Randolph County AlArchives Obituaries.....French, Jimmie F.  April 24, 1953
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Roanoke Leader
The Rev. Jimmie French, minister of Congregational Christian church drowned 
after a boat sank from which he was fertilizing a fishpond and overturned and 
sank in 10 feet or more of water. The Tragic accident occurred last Friday 
afternoon about 3:30 at the pond of John Harmon, Mr. French's brother-in-law, 
north of Wedowee. Mr. Harmon was able to swim to safety, but Mr. French went 
down. Six boats dragged the lake, but the body was not recovered until about 
7:15. Mr. French was 48 years of age and was a ministerial student at Southern 
Union College while serving churches in this area. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. 
Velma Moore French; two sons, Gerson of Wedowee and Jim Tom of Atlanta; his 
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert French of Wedowee; one grandchild; four brothers: 
Larkin and Floyd of Roanoke, Alton of Wedowee, and Rev. Joe French of Lanett; 
four sisters: Mrs. Odie Daniel of Cullman and Mrs. Lewis McManus, Mrs. Jack 
Benefield, and Mrs. John Harmon, all of Wedowee. Funeral services were held at 
Noon Day Congregational Christian Church on Sunday afternoon at one o'clock, 
conducted by the Rev. John Dollar and the Rev. Clyde Flannery. Sawyer Masonic 
Lodge of Wedowee held the graveside service. Interment was in the Ava cemetery, 
with Quattlebaum's Funeral Home directing.

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