Carroll-Troup-Fulton County GaArchives Obituaries.....Ward / Word, J. W. October 14, 1927
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"The Roanoke Leader"
Roanoke, Randolph Co., Alabama

NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, October 19, 1927

TRAGIC DEMISE OF MR. J.W. WORD ON OCT. 14th

This community was greatly shocked last Friday afternoon to learn that Mr. 
J.W. Word had met his death by a pistol shot through the head, fired by his 
own hand. The dreadful tragedy occurred shortly after one-thirty. Mr. Word 
had driven two miles northeast of town, stopping his car on the road near 
Mr. E.T. Pike's home. An ambulance was rushed to the scene and the 
unfortunate man was hurried to the hospital where he died a few minutes 
after arriving there. Mr. Word was 44 years of age, and had spent the 
greater part of his life in western Georgia. The remains were taken on 
Saturday afternoon to Bowdon near the scene of his boyhood, where they were 
interred Sunday afternoon after services conducted by Mr. Edwards of Waco, 
Georgia, a Baptist minister who had been Mr. Word's pastor for a number of 
years and who paid a high tribute to his character. A service was also held 
in the home of the deceased in Roanoke on Saturday afternoon, conducted by 
Rev. W.E. Lockler. He and a number of other Roanoke people accompanied the 
grief stricken family with the remains to Bowdon.

Mr. Word came to Roanoke thirteen months ago from LaGrange and was 
representing the Metropolitan Insurance Co. He had made a very favorable 
impression upon all who were associated with him. In letters found on his 
person it was learned that he was laboring under financial troubles which 
overtook him before he left Georgia. The strain on his mind overbalanced his 
better judgment.

Mr. Word is survived by a wife and six children who have the sincere 
sympathy of the community. He and his family had seen better, happier days 
before the shadows of adversity fell across their pathway.
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W.W. Word, eldest son of Mrs. J.W. Word, accompanied by her father's brother 
from Texas, was in town Monday and arranged to have a sale of his mother's 
hosuehold effects at the residence on Saturday Oct. 29th. Mrs. Word and 
children will move to Atlanta where W.W. Word has a position.

(NOTE from transcriber: Some of the census's as well as the Alabama 
death index and the World War 1 Draft Reg. card show the surname as WARD)

Additional Comments:
Alabama Deaths, 1908-59 
Name: J. W. Ward 
Death Date: Oct 1927  
Death County: Randolph  
Volume: 54  
Roll: 2  
Page #: 26828  

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World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 
Name: James W Ward 
City: Not Stated  
County: Carroll  
State: Georgia  
Birth Date: Sep 4 1880  
Race: White  
Roll: 1557004  


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