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Death Notices from The Meriwether County Vindicator, Volume 31, December 5, 1902 - November  27, 1903

In order to maintain an alphabetized format, notices have been
paraphrased in the vernacular of the original. All readable
data of genealogical interest has been included. Tributes,
ranging from one line to several paragraphs, are not included.
There are a few missing issues in this volume and some pages
are unreadable. Bracketed locations such as (Luthersville)
indicate the location of the correspondent reporting the death
and, if not specified, are likely the place of death.

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ALMAN, Mr. R. O., died last Friday morning and was interred
here on Saturday; (Rocky Mount); he was a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Allen Alman, and was married about two months ago to Miss
Knight; (Centreville) Vol. 31, No. 15, March 13, 1903

BANNING, Mr. Frank, died at LaGrange last Monday night, the
29th of June, where he went several weeks ago for medical
treatment, and was buried in Greenville Tuesday evening; Vol.
31, No. 30, July 3, 1903. In this later issue: he was the
youngest son of the late Joseph L. Banning, who came from
Connecticut to Greenville as one of the pioneer settlers of the
town; the deceased was born in Greenville about 1848, entering
the mercantile business as a young man with his father,
assuming charge of the business after his father's death; Vol.
31, No. 31, July 10, 1903. In this later issue is a memorial by
his niece, Nellie; Vol. 31, No. 33, July 17, 1903

BARNES, Mr. Joseph Henry, of Griffin, a former Meriwether
citizen, died last Saturday, at about sixty years of age; he
was the son of the late Jordan Barnes, and was born and grew to
manhood in Meriwether at the family homestead near Harris City;
after the war he moved to Griffin which has since been his
home; before moving to Griffin he was married to Miss Ophelia
Nichols, daughter of the late Isaac C. Nichols; he was long  a
member of the Baptist church, joining as a boy at Antioch; Vol.
31, No. 34, July 24, 1903

BIRD, (also spelled BYRD in same notice), Mr. Crocket, died at
his home in Greenville last Saturday, and was carried to
Mountville for burial; he was a son of the late James Bird, and
was reared near Mountville, but in Meriwether county, and had
recently moved to Greenville; Vol. 31, No. 18, April 4, 1903

BLACK, two year old daughter of Mr. Otis Black of Atlanta, was
buried in Greenville last Saturday; Mr. Black was a former
resident of Greenville; Vol. 31, No. 13, February 27, 1903

BLOUNT, Mr. Levi P., oldest son of the late Freeman W. Blount,
died recently; he served one or more terms as sheriff of
Meriwether and was a Confederate soldier, taking part in the
first battle of Manassas, afterwards attached to the Western
army, fighting at Perryville and at the siege at Vicksburg; he
is survived by his wife and several children; Vol. 31, No. 26,
May 29, 1903 

BLOUNT, Miss Mary, the youngest daughter of the late Eli H.
Blount, died last week; Vol. 31, No. 28, June 12, 1903. In a
memorial by "Sister" in this later issue: Miss Blount was born
March 7, 1880 and died June 5, 1903, leaving her mother, two
sisters and a brother; Vol. 31, No. 31, July 10, 1903

BONNER, Mrs. Cora Blount, wife of Dr. Bonner (see below, no
first name stated in either notice) died at her home in Hickory
Flat, Chambers county, Alabama on Sunday of last week; she was
a a former resident of Greenville and daughter of the late
Freeman W. Blount; [portions from the Carrollton Times of last
week] Vol. 31, No. 45, October 9, 1903

BONNER, Dr., of Alabama, died recently; he was the husband of
the former Miss Cora Blount who was born and reared near
Greenville; Vol. 31, No. 32, July 17, 1903

BRANSFORD, Charley, a negro well known in Greenville, was found
near Bullochville recently, sitting in a buggy having been
fatally shot; dwellers in a nearby residence heard a quarrel
and a shot during the night; Vol. 31, No. 6, January 9, 1903

BRITTAIN, Mr. Tom, a cousin of Mrs. C. H. Lowe, died of
consumption Sunday morning at the residence of Mr. Lowe; the
remains were carried to Carmel Monday for burial; Vol. 31, No.
16, March 20, 1903

BROOK, Mrs. Mary E., wife of W. P. Brook, died January (the day
and year are unreadable); from memorials of members of the
Union Baptist church who have died recently (recently not
defined) most of which is unreadable; Vol. 31, No. 52, November
27, 1903

