Clay-Randolph-Calhoun County GaArchives Obituaries.....Mark J. Ward February 12 1926
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Edison News 19 Feb 1926
Mark J. Ward Is
     Accidentally Killed
Well Known Farmer Living Near Edison Meets Tragic Death While out Hunting Last 
Friday morning.

The news received in Edison early Friday afternoon that Mr. Mark J. Ward, a 
well known citizen and farmer living at Jeff, just over the line in Clay 
county, had been found dead in the woods near his home, cause considerable 
excitement and much sorow among our people.
     When Mr. Ward was found it was discovered that in getting over a wire 
fence his gun was accidentally discharged, the load tearing away one side of 
his head, and from the position of the gun and Mr. Ward, it is thought that he 
died instantly.  Early Friday morning Mr. Ward told his wife he was going down 
in the woods pasture near his home to hunt squirrels, and when he failed to 
return at dinner, Mrs. Ward became uneasy about him, and with her son, Marvin 
Ward and his wife, they started out to look for him, and soon found him and it 
is generally thought, the accident occurred about an hour after leaving home, 
judging by the rounds he mae to the pasture and was on is way back home when 
the accident occurred.
     Mr. Ward was fifty years old; he was born in Randolph county and moved to 
Calhoun when a small boy, and when about nine years old  he moved with his 
parents to Alabama, where he grew to manhood and married there.  His first wife 
died, leaving him with two small boys.  Twelve years ago he married Miss Arger 
Fain, of Clay county, and he moved a few years ago to the Fain home in Clay, He 
is survived by his second wife; two boys Marvin and Vander, children of his 
first wife, and three little girls by his second wife.  He is also survived by 
five sisters; Mrs. K. J. Todd, of _______, ___________ [entire line of print 
ruined] Shorterville, Ala [might possibly be location of Mrs. K. J. Todd], 
Mrs.  __ __ Cobb of Birmingham, Ala, Mrs. Thomas Davis and Mrs. B. F. Glover, 
of Haleburg, Ala, and Mrs. S. M. Watson, of Colquitt, Ga.
     Mr. Todd was well known and highly esteemed by our people.  Of a very 
quiet and retiring disposition, he made friends slowly, but held them with his 
honest and straight dealing manner, and  his loss is keenly felt by his close 
friends and neighbors, who appreciated his worth as a man and citizen.  He was 
a member of the Mars Hill Primitive Baptist church, and his life was one of 
many acts of kindness and love for those who were near and dear to him.
     The funeral services were held at Mars Hill church Sunday morning at 10:30 
in the presence of one of the largest gatherings ever brought together at this 
place on such an occasion.  Rev. Peddy, the beloved pastor of this church, and 
a life long acquaintance of the deceased and his family, conducted the funeral 
services, and spoke eloquently of the many lovable traits of the deceased, and 
his worth as man and citizen, husband, father, brother possessing all 
requirements to fill each place admirably.
     Following the services in the church the remains were laid to rest in the 
cemetery nearby.
     To those who have been sorrowed by the untimely death of their loved one, 
we join with the community in extending our sympathy in their hour bereavment.



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