Clarke County GaArchives Obituaries.....Chaistain, William Allen March 11, 1931
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The Athens Banner Herald, Friday, March 13, 1931
OBITUARY OF REV. WILLIAM ALLEN CHAISTAIN
Jacksonville, Florida
The Athens Banner Herald, Friday, March 13, 1931
Transcribed by Connie Epps Bond


CHASTAIN –The relatives and friends of Rev. William Allen Chastain of 
Jacksonville, Fla, Mrs. Mollie Shelnutt, and daughters of Johnson City, Tenn. 
And Mrs. Jim Layton of Atlanta are invited to attend the funeral of Rev. 
William Allen Chastain Saturday morning, March 14, 1931, at ten (10:00) 
o’clock from the First Christian church.  Rev. Stanley R. Grubb will 
officiate. The following gentlemen will please serve as active pallbearers and 
meet at McDorman-Bridges at 9:45 promptly:  Mr. C. F. Elder, Mr. H. H. Elder, 
Mr. H. L. Parr, Mr. E. E. Bishop, Mr. Golden Michael and Mr. G. A. Doster.  
The following gentlemen will please serve as honorary pallbearers and will 
meet at the First Christian church at 9:50 a.m. promptly:  Mr. M. D. Browning, 
Mr. A. G. Elder, Mr. S. L. Autry, Mr. T. H. Barrett, Mr. L. W. Sparks, Mr. J. 
F. Whitehead and Dr. H. M. Fullilove.  Interment will be in the Oconee Hill 
cemetery.  McDorman-Bridges.


Rev. Chastain 
Former Athens Minister, Dies 

A former pastor of the First Christian church here, Rev. William Allen 
Chastain, 75 died at his home in Jacksonville, Fla., Wednesday night, after an 
illness of several months.  The body arrived here this morning. 

Funeral services will be held in the First Christian church Saturday morning 
at 10 o’clock. Rev. S. R. Grubb, pastor, will officiate.  Interment will be in 
the Oconee cemetery, with McDorman-Bridges in charge. 

Pallbearers will be:  C. F. Elder, H.H. Elder, H. L. Parr, E. E. Bishop, 
Golden Michael, and G. A. Doster.  The following will serve as honorary 
pallbearers:  M. D. Browning, A. G. Elder, S. L. Autry, T. H. Barrett, L. W. 
Sparks, J. F. Whitehead and Dr. H. M. Fullilove. 

Rev. Chastain had been in the ministry for more than thirty-five years.  He 
had been pastor of Christian churches in the following counties:  Athens 
twice, in ten years, Monroe College Park, Jefferson and the Second Christian 
church in Augusta.  He was a third Degree Mason. 

Rev. Chastain was born in Fannin county GA. He would have celebrated his 76th 
birthday with in a month.  Surviving Rev. Chastain are two sisters, Mrs. 
Mollie Shellnutt, Johnson City, Tenn; and Mrs. Jim Layton of Atlanta.


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