BULLOCH, Mr. Cyprian, news of his death at his home at
Bullochville was learned Friday evening (see date below); a
native of Meriwether, he was about 65 years of age, and bore
his father's name; his father came from Savannah when a young
man and was a relative of the mother of President Roosevelt; he
was buried in the Bullochville cemetery with Masonic
ceremonies; Vol. 31, No. 17, March 27, 1903. In a memorial by A
Loving Friend in this later issue: he was born December 3, 1848
within a few miles of his late home, and died March 19, 1848;
he joined Macedonia Baptist church in 1875, and five years
previous became a Mason; he was buried in the cemetery at
Bullochville by members of the Masonic order; Vol. 31, No. 30,
June 26, 1903

CALDWELL, Mr. Ernest, the eighteen year old son of Mr. J. M.
Caldwell, drowned last week while bathing in the creek at the
McCrary bridge near Carmel; he was buried at the cemetery at
Carmel; Vol. 31, No. 36, August 7, 1903

CALDWELL, Mr. Warren, died at the home of his parents near
Warnerville last Sunday, aged 26 years; he had contracted
malaria while working in south Georgia, and returning home
found sickness in the family at home, greatly weakening himself
in caring for his loved ones prior to his death; Vol. 31, No.
38, August 21, 1903

CARDEN, Mrs. Caroline, wife of Martin Carden, died December
(day and year unreadable); from memorials of members of the
Union Baptist church who have died recently (recently not
defined), most of which is unreadable; Vol. 31, No. 52,
November 27, 1903

CARTER, Mrs. Ida E., was born February 9, 1863 and died
November 17, 1902; she was the daughter of G. W. and Sarah F.
Gresham, and was married to Mr. F. B. Carter on December 20,
1882; a member of the Methodist church, she was laid to rest in
the Bethesda cemetery; from a memorial by her daughters, Fannie
Mae and Belle; Vol. 31, No. 7, January 16, 1903

CATO, Mr. James T., a resident of Fort Valley and former
operator of a beef market in Greenville, committed suicide July
12th in a neighborhood on the edge of Fort Valley; he was the
brother of Messrs. George and Emmett Cato of Meriwether; [part
from a Fort Valley newspaper] Vol. 31, No. 32, July 17, 1903

CAUDLE, Mr. Thomas H., died at his home in Greenville last
Tuesday evening, May 5th; he was 68 years old last December,
and had been a resident of Greenville for nearly 40 years; his
wife, the former Miss Sallie Turner, died several years ago; he
leaves five children, Mrs. Fenn, and son John, living in
Atlanta, Willie who lives in St. Louis, Mrs. George Moore of
Jones' Mills, and Miss Ella who was living with her father at
the time of his death; Vol. 31, No. 23, May 8, 1903

CHAFIN, Mrs. Sadie, was buried here last week; she leaves a
husband and little child; (Lone Oak) Vol. 31, No. 13, February
27, 1903

CLARK, Mr. Jesse D., brother of Mr. Lubie Clark (see below)
died at Midway and  was buried at the cemetery at Rocky Mount
last Saturday; (Rocky Mount) Vol. 31, No. 18, April 3, 1903. In
a memorial by Nevada Wyche in this later issue: he died on the
27th of March, 1903, at about 30 years of age; he was the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Clark and about nine years ago married Miss
Linnie Smith; he leaves a wife, three children, a mother, three
sisters and two brothers; Vol. 31, No. 21, April 24, 1903

CLARK, Mr. Lubie, died at Midway and was buried at the cemetery
at Rocky Mount last Saturday; his brother Mr. Jesse D. Clark
was buried at the same time; (Rocky Mount) Vol 31, No. 18,
April 3, 1903. In a memorial by Nevada Wyche in this later
issue; he died on the morning of March 26, 1903; born on June
16, 1880, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Clark; his mother,
three sisters and two brothers survive him; Vol. 31, No. 21,
April 24, 1903

CLARK, Mr. Lucius Warren, died at his home in Rex, Henry
county, on March 10, 1903; once a resident of Meriwether, he
was born in DeKalb county March 30, 1862, and was married to
Miss Luella Bowles of Meriwether on November 6, 1894; with his
wife he joined the Christian church and was baptized in 1899,
and was clerk of the church from the date of joining to the
time of his death; Vol. 31, No. 27, June 5, 1903 

