Baldwin County GaArchives Obituaries.....George C. Evans November 29 1907
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The Augusta Chronicle, Dec. 1, 1907  
December 1, 1907
The Augusta Chronicle
   MR. GEO. C. EVANS VERY SAD DEATH
Funeral Will Occur This Morning - One of the Finest and Best Young Men In 
Georgia
Special To The Chronicle Milledgeville, Ga. Nov. 30
Mr. Geo. C. Evans, youngest son of the late Sam Evans, who was one of the 
wealthiest and most prominent bankers in Middle Georgia, was found dead in 
Macon yesterday morning in a small lagoon near the Atlantic compress. Employees 
of the compress found his body about 8 o'clock in the morning and notified 
Coroner Young. The verdict of the jury was that he died of exposure.
   He had gone to Macon to witness the Thanksgiving football game. The last 
seen of him by his friends was at the Hotel Lanier about nine o'clock the night 
before. How he came to be where he was is a mystery to his people and friends.
   Mr. Evans was about 20 years old and was probably the best known and popular 
young man in our city.
   His remains were brought to the city yesterday afternoon and the funeral 
will be from the residence Sunday morning. The following gentleman will act as 
pall-bearers: Hon. Jno Conn, R. C. Robson, G.C. McKinley, Lieut. Milliard 
Little, L.C. Hall and John T. Day.
   This is an unusually sad death and cast a gloom over our whole city.
   Mr. Evans leaves considerable property, estimated at about one hundred 
thousand dollars. His immediate relatives are his mother Mrs. Sam Evans, Sr., 
his three sisters Mrs. Alice McGraw, Mrs. Ada Austin, Mrs. Bessie Hirsch and 
one brother Sam Evans, Jr.
   One of the saddest features of his death is his engagement to one of the 
most beautiful girls in Georgia. They were waiting till he reached his majority 
to be married.
   Young, handsome, kind, and generous, his loss will long be felt by this 
community.

Additional Comments:
Mr. Evans is buried in Memory Hill Cemetery in Milledgeville.

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