Grady County GaArchives Obituaries.....Stephens, Francis Marion  February 1917
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The Cairo Messenger, Friday, February 16, 1917
Death of Francis Marion Stephens

One of the saddest deaths to occur in Cairo in a long while was that of Francis 
Marion Stephens. Francis had been sick for three weeks and was carried to Dr. 
Walker's Sanitarium Thursday, February 1st and operated upon Friday morning.  
He seemed to rally from the operation, and it was thought he was getting on 
nicely, but after two or three days he began to grow worse and the end came 
last Saturday at 12:25 p.m.  The cause of his death was due to appendicitis.  
Everything that medical aid and loving hands could do was done for Francis but 
without avail.

The deceased was 15 years of age of the 22nd day of last September and was a 
consistent member of the Cairo Methodist Church.  It can truthfully be said of 
Francis that he was a sterling youth and was always willing to lend a helping 
hand to those in need.

The funeral services were held Sunday morning at eleven o'clock conducted by 
Rev. J. T. Ryder, assisted by Rev. Walter C. Jones and attended by a large 
concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends.  Interment followed in the Cairo 
cemetery.  The pall bearers were members of his Sunday School class of which he 
was a faithful member.  The floral offerings were many and showed the high 
esteem in which Francis was held.

The Messenger joins the many relatives and friends in extending condolence to 
the bereaved ones in the hour of sorrow and affliction.   

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