CLARK, Miss Myrtis (also spelled Myrtice), of Midway, was
buried at this place last Sunday; (Rocky Mount). In another
notice in this issue: she died last Saturday of typhoid fever,
as did her brothers, Messrs. Jesse and Lubie Clark (see above);
Vol. 31, No. 29, June 19, 1903. In a memorial by "Her Aunt" in
this later issue: Miss Myrtice Clark died June 19, 1903, at 19
years of age; a member of the Methodist church, her funeral
services were conducted at Rocky Mount by her pastor, after
which she was laid to rest in Bethel cemetery; Vol. 31, No. 30,
June 26, 1903

CLINE, Rev. John H., died at his home in Byron, Ga. near Macon
the early part of the month; he was born in Meriwether about
1837, and was a brother to the late Mrs. E. S. Gaffney and Mrs.
E. Boyd; he was a graduate of the University of Georgia and had
been a principal of the school in Greenville and pastor of the
Greenville Baptist church; his wife, two sons and five
daughters survive; [part from the LaGrange Reporter of last
week] Vol. 31, No. 50, November 13, 1903

CULPEPPER, Mr. James D., died Sunday after being poisoned when
his good wife mistakenly gave him carbolic acid instead of the
intended brandy for a fainting spell; he was a skillful brick
mason, and is survived by brothers, Messrs. S. F. Culpepper of
Greenville, G. G. Culpepper of Lone Oak, Noah S. Culpepper of
Atlanta and Joel Culpepper of Carroll county; Vol. 31, No. 49,
November 6, 1903

DIXON, Dr. E. E., died of Bright's disease at his home in
Gainesville this morning (date not stated); he was born in
Meriwether county in 1847, a son of the late Hon. J. L. Dixon
of Woodbury; he was a brother of Dr. J. T. and Mr. A. P. Dixon,
present residents of Woodbury; he was for several years
chairman of Hall county commision of roads and revenues, and
had been president of the Georgia State sanitarium; he is
survived by his wife, the former Miss Annie Perry, sister of
State Senator H. H. Perry, and two daughters, Misses Georgia
and Erskine Dixon; a member of the Methodist church, his
funeral was at his residence and interment was at Alta Vista
cemetery; [from Atlanta Constitution, no date stated] Vol. 31,
No. 10, February 6, 1903

DUGAS, Mrs. Beatrice, died in Atlanta last week; the former
Miss Bee Peck was the second daughter of Prof. William Henry
Peck who once lived in Greenville, teaching school here and
editing the Georgian, a weekly newspaper published here during
the civil war; Vol. 31, No. 10, February 6, 1903

DUNLAP, Mr. David C., died at his home near Rocky Mount last
Friday afternoon; he was born in Tennessee, afterwards removed
to Alabama, coming to Meriwether in early manhood; he married
Miss Fannie Brittain, daughter of the late W. E. Brittain and
settled near Rocky Mount; several years ago he selected his own
monument and had an epitaph of his selection chiseled on the
marble shaft, and beneath it he was laid to rest last Saturday;
he was eighty years of age the 17th of last February; Vol. 31,
No. 38, August 21, 1903

DUTTON, Mr. D. D., was born about 1845 and died May 9, 1903;
from resolutions by members of his church, the name of which is
not stated; Vol. 31, No. 31, July 10, 1903

ECTOR, Miss Elizabeth Howard, the youngest daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Benton B. Ector, died at her home in Atlanta on June 25,
1903, in her 23rd year; she was born in Meriwether near
Greenville in 1880, attended public schools in Atlanta, and was
a member of the Methodist church; only a month before her
parents lost another daughter, Mrs. Lonie Kirby (listed below);
Vol. 31, No. 31, July 10, 1903

EDWARDS, Gen. J. W. B., a citizen of Greenville long ago, died
at Gadsden, Ala. last week; Vol. 31, No. 13, February 27, 1903

ELLIS, little Ruth, daughter of Rev. H. J. Ellis, pastor of the
First Methodist church in Dalton, died Monday and was interred
at Marietta Tuesday; Rev. Ellis was reared in Greenville and
had been pastor of the Methodist church at Chipley; he was for
nine years a resident of Atlanta, and had served a number of
other churches in north Georgia; Vol. 31, No. 46, October 16,
1903

ESTES, Mrs. Jane, wife of Mr. Nat Estes, died last Tuesday at
her home in Oakland, at about fifty years of age; she was a
daughter of Mr. Henry G. Clark and the mother of Mrs. Frank C.
Strozier of Greenville; she was a member of the Baptist church,
and had resided in Meriwether all her life; a brief notice
appeared in last week's issue; Vol. 31, No. 39, August 28, 1903

