreciation, that he had lived for a profound purpose. -------- IN MEMORY OF MR. BOYLES, 86, A CHRISTIAN MAN WIth the recent passing of Mr. David E. Boyles of Hopewell, Cleburne County lost one its valuable citizens, true, honest, upright; the church a Godly, earnest christian gentleman and his family one of the humblest and most devoted fathers of this present age. The writer of this has known him intimately all his life, and what is here said, will not be disputed by anyone. In his youth he was quiet and dutiful; as a young man he shunned the foibles of that period. I never heard him swear a profane oath in my life. As a mature man, Dave Boyles was a christian gentleman, always and everywhere. Did he have any faults, perhaps so, for who hasn't? Of a retiring disposition, he was, perhaps, more often misunderstood and criticized for that reason than for any overt act. He may, at times, have been more or less stubborn in his convictions, but he was so because he believed he was right. Convinced of an error, he gladly and graciously abandoned his convictions to a wiser course. Mr. Boyles was five times married. Only the first and fourth marriages were fruitful. Two boys and three girls were born of the first union. The two sons Charles T. and Jack, died several years ago. The three sisters of this marriage are Mrs. Mildred McCray, Mrs. Cannie Brooks of Birmingham and Mrs. May Sherrill of Ranburne, all of whom still live. Of the fourth marriage a number of children were born and the following are still living: Mrs. Effie McGriff, Messrs. Homer and James Boyles, all of Birmingham, Mrs. Maude Groover of Heflin and Mrs. Emma McLendon of Hopewell. The pallbearers at the funeral which occurred at Antioch, near Abernathy, were sons-in-law of the deceased. They were John H. Brooks, Albert McCray, A.E. McGriff of Birmingham, Wilber Sherrill of Ranburne and J.P. Groover of Heflin and I.D. McLendon of Hopewell. The undertaker was Mr. Owens of Heflin. The ministers who officiated were the Revs. Waid, Murphree and Morton. Rest dear friend, in peace. ------ JIM ASHMORE , ABOUT 45, DIED SUNDAY NIGHT Jim Ashmore, about 45 of Edwardsville, died suddenly Sunday night while members of his family were at church. No inquest was held and it is supposed that he died of natural causes. ----- NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, SEPTEMBER 26, 1935 LOCAL News Uncle A.J. 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