Glynn County GaArchives Obituaries.....SWEAT, Wiltha Mira (Lane) March 25, 1946
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The Brunswick News; Monday 25 March 1946; pg. 8 col. 2

WOMAN HANGS SELF, FOUND BY PARENTS—Coroners Jury Says Mrs. Larry Sweat 
Died “By Her Own Hands”

The gruesome sight of their young daughter, Mrs. Wiltha Mira Lane Sweat, 22, 
wife of Larry Sweat, hanging to a rope fastened to a rafter of her home, 
greeted Mr. and Mrs. M.H. Lane about 11 o’clock today when they dropped in for 
a visit to Mrs. Sweat at her home, 3606 Norwich street, just north of the 
Fourth Street School and a few blocks beyond the city limits.

As soon as they could remove the body, the parents called a physician and 
Miller’s ambulance, and an inhalator was used, but to no avail, as Mrs. Sweat, 
it was generally believed, was dead when she was found by her parents.

Coroner J.D. Baldwin was called, and summoned a jury.  After an investigation 
the jury returned a verdict that Mrs. Sweat “came to her death by her own 
hands.”

Members of Mrs. Sweat’s family are at a complete loss to understand her act, 
and as yet no cause whatever has been assigned for it.  However, it was stated 
that Mrs. Sweat had not been in the best of health recently.

Mrs. Sweat, a graduate of Glynn Academy, came to Brunswick with her parents 
from Jesup when she was three years of age.  She was married four or five 
years ago to Mr. Sweat, who returned a few months ago after serving some time 
in the Army.  During the time he was in service she was employed at the local 
office of the Georgia Power Company.

Shortly after his return, the couple purchased the home on Norwich street and 
had since resided there.  Mrs. Sweat was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Lane.  
During the long time she had resided here she made many friends who will be 
grieved to learn of her death.

She is survived only by her husband and her parents.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock at the Norwich 
Street Baptist church, to be conducted by the Rev. C.H. Moss, and burial will 
follow in Palmetto cemetery.  The following will serve as pallbearers:  Fred 
Barnes, N.C. King, I.M. Aiken, Eustice Sheifer, Billy Konetzko and Wilfred 
Youngner.  Arrangements are in charge of Mortician Edo Miller.


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