FARR, Miss Ella, died of fever Monday afternoon; she leaves her
brother, Mr. John Farr, and nephew, Mr. Ben Farr, who are both
ill with fever; Vol. 31, No. 46, October 16, 1903

FINDLEY, Dr. Charles H., the son of the late Wiley P. and Mrs.
Findley, died Wednesday morning at the Grady hospital in
Atlanta; he was born in Greenville and was 36 years old; a
member of the Baptist church, he joined Oakland lodge, Knights
of Pythias, while residing in Newnan; since coming to Atlanta
he has worked as a pharmacist at the Woodward avenue pharmacy;
his funeral was in Athens on Thursday at the First Baptist
church, and he was interred in Oconee cemetery; Vol. 31, No.
37, August 14, 1903

FULLER, Mr. Albert, died near Rocky Mount last Saturday (see
below) after a protracted illness, and was buried Sunday; his
aged wife, "Aunt Sarah" survives him;  Mrs. T. J. McGahee of
Greenville is a niece of the deceased; from the (Rocky Mount)
correspondent on this same page: the deceased was born in
August 1818 and was a member of the Methodist church; Vol. 31,
No. 20, April 17, 1903. In a memorial by H. B. Clark and W. H.
York in this later issue; he was born in South Carolina,
October 9, 1918 and died April 12, 1903 (see below); he moved
with his parents to Meriwether where he married Miss Sarah
Young over sixty years ago; they raised four sons and two
daughters, of whom two sons and one daughter survive; in 1860
he joined the church at Oakland, later moving his membership to
New Hope, and when the church at Rocky Mount was organized in
1880, he became a member there; Vol. 31, No. 34, July 24, 1903.
In a tribute by Masonic Lodge No. 363, F. & A. M. in this later
issue: date of death was April 11, 1903 (this date was a
Saturday); Vol. 31, No. 46, October 16, 1903

GILLESPIE, John D., Esq., died at Chipley last Monday after an
illness of several years; he was born in September 1827, was a
resident of LaGrange in early life, and in the early 1840's he
worked in the office of the LaGrange Reporter newspaper; in
early manhood he became a resident of White Sulphur Springs,
serving for a dozen or more years as county tax collecter;
"Uncle John," as he was familiarly known, was a member of the
Methodist church; Vol. 31, No. 37, August 14, 1903. In this
later issue are resolutions by Chipley lodge No. 40, F. & A.
M.; Vol. 31, No. 38, August 21, 1903

HALL, Dr. James H., of Newnan, died at his home Last Saturday
at the age of sixty-seven; born near Greenville, he grew to
manhood in Meriwether; nearly 40 years ago he was called to the
care of the Newnan Baptist church, preaching in that city ever
since; Vol. 31, No. 34, July 24, 1903

HOLT, Mrs. Annie Lee Terrell, died at her home in Columbus
Saturday night; she was the only daughter of Dr. J. E. G. and
Mrs. Sarah Anthony Terrell and was born in May 1866; in 1887
she married Mr. Hines Holt and to them were born seven
children, two of whom, Annie and Terrell, preceded their mother
to the grave, and the five living are Sarah Terrell, Mary
Lewis, Lena Terrell, Edwina and Hines Holt, Jr.; five brothers,
Gov. J. M. Terrell, Dr. E. B., W. A., J. R. and Dr. Henry W.
Terrell survive also; from an early age she was a member of the
Baptist church; Vol. 31, No. 47, October 23, 1903

HOWARD, infant of Mr. John Henry Howard of Oakland, died last
Sunday; Vol. 31, No. 15, March 13, 1903

HOWARD, infant of Mr. and Mrs. Leck Howard, died Thursday and
was buried Friday in the Bethel Rocky Mount cemetery; (Alps)
Vol. 31, No. 49, November 6, 1903

HOWELL, Mr. Ely, of White Plains, a brother of Hon. W. S.
Howell, committed suicide Tuesday by shooting himself with a
shotgun; Vol. 31, No. 18, April 3, 1903

JARRELL, Mrs. W. W., mother of Messrs. J. B. and A. B. Jarrell,
died at the home of Mr. J. B. Jarrell in Greenville last
Tuesday morning; the former Miss Mary Ann Wright was a daughter
of Isaac Wright, one of Meriwether's pioneers; she taught
school for several years before and after her marriage; she
survived her husband only about a year and is the last of a
large family of brothers and sisters; Vol. 31, No. 2, December
12, 1902

