Fulton County GaArchives News.....Funeral of Moncrief Will Be Held Today May 18, 1923
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The Atlanta Constitution May 18, 1923
The body of George Moncrief, 32, of 788 Grant Street, will be laid to rest in 
the Magnolia cemetery this afternoon, following funeral services to be held 
from the residence of his father-in-law, James R. Carroll, 322 South 
Boulevard, at 3 o'clock.

He was injured Wednesday afternoon while working on an engine in the 
roundhouse of the Southern railway in Inman yards.  He was preparing to 
descend into the work pit, when the engine was unexpectedly started by Lloyd 
E. Norman, 16 Tifton Street, a helper, knocking him into the pit head first.  
His neck was broken, his skull and chest crushed, and otherwise internally 
injured.

Mr. Moncrief had just recovered from another near-fatal accident in which he 
was involved at the shops.  About two months ago his skull was fractured when 
he was hit by a large boiler being swung on a crane.  He was in bed six weeks, 
and had been back on the job about two weeks performing light duties.  
Wednesday was the first day on which he had performed his regular duties, that 
of an expert boiler-maker.

He was a member of Nathan Bedford Forrest Klan, No. 1, Knights of the Ku Klux 
Klan, John Rosier Masonic Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Junior 
Order United American Mechanics and the International Brotherhood of 
Boilermakers.  Members of the various orders will attend the funeral services.

He is survived by his widow; a small daughter, Martha Estelle Moncrief; his 
father, G.B. Moncrief, of Lizella, Ga.; three sisters, Mrs. F.E. Bruner and 
Mrs. Claude Sellers, of Macon, and Mrs. Joe Durden, of Atlanta; two brothers, 
M.W. Moncrief of Macon and J.W. Shineltzer, of Waycross, the latter a half 
brother.

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