Statewide County AZ Archives Obituaries.....Brawley, Bob 1909
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Arizona Republican-July 11, 1909
Robert Brawley, a man past middle life, died Sunday afternoon at 
2:30 o'clock in the annex to the Alhambra Hotel, of heart disease 
and was buried at 4 o'clock in the Mesa Cemetery. Death came as a 
climax to a prolonged indulgence in alcoholic spirits. It would 
seem that the interment took place with a promptitude that was 
rather unusual but the local health officer made careful 
examination of the conditions and gave permission for 
interment. Life was unquestionably extinct before action 
was taken in that direction and as the deceased had no 
relatives or others personally interested, there was no 
occasion for delaying the funeral. He was without funds 
and the expense of the funeral were defrayed by local 
contributions.

Bob Brawley as he was familiarly called, was a laboring man and 
had been employed in the vicinity of Mesa for two or three years 
on the transmission line and elsewhere. Though his position was 
a humble one his personality was interesting and while he had 
no intimate personal friends, he had no enemies and all who 
knew him felt rather more than the usual interest in a casual 
acquaintance. He was a man of sunny disposition, an Irishman 
by birth.  No one who knew him thought of passing him without 
speaking even if only to hear his ready and witty reply.  He 
came from Ireland about forty years ago and until coming west 
a few years ago, lived most of the time in the Lehigh, Pa. 
coal fields.

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