JENKINS, Mrs. Sudie, died at the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Stinson Woodruff, at Hogansville (if the date of death is
stated it is unreadable); from memorials of members of the
Union Baptist church who have died recently (recently not
defined), most of which is unreadable; Vol. 31, No. 52,
November 27, 1903

JOHNSON, Mrs. Ed, died at her home in the Lone Oak district
last Thursday and was buried at Providence church; she was a
granddaughter of Groeff Fuller, once a citizen of Meriwether;
she was a member of the Methodist church and was nearly 60
years of age; Vol. 31, No. 19, April 10, 1903

JONES, Mr. John O., died last Monday evening; he was born near
Greenville, the son of the late Allen Jones one of the county's
earliest citizens; he had barely reached his majority when he
enlisted in the first Confederate company raised in the county,
and in May 1861 left with his command for Virginia,
particpating in the battle at Manassas; after the war he
married Miss Lizzie Glass and settled down to the life of a
farmer; his four sons, R. A. Jones of Eatonton, J H. Jones of
Senoia, W. R. and J. A. Jones of Greenville, and a daughter,
Miss Alma Jones, survive him; a member of the Baptist church,
he was laid to rest at his home at Mt. Carmel Tuesday; Vol. 31,
No. 51, November 20, 1903

JUSTISS, Mr. M. D., a former resident of Meriwether, died
October 24, 1903 at Shuler, Arkansas; Vol. 31, No. 50, November
13, 1903

KEITH, Mr. Charlie, died last Friday morning near Grantville;
(Centreville) Vol. 31, No. 51, November 20, 1903

KING, Mr. David A., an aged Confederate veteran, died at the
Soldiers' Home in Atlanta last Friday morning; he was born in
Jones county, November 11, 1823, and came to Meriwether in
1829, moving to Upson county in 1845, and thence to Cobb, where
his home was burned by Sherman in his march to Atlanta; after
the war he moved to north Alabama, where the death of his wife
and the destruction of his home by fire caused his return to
Cobb; here, blind and infirm, he was found by an old friend,
Gen. William Phillips, who secured his admission to the
Soldiers' Home in January 1902; he was a licensed minister of
the Primitive Baptist Church; accompanied by an escort of his
old comrades he was laid to rest in Westview Cemetery in
Atlanta by the side of veterans who had preceded him; Vol. 31,
No. 30, June 26, 1903

KIRBY, Mrs. Lonie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benton B. Ector,
died the latter part of May 1903; information from the memorial
for her sister, Miss Elizabeth H. Ector (see above); Vol. 31,
No. 31, July 10, 1903. In a memorial by Thetis Holland in this
later issue: Mrs. Kirby died May 19, 1903; Vol. 31, No. 33,
July 17, 1903

LEDBETTER, a dispatch was received Sunday announcing her death
at her home in Marietta; she was the daughter of the late Judge
Myron Ellis and wife of Rev. Samuel B. Ledbetter, presiding
elder of the Marietta district; she was born and reared in
Greenville, and leaves her husband and an orphaned niece and
nephew to whom she had been mother and guardian; Vol. 31, No.
23, May 8, 1903

LOVEJOY, Rev. Anderson Ray, died recently (see below) at his
home at Decatur, Ga., in his 84th year; he was once a resident
of Greenville and for years a resident of the county, and was a
local minister of the Methodist church; he was the father of
Dr. W. P. Lovejoy, a minister of the North Georgia Conference,
and John H. Lovejoy, a lawyer residing in Texas; Vol. 31, No.
31, July 10, 1903. In a memorial by W. P. Lovejoy: he was born
in Jasper county, August 12, 1819, and died June 23, 1903;
locating in Meriwether while still a young man, he married Miss
Mary Ann Hatton in January 1843, this union lasting until
December 1890; to them were born six sons and six daughters,
nine of whom survive; Vol. 31, No. 37, August 14, 1903

LOWE, little Lillian, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Lowe, died
last Saturday, aged a year and a half; she was buried Sunday
near Carmel, the former residence of the parents; Vol. 31, No.
8, January 23, 1903

MAGRUDER, Mrs., wife of Mr. Frank H. Magruder, died at her home
near White Sulphur Springs last week; Vol. 31, No. 37, August
14, 1903

