Butts-Jones County GaArchives Obituaries.....Jimmie Harden March 1884
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Middle Ga. Argus – Week of April 1, 1884
It becomes our sad duty this week to make mention of the sad death of our young 
friend and townsman Jimmie Harden which event occurred on Saturday evening last 
at his mother’s home at Cornucopia in Jones County.  As is well known here, Mr. 
Harden has been suffering for some time with that dreaded disease, consumption, 
and as a last resort, left here last fall to try the balming breezes of Florida 
with a faint hope of recovery but after giving them a sufficient time to no 
avail, he returned to his mother’s home to meet his fate as above stated.  On 
Sunday word reached here that his remains would be brought here for interment 
on Monday morning train, and a committee of young men, his former associates to 
wit: Wiley Higgins, Bobbie Lyons, Tom Strange, T. O. Ham, Joe Thornton and G.R. 
Fretwell were appointed to meet the corpse at the depot and convey the same to 
the Methodist Church where the funeral services would be held at 9:30 o’clock.  
On the arrival of the 9:20 train, the committee were in waiting and took charge 
of the remains and placing the same in the handsome hearse of Crum & McKibben, 
it was escorted to the church, where a large congregation was in waiting to pay 
the last respects to a departed friend.  Rev. B F. Farris conducted the funeral 
services in a very impressive manner, showing that it was far better to live a 
true Christian and devoted life as our dead friend had led, and at last die in 
the full hope of a blissful immortality.  Many words of eulogy were spoken by 
his friends, especially by Messrs. Beck, Catchings and Wright.  A large number 
of relatives and friends from Jones county accompanied his remains to their 
last resting place, and to show to what high esteem he was held here while 
living, we have but to mention the fact that all the merchants closed their 
doors to follow a beloved friend to the grave.  We can say no more than this: 
that a more noble hearted, Christian spirited, or highly esteemed young man 
than the subject of this notice, perhaps never lived in this community, and by 
these estimable traits had won for himself a name that but few can boats of.  
Peace to his ashes.



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