Brooks-Pulaski County GaArchives Obituaries.....McKee, Samuel M. October 14, 1942 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: William J. (Jim) Carroll williamcarrollj@bellsouth.net December 20, 2012, 5:20 pm The Quitman Free Press Oct 1942 S. M. McKee Dies At Hospital Here S. M. Mckee, well known citizen of Quitman for the past 39 years, died at the local hospital Wednesday, October 14, following an illness of just a few days. Mr. McKee was taken ill about ten days ago and was taken to the hospital Friday and his condition became steadily worse, the end coming Wednesday morning about 9:30 o'clock. Funeral services were held Thursday morning from the McKee residence with Rev. C. C. Kiser in charge and interment following at Oak Hill Cemetery. The Masonic funeral service was used, Mr. McKee "having been a member and officer in Sholto Lodge here for many years". Mr. McKee was 82 years of age having observed his brithday on the 9th of this month. He had lived in Quitman for the past 39 years and was respected and esteemed by many friends here. He was a member of the Baptist church and was faithful to its tenets. He had been actively identified in church and fraternal circles here and his passing is mourned by hosts of friends. His unassuming manner and his fine virtues endeared him to many friends. He is survived by his widow, the former Miss Lula Carroll of Hawkinsville to whom he was married fifty years ago. He is survived by one son, T. K. McKee of Lake City, Fla., and one grandson, Tommy McKee of Lake City. Four brothers and three sisters in North Carolina also survive him. Additional Comments: Samuel was born 9 Oct 1860 to William David "Billy" McKee and Sara Jane Meshaw McKee. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/brooks/obits/m/mckee2806nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb