Berrien County GaArchives Obituaries.....Akridge, Jack October 1928
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Valdosta Daily Times, October 22, 1928
The Valdosta Daily Times, front page, Monday, October 22, 1928
2 Drop Dead on Church Grounds
Jack Akridge, Nashville, and Mrs. G.J. Touchton Die Almost Simultaneously
FUNERAL HELD YESTERDAY
	Collapsing at the services at Long Bridge Primitive Baptist church, two 
persons died Saturday afternoon on or near the church ground.  One of them was 
an aged man, the other a young married woman.  The deaths occurred about an hour 
apart.
	Mr. Jack Akridge, aged resident of the Nashville section, collapsed 
shortly after noon, and died almost instantly on the church grounds.  An hour 
later, Mrs. G.J. Touchton, 36, of Bemis, was stricken with apoplexy and was 
removed from the church to a neighboring house, where she died within a few 
minutes.
	Funeral services for Mr. Akridge were held yesterday morning, and those 
for Mrs. Touchton, yesterday afternoon.
	Mr. Akridge, a very aged man who made his home with relatives was in 
exceptionally poor health, and his death was sudden but not unexpected.  He gave 
no warning symptoms, however, but merely fell to the ground before medical aid 
could be summoned.
	Mrs. Touchton was seated at the services when she turned to her husband 
and complained of severe pains in her head.  A doctor was summoned and she was 
placed in an auto on the church grounds.  She lapsed into a coma before his 
arrival, and died at a neighboring house.
	Mrs. Touchton suffered a light stroke of this nature about three years 
ago, but had been in excellent health for some time.
	She recently became a member of the Primitive Baptist church, being 
baptized on Sunday, October 14.
	The funeral services were held at Cat Creek church on Sunday afternoon.  
The services were conducted by Elder Charles Vickers of Ray City, who spoke in a 
touching manner of the estimable character of the deceased, and her services to 
her friends.  He touched effectively upon the inscrutable will of Providence, 
which removed her so unexpectedly.
	Interment was in the church yard there, John Sineath having charge of 
funeral arrangements.


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