Obituary for James M. Handley, Randolph, Alabama http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/randolph/obits/jmhandley.txt ============================================= USGENWEB PROJECT NOTICE: In keeping with the USGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Project Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file is copyrighted and contributed by: William Fischer, Jr. ============================================= September 2001 MAJOR J M HANDLEY DEAD ---------------------------- Late yesterday Capt W A HANDLEY received a telegram announcing that his brother, Major James M HANDLEY, died yesterday afternoon at Handley, Texas, and that the interment would occur there at 3 o’clock this afternoon. The deceased was a gallant Confederate soldier, and held the rank of major in an Alabama regiment. He was captured and imprisoned before the close of the war. About thirty years ago he removed to Texas. Limited space forbids a longer sketch. [From The Roanoke Leader (Randolph County, Alabama), 1 Apr 1908, p.3] ----------------------------- MAJ J M HANDLEY ----------------------------- Hon W A HANDLEY has received a letter from Mr Thos B WOOD, now in Dallas, Texas, giving particulars of the death of the former’s brother, Major J M HANDLEY, at Handley, Texas. From this letter we quote as follows: “Dear Colonel:-- Your brother died yesterday about two o’clock. Mr PEELER, one of his neighbors, telephoned me right after dinner to come down right away, as Major HANDLEY was dying. I went out on the first car, but got there too late. “He remained conscious to the last and expressed a desire to see you, yet he insisted all the time that he was going to get well. “His relatives, Mr and Mrs HAYNIE and their daughter, Mrs KELL, and all of his neighbors, after realizing that he was so ill, were very kind and attentive and did all they could to make him comfortable. “We buried him this afternoon at three o’clock, after having the funeral preached at the Baptist church. “The school turned out in a body, and a good many friends from Fort Worth and Arlington came over to the funeral. All the stores and business houses closed. Among the friends from Fort Worth whom you know were Mr and Mrs FARNSWORTH and Mr Jim WOOD, who named the town, Handley. We had him put away just as nicely and reasonable as we could. “A great many beautiful floral offerings were sent in by the friends and a very lovely one by Mr and Mrs FARNSWORTH. “The children of the town seem to regret his death very much, as he was a special favorite among them.” [From The Roanoke Leader (Randolph County, Alabama), 8 Apr 1908, p.3]