Grady COUNTY GA Obituaries - Green Franklin Lodge 1934 File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Janet Sumner ************************************************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ************************************************************************************************************** The Cairo Messenger, March 16, 1934 Mr. Lodge Fatally Hurt In Car Wreck Prominent Whighamite Dies In Thomasville Of Injuries Mr. Green Franklin Lodge, 58 years of age, a prominent citizen of Whigham and an extensive turpentine operator, was fatally injured about 7:30 o'clock, central time, Wednesday night, when the automobile which he was driving left the highway, Route 38, 7 miles east of Thomasville. Mr Lodge was returning to his home in Whigham from a business trip to Augusta and had supper with his son, Mr. Lloyd Lodge, at Pidcock. He was said to have been driving a fairly rapid rate and it is presumed that he lost control of his machine when he ran into a shower of rain. The paving between Thomasville and Boston is such that it becomes slippery when wet. The car was about 30 feet from the highway when it stopped. Some negroes who were travelling eastward witnessed the crash and rushed to Boston and notified officers. A Boston policeman rushed to the scene to find Mr. Lodge still conscious, although it was later determined that he sustained a skull fracture, a broken back and a broken neck. He gave the officer his name and told him he had relatives in Boston and Whigham. The officer sped back and summoned an ambulance from the Archbold Hospital, In Thomasville, but Mr. Lodge succumbed to his injuries a few minutes after he reached the hospital, or about 8:15 o'clock. His tragic death was a great shock to his many friends throughout this section. Mr. Lodge operated turpentine distilleries at Pidcock, DuPont, Whigham and Bainbridge, and owned several farms and a considerable acreage of land in this county. He was one of the most prominent men in the turpentine industry in South Georgia. He was born in Decatur County, Ga., in what is now Grady County, and spent practically his entire life in this section, where he was widely connected. The funeral arrangements had not been completed when The Messenger went to press Thursday, but it was stated that the funeral will probably be held at the Whigham Baptist church today, Friday, at 3 o'clock. Interment will follow in the Whigham cemetery. Surviving are his widow; four sons, Lloyd Lodge, Pidcock, Lawton, G. F. and John Alford Lodge, Whigham; three daughters, Mrs. Charles Butler, Columbus, Mrs. Sam Stephens, Bainbridge, and Mary Lodge, a college student at Athens; and six sisters, Mrs. J. E. Hudson, Mrs. Chas. McCorkle, Mrs. John M. Harrison and Mrs. Henry Edwards, all residing in or near Whigham, Mrs. J. T. Larkin, of Quincy, and Mrs. Gussie Douglas, of Camilla.