MAGRUDER, Mr. Robert H., news of his death at his home near
Chipley was learned Friday evening; Vol. 31, No. 37, August 14,
1903. In this later issue are resolutions by the Chipley Lodge
No. 40, F. & A. M.; Vol. 31, No. 38, August 21, 1903

MAGRUDER, Mr. W. T., died suddenly at Cramer last week; his
remains reached his old homestead near White Sulphur Springs
last Thursday; Vol. 31, No. 14, March 6, 1903

MASSENGALE, Miss Arvilla, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
L. Massengale, was born in December 1889 and died near Wheeless
Academy February 27, 1903, after being severely burned on
February 20th when her clothing caught on fire from standing
too close to an open fire; only her aunt, Miss Celia Fuller who
is totally blind, was in the room with her at the time; her
burial took place at old Enon Cemetery at Jones' Mills; from a
memorial by her classmates; Vol. 31, No. 15, March 13, 1903

MASSENGALE, Mr. Warren, his body was found on the track of the
M & B railroad just beyond the river in Upson county last
Sunday night; the body was badly cut to pieces and had been
placed on the track to create the impression he had been killed
by the train; it is thought the guilty parties will be located;
Vol. 31, No. 8, January 23, 1903

MATHEWS, Mr. Edward G., died at his home near Oakland last
Sunday, aged about 92 years; he was descended from a pioneer
family that came to Georgia from Virginia, and he came to
Meriwether from Elbert county over 50 years ago; a member of
the Baptist church, his remains were interred Monday by the
side of his late wife in the Mathews burial ground at the
residence of John T. Strozier, Esq. near Jones' Mills; Vol. 31,
No. 47, October 23, 1903

MCKOON, little Rosa, died on the night of the 11th of December,
1902, nearly 5 years old; from a memorial by M. R. Taylor. In a
report by the (Luthersville) correspondent on the same page:
she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. N. McKoon, and she died
from diphtheria; Vol. 31, No. 3, December 19, 1902

MORGAN, Rev. Thomas Guinn, was born in Herefordshire, England,
February 24, 1824 and died at Woodbury, Ga., January 9, 1903;
at the time of his death he was a member of Battle Hill Church,
in Atlanta; he was licensed to preach in England by the
Wesleyan Methodists, ordained deacon at Murfreesboro, Tenn.,
and elder at Santa Rosa, Cal.; he served churches in
California, Georgia and Alabama from 1872 to 1895; he was
thrice married, the first in England to Miss Sarah Leek, to
Miss Agnes McLaughlin in California, and last to Mrs. Josephine
Johnson, widow of Rev. J. B. Johnson; six children were born to
his first marriage, Mrs. J. A. Aycock of Woodbury being the
only one of the six who survives; the former Miss Annie
Johnson, now Mrs. Cook, is a daughter of his last wife; [from
J. S. Bryan in Wesleyan Advocate] Vol. 31, No. 12, February 20,
1903

MURPHY, infant son of Mre. and Mrs. I. B. Murphy, died last
Sautrday night and was buried here last Sunday afternoon;
(Luthersville) Vol. 31, No. 2, December 12, 1902

NALL, Mrs. Sallie Fannie, wife of Prof. C. C. Nall, died last
Friday at her home at Lone Oak; the former Miss Copeland of
Corinth, Heard county, was about 35 years of age; she leaves
her husband and several children; Vol. 31, No. 30, June 26,
1903

OLIVE, Mr. James, died August 21, (looks like 1902); from
memorials of members of the Union Baptist church who have died
recently (recently not defined), most of which is unreadable;
Vol. 31, No. 52, November 27, 1903

PARROTT, Harvey Bernard, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Parrott, was
born March 24, 1893 and died October 24, 1903; from a memorial
by "A Friend"; Vol. 31, No. 52, November 27, 1903

PARTRIDGE, Miss Kate, died Sunday, June 7th, and was laid to
rest on Monday at Langdale, her former home; from a memorial by
"A Friend"; Vol. 31, No. 28, June 12, 1903

PATTERSON, Mr. Tom, died at Odessadale last Saturday; in this
same issue is a card of thanks by Mrs. J. T. Patterson and
children for the kindness of friends during the illness of
their husband and father; Vol. 31, No. 15, March 13, 1903. In
this later issue is an application for a year's support for
Mrs. L. H. Patterson, widow of J. T. Patterson; Vol. 31, No.
46, October 16, 1903

