Grady County GaArchives Obituaries.....Tuggle, James A. July 21 1918
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The Cairo Messenger, Friday, August 9, 1918
Mr. J. A. Tuggle Died In Atlanta

The remains of Mr. James A. Tuggle, a prominent Grady County citizen who 
resided in the Northern portion of the county was brought home from Atlanta 
Tuesday and laid to rest.  Mr. Tuggle had been on a visit to relatives in the 
Northern part of the state and took sick at the Union Station in Atlanta, and 
was carried to Grady hospital where he died the following day, July 21st.  
There were no identification papers on him and was buried without anyone 
knowing who he was.  He was survived by his wife and several children.  The 
Atlanta Constitution carried the following story in its Monday's issue 
concerning his death:

"The body of the unknown man who died at the Grady hospital on July 21, and was 
buried several days ago, was exhumed Monday and identified as J. A. Tuggle, 62 
years old, of Grady County, by his son, W. F. Tuggle, who had started a search 
for him.  The aged man fell in the Terminal station on July 20, supposedly 
suffering from a stroke of apoplexy, and was carried to the Grady hospital 
where he died a few hours later without regaining consciousness.  There was 
nothing on his person to indicate who he was and the body was turned over to 
the undertaking establishment of Harry G. Poole.

Tuggle called at the Grady hospital, and when told a man answering the 
description of his father had died there some time ago, he went to Poole's 
chapel, where he identified the clothing and personal effects of the old man.  
According to the undertakers, Tuggle declared his father had been visiting 
relatives in North Georgia and was on his way home when he fell at the depot.  
The dead man is survived by his wife and five sons.  The body was sent home 
Monday night for interment."    


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