Elbert-Wilcox County GaArchives Obituaries.....Olds, John Newell March 17, 1939 ************************************************ 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: Elaine Turk Nell emturk1976@hotmail.com October 18, 2005, 10:21 pm Elberton Star, 21 March 1939 Mr. James Newell Olds, nearly 88 years old, born and reared in Elbert County, widely beloved and commanding the confidence and respect of all who knew him, died at the Elbert County Hospital Saturday night about 8:15 o'clock, following a short illness. Funeral services were conducted at Bethlehem Church Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock by Rev. H. A. McNeal, of Tignall, former pastor of the deceased. Burial was in the churchyard, with Bowers and Marila, funeral directors, in charge. Mr. Olds is survived by a son and a daughter, J. N. Olds, Jr., of Elbert County, and Mrs. Charlie Rich of Maxeys, Ga. Also by three sisters, Mrs. W. H. Turner of Atlanta, Mrs. C. J. Majors of Cummings, and Mrs. Reedy vincent of Stone Mountain, and one brother, William Olds of Pitts, Ga. Additional Comments: James Newell Olds was born on 17 Mary 1851 in Elbert Co., GA to Daniel Griswold Olds and Mary Elizabeth (Black) Olds. He married Sarah "Sallie" Elizabeth DuBose on 10 October 1868 in Elbert Co., GA. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/elbert/obits/o/olds7654ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb