Elbert County GaArchives.....Obituary of G. B. Conwell
9 August 1912
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The following obituary appeared in the 9 Aug 1912 edition
of the Elberton Star newspaper:

"G. B. CONWELL DIED THURSDAY MORNING. Good citizen and 
splendid business man of Goss no more - Burial Monday next.

"Mr. George B. Conwell's death, which occurred at his home
at Goss about 7:30 Thursday morning was a shock to his many
friends all over the country. Grave apprehension of his 
recovery has been felt since the operation for appendicitis
Tuesday morning however. Not only had the appendix bursted,
and the intestines turned black, but he was suffering from
a constitutional erouble. 

"Mr. Conwell was about 60 years old and was a man of good 
executive ability. As a business man and farmer he had wide
experience and much dealing with the people of this entire 
section, and every one had the highest regard for his 
uprightness and integrity, and all of them are made sad by
his deoparture. 

"Mr. Concwell is survived by his wife and two small children,
Jack and Lula, and by the following children by his first
marriage, John Conwell of Derrington, Washington, Mrs. R. J. 
Dean of New York City, Mrs. Fred W. Brock of Elberton, George
B. Conwell, Jr. and Misses Norma and Chessye Conwell of Goss.

"Mr. Conwell will be buried this afternoon at the family 
cemetery near his late home. The services will be conducted
by Rev. R. A. Smith and Rev. T. R. Kendall, both of Bowman."

[Submitter's notes: George Barrett Conwell was born 12 Oct
1878, the son of James A. Conwell and Sallie Dupree Mann.
He married 1st on 15 Jan 1878 to Sarah "Sally" Viletta Hall
(1859-1900), daughter of Lt. James Chambers Hall and Mary
Adaline Loftis.]

Submitted by: Chandler Eavenson