Lamar-Monroe County GaArchives News.....2 Lamar Leaders Die At Residences April 1939
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Atlanta Constitution April 1939
Henry N. Sappington, Samuel H. Bush Succumb Same Day.
     Special to the Constitution.
     Barnesville, Ga., April 19 -- Two leading Lamar county farmers--Henry 
Newsom Sappington, 86, and Samuel Hempton Bush--died at their homes in Redbone 
district.  Both had been ill about six months.
     Mr. Sappington and Mr. Bush were both born, reared and spent all their 
lives in Redbone.  They were members of pioneer families, Mr. Sappington's 
parents being the late Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Sappington, and Mr. Bush's parents 
being Samuel Houston and Elizabeth Owen Bush.  Mr. Bush was a grandson of the 
late Jackson Bush, the original settler of Redbone community.
     Mr. Sappington is survived by his wife; two daughters and five sons, Mrs. 
F. H. Bush and Collier Sappington, of Redbone, Mrs. Lee Hunter, of Griffin, 
Dr. N. O. Sappington, of Akron, Ohio, Gordon Sappington, of San Diego, Cal., 
Homer Sappington, of Barnesville, and Joe H. Sappington, of Trion; a brother, 
J. A. Sappington, and a sister, Miss Gillie Sappington, of Barnesville; and 
six grandchildren.
     Services for Mr. Sappington were held this afternoon in Prospect 
Methodist church, the Rev. J. A. Griffies officiating.  Burial was in the 
family cemetery.
     Mr. Bush is survived by three brothers, Robert Lee and Millard Bush, of 
Barnesville, and John Glen bush, of Goggins; two sisters, Miss Julia Bush, of 
Redbone, and Miss Janie Bush, of the faculty of G. S. W. C. in Valdosta; seven 
nephews, and five nieces.
     Funeral services for Mr. Bush will be held at 11 o'clock Thursday morning 
in Fredonia Congregational church in Redbone, the Rev. Gerald Smith 
officiating.  Burial will be in Fredonia cemetery.

Additional Comments:
The Georgia Death Index actually gives their death dates a day apart:
Henry N. Sappington, d. 18 April 1939  Lamar Co., GA
Samuel H. Bush, d. 19 April 1939  Lamar Co., GA

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