REEVES, Mrs. Vivian, wife of Prof. Linton S. Reeves of Rocky
Mount, news of her death was learned at press time; Vol. 31,
No. 42, September 18, 1903. In this later issue: she was a
daughter of Mr. Lubie Alman; Vol. 31, No. 43, September 25,
1903. In a memorial by "one who loved her" in this later issue:
Mrs. Reeeves died September 15, 1903; Vol. 31, No. 48, October
30, 1903

REEVES, infant of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Reeves, died Sunday night,
only three days old; [from LaGrange Graphic, no date stated]
Vol. 31, No. 28, June 12, 1903

REVILL, Henry H., died last Saturday morning at his home at
Bullochville; he was born December 23, 1824 in Monroe county
and came with his father, the late H. V. Revill, to Meriwether
county in December 1828; he was married January 14, 1847 to
Mary Ann Gresham, and his wife survives him; a soldier of the
Confederacy, he was the brother of W. T. Revill, owner and
editor of the Vindicator; Vol. 31, No. 8, January 23, 1903

ROBERTS, two year old son of Mr. James Roberts near Greenville,
died Wednesday (of last week) from fever and was buried at New
Hope cemetery Thursday of last week; Vol. 31, No. 43, September
25, 1903

ROBERTSON, Mr. John Lemuel, died last Thursday evening after an
illness of one day, suffering from a ruptured blood vessel; he
was born in the family homestead near Greenville on June 26,
1894, the oldest son of the late J. M. C. and Mrs. Mary Kendall
Robertson; his aged mother survives him, as do sisters, Mrs.
John H. Williams of Luthersville, Mrs. John L. Strozier, Miss
Eliza Robertson and brother, Mr. J. M. C., Robertson; he
graduated from the State University and entered the practice of
law, and after admission to the bar he was married to Miss
Mary, oldest daughter of Hon. Henry R. Harris; he abandoned the
practice of law to manage his father's business interest at
Troup Factory, later moving to LaGrange where his daughters
attended college; moving back to Greenville to be nearer his
farming interests on the Flint River and near Greenville, this
has been his home for the past dozen or so years; a member of
the Methodist church, he was buried Friday afternoon in the
cemetery near the family homestead where he was born, survived
by his wife and four daughters; a tribute by the Greenville
Methodist Sunday School at its session Sunday morning follows
this notice; Vol. 31, No. 29, June 19, 1903

ROLLINS, little Laurie Ellis, was born October 24, 1893 and
died January 9, 1903; he is survived by his parents and older
brother and three sisters younger than himself; from a memorial
by "Mother"; Vol. 31, No. 11, February 13, 1903

ROLLINS, Mrs. Minnie Wright, died at Almon, Newton county on
Sunday, April 19th; she was a daughter of the late Dr. Jacob B.
Wright who died a few years ago at Gray Rock, Texas, and a
niece of Dr. J. C. Mathews, by whom she was raised and
educated; she was married about a year ago to Prof. Rollins;
Vol. 31, No. 22, May 1, 1903

SASNETT, Dr. Bolling Hall, died at his home in Atlanta last
Saturday, at the age of 56; he was a member of the North
Georgia Conference and served Greenville and Trinity churches
two and a half years; his father was a member of the faculty at
Emory college, the first president of the college at Auburn,
Alabama, and president of the LaGrange Female College; Vol. 31,
No. 32, July 17, 1903. In this later issue is a memorial by W.
P. Lovejoy, Athens, Ga.; Vol. 31, No. 37, August 14, 1903

SEE, Mr. John W., a citizen near Raleigh, died at his home
Sunday night and was buried at the family burying ground Monday
afternoon; he was born and reared in Meriwether and was a
Confederate soldier, having been captured at Gettysburg; two
separate notices in this issue, including (Chalybeate) Vol. 31,
No. 45, October 9, 1903

SIMS, Mr. W. H., a son of Mr. J. G. Sims, died from typhoid
fever at his home near St. Marks last week; Vol. 31, No. 2,
December 12, 1902. In this later issue; date of death was
November 26, 1902; from memorials of members of the Union
Baptist church who have died recently (recently not defined),
most of which is unreadable; Vol. 31, No. 52, November 27, 1903

