Dooly County GaArchives News.....Heart Trouble Claims Life of R. E. Robertson March 7 1935
************************************************
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:
Olivia Terjesen terjesen@adelphia.net January 30, 2004, 1:35 pm

Vienna News
A front page notice of Rufus Robertson's death in the Vienna News dated March 
7, 1935.  It stated the following:

Funeral Services Sunday At Harmony Church for Dooly County Farmer

Rufus Erastus Robertson, probably one of the best known and most loved farmers 
of Dooly County, died at his home on Route 2, Pinehurst at 7:15 Saturday 
morning of heart trouble after being confined to his home and bed for about a 
week.  He had been suffering from his heart for four or five years, but it was 
only a few days ago that his ailment became so acute as to prevent him from 
going about his affairs.  

Mr. Robertson had been a resident of Dooly County for 37 years, having been 
born at Knoxville, GA.  He was Chief of police at Unadilla, Ga for several 
years, and then engaged in farming for the past 18 years he had resided at his 
home place, where he died.  Mr. Robertson was one of the progressive farmers of 
the county, employing such methods as were best fitted to his type of 
agricultural operations and had attained prestige in his community and the 
county which made him a leader in all walks of life.  He was particularly 
interested in the school affairs of his community and exerted his every effort 
toward the betterment of his community and its people.  Mr. Robertson's 
favorite description of himself was "the meanest man in Dooly County," but he 
refuted this verbal description by his many acts of neighborliness, charity and 
goodwill toward his fellowman and his community, and his funeral was problably 
the most largely attended of any in the county in recent years, a large 
concourse of sorrowing friends and relatives attending to pay a last tribute to 
a man who had been a friend and neighbor to them.  Mr. Robertson was 63 years 
old at the time of his death and had reared a large family by which he had done 
a father's part to the very best of his ability.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Harmony Church, of 
which he was a member, and were conducted by Rev. Raymond L. Harvey, who paid 
glowing tribute to the life and character of this good and useful 
citizen.  "How Beautiful Heaven Must Be" and "Dear Daddy, He's Gone" were sung 
by Adrian Peavy, Herbert Peavy, Derward Howard, and Mrs. Herman Sangster.  
Accompaniments were played by Mrs. Derward Howard.  Interment took place at 
Harmony Cemetery with Lee Williams, Felton McCrary, John McCrary, Frank Bowen, 
John Draughon, and Carl Lewis serving as active pallbearers, while an honorary 
escort was composed of V. L. Harris, Ben Walton, L. M. Peavy, A. M. Wilson, Jim 
Whitehead, J. G. Spradley, W. E. Shivers, Will Roberts, L. S. Wilson, and J. L. 
Cross.  Akin Funeral Home, of Vienna, was in charge of funeral arrangements.  

Mr. Robertson is survived by his widow, Mrs. Sara Elizabeth Robertson, one son, 
Thomas Henry Robertson, and five daughters, Mrs. Horace Spivey, Vienna; Mrs. 
Lessie Bowen, Mrs. E. F. cross, Misses Gladys Ruth, and Agnes Winifred 
Robertson. Four brothers, Henry and N. T. Robertson, of Crosby, Texas; Emmett 
Robertson, of Ideal, and J. J. Robertson, of Covington, also survive. 


This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/

File size: 3.6 Kb