Floyd County GaArchives Obituaries.....Fountain, Jim October 14, 1935
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Rome News Tribune, October 15, 1935
Fountain Funeral Wednesday AT 11 AT Cave Spring
  Funeral services for Jim Fountain, whose body was found floating down the Etowah
river late yesterday morning, will be conducted Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock at
the Cave Spring Baptist church. The Rev. Ed. Dempsey will officiate, with burial in
the Cave Spring cemetery.
  A coroner's jury yesterday afternoon returned a verdict that Fountain had
committed suicide. His body was discovered by Eugene Edgins and Hugh Dean when their
attention was drawn by the strange actions of a bird-dog belonging to Fountain, who
apparently was following the body. Officers Jenkins and Washington recovered the
remains from the river at the east end of Fourth avenue.
  A brief suicide note is reported to have been found on the trestle near where the
body was recovered. It stated "Jim Fountain in river", and was scribbled on a piece
of old newspaper. It was stated by members of his family that Fountain had been
suffering from ill health for some time, and had frequently threatened to kill
himself.
  The following members of the Redmen Lodge, No. 99, of which the deceased was a
member, will serve as pallbearers Cliff Spence, Luther Reeves, Jake Battle, Warner
Thompson, Clyde Moore and Frank Battle.

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