Jasper County GaArchives Obituaries.....Lane, Augustus W. March 30, 1883 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Tom Heys tomheys@epbfi.com July 4, 2012, 3:06 pm The Jasper County News, April 7, 1883 Major Augustus W. Lane departed this life on 30th ult., at his residence in this county, in the 77th year of his age. We have known him from our childhood, and well remember the words of cheer and encouragement he often gave us. Major Lane was no ordinary man. It can truly be said of him that, the world was bettered by his having lived in it. He was remarkable for his intimacy and interestedness with young people especially boys, wherever he met them, he had a “howdy do you do” and a friendly shake of the hand for each one, and would encourage them to study good books, and strive to be useful men. We ever held him in the highest esteem and shall revere his memory for the inspiring words he said to us in our earliest childhood and which has stimalated (sic) us all through life to strive to be of service, to our kind and country. To all he was genial and kind, and one of the politest men we ever knew. He served a campaign in the Creek Indian _________________ 1836, returned home read ____________ was admitted to the Bar______________ . For many years_______________________ one of the Justices of__________________________ court of our county ___________________in ___________________________. We tender his _____________________sincere condolence. Additional Comments: This transcription was from a tattered page with missing parts, thus the blanks in text. The repository is the Georgia Newspaper Project Microfilm Holdings at the University of Georgia. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/jasper/obits/l/lane10541gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb