Clarke County GaArchives Obituaries.....Steadley, W. B. Dr. December 14 1891 ************************************************ 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: C Epps Bond http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00016.html#0003902 August 15, 2004, 12:23 am Athens Banner, Athens, GA Tuesday morning, December 18, 1891 Steadley Dr. Steadly Dead A Good Man Gone To Rest Forever A Useful Life Gone A Brief Sketch of His Life - The Funeral Today at 2 o'clock-A Large Number of His Friens Will Come Dr. Steadley is dead! Such news it was that was told on the street early yesterday morning, and with it spread the sorrow and grief that came with the loss of a good man. It was rather a surprise - a sorrowful astonishment. The friends of Dr. Steadley were unprepared to believe he was dead, almost as much so as they were unwilling to believe it. Although he has been quite sick for a long time his condition had ceased to be alarming and his friends were left to believe that he would slowly but gradually recover. He died yesterday morning at a quarter before five o'clock, surrounded by his loving wife and fond children. A brief sketch of his life Dr. W. B. Steedley was born in Midway, S.C. in 1857. He was forty one years old. He was a bright boy and showed an inclination when quite young to enter the medical profession. He went to the medical college in Augusta for a while and after went North to attend a college of more extensive facilities. He practiced medicine at his old home, Midway, in South Carolina, for a good number of years, and won golden opinions among the people who became his patrons and clientage. May a time he would drive in a buggy incessantly day and night, attending patients in the country around Midway, sleeping in the buggy while a negro boy drove him from place to place. The climate was cursed with malaria, and Dr. Steedly's health soon began to fail. He came to Athens. Then he came to Athens three years ago. He became a partner with Dr. Carlton, of this city and such excellent service as a doctor that he built up a handsome patronage. About two years ago he began practicing with an office to himself. He has made a wonderful record and a speldid reputation here as a practicing physician. One of his characteristics was his kind-hearted generosity. He was ever ready to help a friend and had as few enemies as any professional man, perhaps, ever had. Everybody loved Dr. Steedly. His sickness. Several weeks ago Dr. Steedly was seized with fever, whcih continued for a long time, developing inflamation of the stomach. Typhoid fever resulted and he became a very sick man. Dr. Petrie, his partner in practice and Dr. Pope attended him in his illness and did everything in their power to stay, the grasp of death, but with no avail. The immediate cause of his death was paralysis of the laryngal muscles, which stopped his breathing power. Dr. Steedly leave a wife and four children to mourn his death. His children are Mrs. E. G. Walthal, Misses Meta and Georgia Steedly and Mr. Ben Steeley. Dr. Steedly had insured his life for $10,000. The funeral today. The funeral will take place today from the house on Broad street at 2 o'clock. The funeral services will be conducted by Rev. L. R. Gwaltney, pastor of the First Baptist Church. It goes without saying that a large attendance will show the great sorrow that prevails at his death, and that very many friends will gather to pay him their last tribute of respect. Additional Comments: He came from Midway,S.C., passed in Clarke Co, Athens, GA. NOTE: The beginning article uses the name spelled Steadley. Then later it is spelled as Steedley. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/clarke/obits/gob1749steadley.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 4.1 Kb