Glynn County GaArchives Obituaries.....Blount, James August 10, 1940
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12 August 1940; The Brunswick News; pg. 8 col. 4

James Blount, 51, County Resident Shoots Himself

        Jas. Blount, 51-year-old Glynn county resident, ended his life 
Saturday afternoon near his home on the canal road, eight miles from 
Brunswick, shooting his head off with a single barrelled [sic] shotgun, and 
Coroner J.D. Baldwin said after an investigation that it was unquestionably 
suicide.
        According to evidence secured by the coroner Blount returned to his 
home Saturday afternoon and acted queerly.  He went into his house and picked 
up the single-barrel shotgun with which he ended his life.  Members of his 
family became frightened, the coroner was told, and fled from the house.  They 
walked some distance up the road and heard a report of the gun.  Returning, 
Blount was found in the yard of his home, his head practically blown off.  It 
was evident he placed the gun close to his head and pulled the trigger.
        A coroner's jury yesterday, after hearing evidence, returned a verdict 
that the man came to his death from a shotgun wound self-inflicted.
        Blount had resided in Glynn county for many years and was well known 
in the vicinity in which he resided and elsewhere.  The only reason assigned 
for his act was that he had been despondent for some time.  He is survived by 
his widow and five children.
        Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon, burial being in 
Palmetto cemetery.


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