SPIVEY, Mrs. Mamie, wife of Mr. Robert Spivey, died last Sunday
morning, June 21, 1903; the former Miss Mamie Willis of
Columbus was a daughter of the late Judge J. T. Willis, Judge
of the Chattahoochee circuit; for many years she had been a
resident of Greenville, a member of the Methodist chucrch and a
teacher of the Sunday school, and was a member of the Book
Committee of the Greenville Library association; Monday morning
her remains were borne to Talbotton to be interred beside her
father and other relatives; she leaves her husband and a son;
in this same issue: Judge James Willis and his sister, Miss
Lillian, of Columbus accompanied the remains of their sister to
Talbotton; also, Mrs. J. R. Terrell, wife of Governor Terrell
and brother of Mr. Robert Spivey, was in town, the home of her
youth, being summoned by the death of Mrs. Spivey; Vol. 31, No.
30, June 26, 1903. In this later issue are resolutions by the
Womans' Missionary societies of the Greenville Methodist
Church; Vol. 31, No. 32, July 17, 1903

THIGPEN, Mr. W. R., the only son of the late Rev. A. M. Thigpen
who was for several years pastor of Greenville and Trinity
Methodist churches, died last week; he was a prominent Georgia
educator who for ten years was principal of Savannah public
schools; his widow was the former Miss Ellison of Harris
county; Vol. 31, No. 40, September 4, 1903

THOMPSON, Mrs. Frances, wife of Dawson Thompson, died September
29, 1903; from memorials of members of the Union Baptist church
who have died recently (recently not defined), most of which is
unreadable. In a memorial by J. G. McCarver on the same page:
she was the daughter of Peter and Mary Strozier, was born
January 2, 1828, and was married  in December 1842  to Mr.
Thompson, who died August 26, 1890; Vol. 31, No. 52, November
27, 1903

THOMPSON, Mrs. Margaret Jane, wife of R. D. Thompson, died the
20th of August at her home near St. Marks; the former Miss
Smith was born in Meriwether county September 14, 1839, and in
early life joined Union  church; from a memorial by "Lethia";
Vol. 31, No. 41, September 11, 1903. The deceased is included
in memorials of members of the Union Baptist church who have
died recently, most of which is unreadable; Vol. 31, No. 52,
November 27, 1903

WADDY, Mr. W. J., died suddenly last Saturday morning at
Edgewood near Atlanta, in his fifty-second year; thirty years
ago he came to Greenville to help launch the Vindicator, and
while here married Miss Mollie M. Ledbetter; after a stay of
four years he left Greenville and has been in the newspaper
business ever since, the last 5 years spent in Atlanta; he was
a member of the Methodist church, and he leaves a wife and one
son who is a clerk to the Georgia attorney general; the
deceased founded and for years conducted the Cedartown
Standard, and his remains were carried to Cedartown to be
interred in the cemetery of his old home; Vol. 31, No. 24, May
15, 1903

WALTON, eight month old child of Mr. and Mrs. Clem Walton near
Greenville, died November 2, 1903; Vol. 31, No. 52, November
27, 1903

WARD, little Harold Irwin, died on the 3rd of June, aged one
year, six months and fourteen days; from a memorial by His
Loving "Titter"; Vol. 31, No. 28, June 12, 1903

WARE, Mr. John H., died last week of typhoid fever at his home
near Woodbury, aged about 34 years; he is survived by his wife,
the former Miss Carroll, and several children; Vol. 31, No. 40,
September 4, 1903

WEAVER, infant of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Weaver, died last Friday
and was buried Saturday; Vol. 31, No. 39, August 28, 1903

WINDOM, five weeks old infant of Mr. Thomas J. Windom was
buried last Saturday; (Rocky Mount) Vol. 31, No. 14, March 6,
1903

WOODRUFF, Charlie A., died on the morning of November 25, 1902,
aged 18 years and 23 days; from a mamorial by Sallie F. Truitt,
County Line, Ga.; Vol. 31, No. 5, January 2, 1903

WORTHAM, Miss Eulala, died at her home last Wednesday;
(Luthersville) Vol. 31, No. 6, January 9, 1903

WRIGHT, Mr. Tompkins, formerly of Greenville, was killed by
lightning after seeking shelter from a rainstorm in Newnan
Wednesday afternoon; Vol. 31, No. 23, May 8, 1903. In this
later issue: he was the 19 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. N. T.
Wright; his funeral was at the Central Baptist church and
interment was at Oak Hill; [from Newnan Herald and Advertiser];
In another article in this issue: Messrs. Will and Frank Hill
of Greenville, cousins of the deceased, attended his funeral;
Vol. 31, No. 24, May 15, 1903.

YOUNG, Mrs. A. Q., daughter of Mrs. Hindsman, died last
Thursday night; (Luthersville) Vol. 31, No. 22, May 1, 1903