Clay County GaArchives Obituaries.....COLEMAN, ROBERT November 1919
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SOUTHWEST GEORGIAN, NOV 13 1919
THE TRAGIC DEATH OF MR. ROBERT A ACOLEMAN, WHO SHOT HIMSELF WITH A PISTOL 
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING, INEXPRESSIBLY SHOCKED HIS MANY FRIENDS AND RELATIVES IN 
THIS SECTION.  THE SHOOTING OCCURRED AT MR. COLEMANS HOME NEAR CREDILLE’S MILL 
IN THE SEVENTH DISTRICT.  HE HAD JUST FINISHED BREAKFAST AND WAS SEATED ON THE 
DOORSTEPS AT A SMALL VERANDA AT ONE SIDE OF THE HOUSE.  ONE OF THE YOUNG SONS 
NOTICED HIM THERE APPARENTLY IN DEEP THOUGHT AND WITH A PISTOL LYING BY HIS 
SIDE.  THE BOY PAID LITTLE ATTENTION TO THE INCIDENT AND WENT AWAY, DIRECTLY A 
SHOT WAS HEARD AND MR. COLEMAN WAS FOUND A MOMENT LATER ON THE STEPS WITH A 
BULLETT HOLE IN THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD.  NEIGHBORS HURRIED TO THE SCENE AND IN A 
SHORT WHILE SEVERAL DOCTORS FROM FORT GAINES ARRIVED.  BUT NOTHING COULD BE 
DONE TO SAVE THE WOUNDED MAN.  HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS FROM THE INSTANT THE SHOT 
WAS FIRED AND HE DIED ABOUT AN HOUR LATER.
NO MESSAGE WAS LEFT BY MR. COLEMAN AND WHETHER HIS ACT WAS ACCIDENTAL OR 
INTENTIONAL IS NOT KNOWN.  FINANCIALLY HE WAS IN EXCELLENT CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT 
ONE OR TWO OF HIS INTIMATE FRIENDS WERE AWARE THAT HE HAD RECENTLY BEEN 
BROODING AS A RESULT OF HAVING DISCOVERED THAT HE HAD OR WAS ABOUT TO DEVELOP 
PELLAGRA..
ONLY A FEW DAYS AGO, MR. COLEMAN PURCHASED MR. A.H. HANCOCK’S FARM NEAR FORT 
GAINES AND WAS PREPARING TO MOVE THERE.  TWO OR THREE WEEKS AGO HE BOUGHT THE 
H.T. KILLINGSWORTH MILL PROPERTY JUST OUTSIDE OF THE CITY BUT IT IS UNDERSTOOD 
THAT HE HAD DISPOSED OF THIS TO MR. M.A. LOKEY.
THE BODY WAS BURIED IN THE METHVIN CEMETERY, NEAR THE LINE OF CLAY AND QUITMAN 
COUNTIES, WEDNESDAY MORNING AT TEN OCLOCK.  THE FUNERAL SERVICE TOOK PLACE AT 
THE HOME OF J.R. GRIFFITH OFFICIATING.
OF MR. COLEMAN’S IMMEDIATE FAMILY FOUR SMALL CHILDREN—THREE BOYS AND A LITTLE 
GIRL—SURVIVE.  THEIR MOTHER DIED THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO.  
R.A. COLEMAN WAS ONE OF THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL AND POPULAR CITIZENS OF THE 
COUNTY.  HIS INTEGRITY WAS UNQUESTIONED AND THE FACT THAT HE HAD BEEN NOTABLY 
SUCCESSFUL AS A FARMER CAUSED HIM TO BE REGARDED AS A FIRST RATE BUSINESS 
MAN.  HE WAS BORN IN THE COLEMAN SECTION OF RANDOLPH COUNTY 47 YEARS AGO, BUT 
THE GREATER PART OF HIS LIFE WAS SPENT IN CLAY.


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