Bibb County GaArchives Obituaries.....Jones, Ben L. February 2, 1909
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Athens Weekly Banner, Friday Feb 5 1909 Page 5
Ben L. Jones Ends His Life with Bullet Through Brain

Leading Citizen of Macon, Having Been Ill for Several Weeks, Grew Despondent and
Then Gave Up.  He Was One of the Most Prominent Men in This Section of the State.

   Macon, Ga. Feb. 2 - Ben L. Jones on of the wealthiest, best known and best
liked citizens of Macon, committed suicide this morning by shooting himself in
the head with a pistol
   He was in the rear of his home, 864 Mulberry street at the time.  The family
knew nothing of it until they hear the report of the gun.  They rushed out into
the yard and found him dying.
   For some time Mr. Jones had been in bad health, and during the past three
weeks he became very despondent.  He was an energetic, athletic man, intolerant
of inaction, and his illness weighed heavily on his mind.  Monday his condition
became more serious and he expressed to several friends the fear that he would
get down in bed and never get up again.  His friends attempted to cheer him up
and his business agent and closest friend, Paul E. Wilkes, was making
arrangements for them to take a trip to Cuba.  Mr. Wilkes was with him a few
minutes before he committed suicide, and left him in the belief that he was more
cheerful.
   The community has been thrown into the deepest sorrow.  He ended his life
without the slightest indication to any one as to what he intended.
   Mr. Jones was a member of the board of education, was the second largest
taxpayer in the county and had long been known as a public-spirited citizen.  He
is survived by a wife and two children, Henry and Miss Josephine.

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