Butts County GaArchives Obituaries.....Carmichael, Dr. W. L. November 1901
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Jackson Argus
Carmichael, Dr. W. L. – Dead
Jackson, Ga., November 7th, 1901 – Headquarters John L. Barnett Camp Confederate 
Veterans
Comrades – I have just received sad intelligence of the death of our esteemed 
comrade, Dr. W. L. Carmichael.  Feeling as I do, that we are all desirous of 
showing the esteem we have for him, I hereby order that we meet I the Adjutant’s 
office tomorrow morning promptly at 10 o’clock a. m., and march in a body to the 
Baptists church oif which he was a zealous member, and participate in the 
funeral exercises.  And it is further ordered that we march in a body in the 
funeral procession to the cemetery and there’re assist in laying our esteemed 
comrade to rest.   And it is further ordered that comrades J. H. McCallum, J. O. 
Beauchamp, L. J. Ball, John O’Rear, C. H. Thornton and C. S. Maddox act as pall-
bearers.
By order of Captain L. D. Watson, Commander; C. S. Maddox, Adj’t.
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WE ALL WEEP -  Because Death Has Taken Dr. W. L. Carmichael from our Midst.
Jackson weeps and will not be comforted.  One of her best beloved most highly 
respected citizens is no more.  The places that knew Dr. W. L. Carmichael will 
know him no more, and the people who loved him, and were proud to number him 
among their friends, in sorrow bow their heads to the will of Him who can do no 
wrong.
Dr. Carmichael’s death was totally unexpected, and came like a thunderbolt from 
a clear sky.  Although his health had not been so good for some months, he was 
feeling considerably better the past few weeks, and only Wednesday afternoon 
remarked to the editor of The Argus “If I continue to improve for a few more 
days as I have improved the last few weeks, I will be as well as I ever was in 
my life.”
When his daughter, Miss Minnie went to call him Thursday morning she could not 
arouse him; discovering that he was cool she became alarmed fearing he was dead 
and telephoned to the store for his son, Clifford.  When the son arrived he saw 
that his father had been dead for three or four hours and immediately phoned for 
Mr. J. M Leach, that the body might be embalmed and prepared for burial.  His 
death was from heart failure, and he had evidently died peacefully, without a 
struggle, of pain.
Dr. Carmichael was a loveable character, honest, pure, good sweet, and there was 
not a man, woman or child in Jackson who did not love and respect him.  He was 
from Chambers county, Ala., and was in his 67th year at the time of his death.  
He came to Butts county when quite a young lad, and was virtually reared here.  
He spent all his life in Butts, Pike and Monroe counties, and went to the war 
from Pike county, serving honorably and with valor the cause of the Confederacy.  
He was an enthusiastic old veteran to the day of his death and a dear lover of 
Southern history and tradition.
In 1882 he started his present drug business in Jackson and has been here ever 
since, a valuable useful citizen and a consecrated, active Christian. He was 
reared a Presbyterian, but when he married changed his membership to the Baptist 
church of which body he has been a pillar, and which he loved with a devotion 
second only to that with which he served his God and maintained his family. No 
man has been more useful to his day and generation in his sphere than Dr. W. L. 
Carmichael, and the editor of The Argus can bear testimony to the warm welcome, 
active help he gave all newcomers and to his zeal and energy in all efforts for 
this good of his town and people.
His funeral exercise will be conducted at the Baptist church this (Friday) 
morning at 11 o’clock, Rev. Dr. W. A. Nelson officiating.  The pall-bearers will 
be from Camp Barnett as follows: J. H. McCallum, J. O. Beauchamp, L. J. Ball, 
John O’Rear, C. H. Thornton and C. S. Maddox.  The veterans will attend in a 
body as a special escort.
He leaves a fond wife and two children (Clifford and Miss Minnie) to survive his 
loss, and to them The Argus joins the entire community in extending the tendered 
sympathy.  We are all bereaved, we all weep over his bier.  Peace to his nobble 
ashes !
Jackson Argus – November 8, 1901


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