Cobb-Fulton County GaArchives Obituaries.....Delk, William P. October 11, 1920 ************************************************ 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: Valerie ( Johnson ) Freeman http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00009.html#0002248 October 28, 2010, 12:48 am "The Atlanta Constitution" Atlanta, Fulton Co., Georgia Tuesday, October 12, 1920 William P. Delk William P. Delk, 65 years of age, died Monday at a private hospital. The body will be sent Tuesday to Sardis church. Mr. Delk is survived by two brothers, John Delk, of Texas, and R. D. Delk, of Marietta, Ga. - - - Funeral Notices DELK - Died Monday morning at a local hospital Mr. William P. Delk in his 65th year. Surviving are two brothers, Mr. John Delk, Texas; Mr. R. D. Delk, Marietta, Ga; one sister, Mrs. Harvey Sewell, Marietta, Ga. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Awtry & Lowndes Co., funeral directors. Joseph R. Gartreil, Jr. in charge. - - - Thursday, October 14, 1920 DELK - Friends of Mr. William P. Delk, Mr. John Delk, Texas, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Delk, Marietta, Ga., Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sewell, Marietta, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Delk, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Delk and Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Delk, both of Marietta, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Pitts, Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Pitts and Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Burton are invited to attend the funeral of Mr. William P. Delk this (Thursday) morning, at 11 o'clock, from Sardis church near Marietta, Ga. Funeral cortege will proceed from the chapel of Awtry & Lowndes Co. promptly at 9 o'clock. Following nephews of the deceased are requested to serve as pallbearers: Messrs. A. J, J. E. and A. D. Delk. C. A. and H. R. Pitts and R. C. Burton. Interment church yard. Joseph B. Gartrell, Jr. in charge. Additional Comments: Son of Jackson Delk & Isabella C. York (married July 30, 1844 in Forsyth Co., Georgia) * 1900 Census - Atlanta City Ward 5, Fulton Co., Georgia; ED 67; pg. 15A HH as of June 1, 1900 - Enumerated June 12, 1900 - #189-368 William P. Delk, lodger, W M, July 1854, 45, S, Ga Ga Ga, Drug Clerk living with Sarah Purtell family * 1910 Census - Atlanta City Ward 5, Fulton Co., Georgia; ED 76; pg. 8A HH as of April 15, 1910 - Enumerated April 19, 1910 Bellwood Ave - #214 William P. Delk, boarder, M W, 56, S, Ga Ga Ga, Clerk - Drug Store living with Annie Walker family * 1920 Census - Atlanta Ward 6, Fulton Co., Georgia; ED 114; pg. 10A HH as of January 1, 1920 - Enumerated January 10, 1920 Piedmont Ave - # 64 1/2-144-190 William P. Delk, lodger, M W, 57, S, Ga Ga Ga, Proprietor - Medicine Co living witg William B. Wimburm * State of Georgia Certificate of Death #28651 POD: Grady Hospital - Atlanta, Fulton Co., Georgia Name: William P. Delk Res: 69 1/2 Piedmont Ave male white single Age: 56 Occupation: Druggist POB: Ga Father: Jackson Delk, b. Ga Mother: Mary York, b. Ga Informant: Mr. A. J. Delk - Peachtree Arcad Bldg DOD: Oct 11, 1920 Cause: Typhoid Fever Contributory: Perforation of Intestines Burial: Sardis Ch Yard near Marietta Ga on 10/14, 1920 Undertaker: Awtry & Lowndes File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/cobb/obits/d/delk9906gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 3.4 Kb