Cobb County GaArchives Obituaries.....Gramling, Thomas A September 10 1923
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Cobb County Times
Cobb County Times 13 September 1923
Thomas Gramling Dies Here After Lengthy Illness
Successful Business Man, Answers Call After Long Life of Service

Thomas A. Gramling, 73, well-known Atlanta and Marietta business man, died 
Monday night at his home on Powder Springs street, following a long illness. 
He had been prominently identified in business circles here for 45 years, and 
was a prominent member of the Methodist church. 
Mr. Gramling was born in Forsyth county, Georgia, December 12, 1850, and moved 
to Atlanta in the early 70's to take a position in the shoe store of Edleman 
and Brown. He, with his late brother, John R. Gramling, and Dr. R. B. 
Spalding, formed the firm of Gramling-Spalding company, wholesale shoe 
merchants in January, 1875, and continued to operate under that name until May 
1, 1919, when the firm changed to Gramling, Spalding and Collinsworth.
He moved to Marietta in 1895 and continued his residence there until his 
death. He was a member of the board of stewards of the Methodist church in 
Marietta, the Water and Light Board, served as trustee for Reinhardt college, 
Young Harris college, the Home for Superannuated Ministers of the Methodist 
Church and the Decatur Orphans Home. 
He is survived by his widow, former Miss Eloise Simpson, of Marietta; four 
daughters, Mrs. Howard Perkinson, and Mrs. Thomas W. Reed, Jr, both of 
Marietta; Mrs. Harry Miles and Mrs. Oliver Hereth, both of Indiana; two sons, 
John Gramling, of Columbus, Ohio, and Thomas A. Gramling, Jr. of Marietta; two 
sisters, Mrs. W. F. Moore and Mrs. H. T. Bell, of Marietta, and a brother, W. 
S. Gramling, of Atlanta. 
A great number of relatives and friends attended the funeral of T. A. 
Gramling, which was held from the residence Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock. 
The funeral services were conducted by the Rev. R. C. Clecker, pastor of the 
First Methodist church, Dr. J. H. Patton, of the Presbyterian, and the Rev. J. 
Wylie Quillian, presiding elder of the Augusta district. All paid high tribute 
to Mr. Gramling's earnest Christian life and many philanthropic deeds. 
The pallbearers were Richard Simpson and Ellis Talley, of Knoxville, Tenn.; W. 
S. Spalding and M. S. McNeel, L. B. Robeson, George A. Griffin, and E. P. 
Dobbs, of Marietta. 
Among those from a distance attending the funeral were: Mrs. Olive Hereth, and 
Mrs. J. H. Miles, of Indianapolis; Mrs. J. C. Talley, Miss Pearl Simpson, R. 
H. Simpson, and Ellis and Alvin Talley of Knoxville, Tenn.; Mr. and Mrs. R. G. 
Clay of Atlanta; Mr. and Mrs. Will Spalding, Mr. Robert Hemphill, William 
Gramling, and Robert Gramling all of Atlanta; Quillian Kellogg, of Jasper; 
Will Galt, of Canton; Mrs. Louise Adams, of Atlanta, and the Rev. Brinsfield, 
of the Decatur Orphans' Home. 

Grambling, Thomas A. 

The Forsyth County News, September 13, 1923 

Thomas A. Grambling of Marietta, many years ago a citizen of Cumming, died at 
his Marietta home Monday. He was 72 years old, and is survived by a wife, 
several children, and a number of other relatives... 

Georgia Death Index, 1919-1927

Name: Thomas A. Gramling 
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Death Date: 10 Sep 1923 
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County of Death: Cobb 
Certificate: 25618-E 
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Additional Comments:
Mrs. Louise Adams, my grandmother, grew up at the Decatur Orphans Home, and 
Mr. Gramling helped pay for her to attend Reinhardt College and later the 
State Normal School in Athens. She lived with the Gramlings during the summers 
in college and later for a year when she taught school in Marietta. Two of her 
children were named for Mr. and Mrs. Gramling.]


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