Madison-Banks County GaArchives Obituaries.....McCurdy, James, Dr. April 14, 1927
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Danielsville Monitor 29 pr 1927
In Memoriam

   In the Death of Dr. Jim McCurdy which occurred on April 14th, there passed 
from earth, truly, a gentleman of the "old school," a type of manhood 
symbolical of the Old South, its culture, refinement and high moral integrity.
    He was born in Madison County in 1859, the son of John A. and Nancy 
McCurdy; attended the University of Georgia, graduating with highest honors in 
the class of 1879; later going to the University Medical College in Augusta 
where he was fitted to begin the practice of his chosen profession.
    He first located in Maysville, Ga., later going to Tallapoosa, where he 
built up an extensive practice, reared his family and spent the greater part 
of his life. Within the last few years he had retired from practice and was 
living in Memphis, Tenn. where his death occurred.
    Madison County had reason, indeed, to be proud of this valiant son whose 
life and services were a benediction to those whom he ministered unto.  With 
his kind and gentle disposition he was, truly, the "friend to man."  He was 
ever a loyal son, too, coming back frequently to visit old scenes, friends and 
loved ones, feeling that here was hollowed ground.
    A wife, and two sons dying their young manhood, had preceded him by a few 
years.  Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Robert Ramsay and Miss Emily 
McCurdy, of Memphis; a sister Mrs. J. P. Gholston of Comer and a half brother, 
Charles McCurdy of Maysville.
    His going reminds one of these beautiful lines of Tennyson:

"Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me;
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to Sea.
But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep,
Turns again home.
Twilight and evening bell, 
And often that the dark;
And may there be no sadness of farewell
When I embark;
For thought from out our bourne of time and place
The floods may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot, face to face
When I have crossed the bar."

---M.B.G., Apr. 25, 1927


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