Butts County GaArchives Obituaries.....Spencer, David J. February 1898 ************************************************ 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: Don Bankston http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00024.html#0005864 November 3, 2006, 1:53 pm Jackson Argus – Butts County, Week of February 11, 1898 D. J. Spencer Dies Jackson Loses a Most Valuable Citizen David J. Spencer is dead. These words are sad, indeed for they convey to the mind the idea that one of our most useful citizens has been removed from us in the very noontide of usefulness. Mr. Spencer was stricken a few weeks ago with a violent attack of appendicitis, and for a few days his life hung by a brittle thread. It was decided by the attending physicians that the patient could not undergo an operation in his weakened condition, and when he had recovered sufficiently he was remove to Dr. Holmes’ sanitarium in Atlanta. There he remained for several days. On Saturday last the operation was performed, and on Monday Mr. Spencer died. His body was brought to Jackson on the evening train, and carried to his home on Covington Street. At 2 o’clock on Tuesday the funeral was preached at the Methodist church, of which Mr. Spencer was a member, by the pastor. After the funeral the Masonic brotherhood took charge and interred the body in the city cemetery according to the rites of that ancient order. The immense concourse of people that thronged the church and followed the remains to the cemetery, attested the popularity of Dave Spencer in Jackson and Butts county. The deceased was a man who made no compromises with error knowingly. He was as tender hearted as a woman, and the most universal sorrow prevails. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/butts/obits/s/spencer5692gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb