Carroll County GaArchives Obituaries.....Wager, Benjamin F. April 26, 1937
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"The Cleburne News"
Heflin, Cleburne Co., Alabama

NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, MAY 6, 1937

B.F. WAGER DIES; Brother of J.J. and G.W. Wager of Heflin

Carrollton, Ga., April 29 [Thursday]

B.F. Wager, 78, native and lifelong resident of Carroll county, passed away 
at his home on Coleman St., Monday night at 8 o'clock after a brief illness 
of pneumonia.

He is survived by his widow, formerly Miss Dora Barron; two daughters, Miss 
Ophelia Wager of Carrollton; Mrs. Hassie Vincenzie of Atlanta; two sons, 
Charles Wager and Brice Wager of Montgomery, Ala., two sisters, Mrs. Geo. 
Stephens and Mrs. Emma Harper of Carrollton; four brothers, C.A. of 
Carrollton; T.J. of Athens, Texas; J.J. of Heflin, Ala., and G.W. Wager of 
Tallapoosa.

Mr. Wager was the son of Charles Christian Wager, native of Wittenburg, 
Germany, who came to New York in 1847. Soon thereafter he enlisted in the 
Mexican War, fighting for American principles. He later moved to Carroll 
county and was a Southern soldier in the War Between the States and lived 
here until his death in 1900.

Relatives attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Adkins of Eatonton; Mr. 
and Mrs. Charlie Latimer and Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Wallace of Sargent; Mr. and 
Mrs. J.J. Wager and Mr. and C.L. Wager of Heflin; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wager of 
Fruithurst; Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Wager of Tallapoosa; Marcus and Dudley Wager 
of Atlanta; Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Wager and Brice Wager of Montgomery.

Additional Comments:
Georgia Deaths, 1919-98 
Name: Benjamin F Wayer 
Death Date: 26 Apr 1937 
County of Death: Carroll  
Certificate: 8497  

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