Mitchell County Georgia Obituaries Loretta Lamar Mansfield Faircloth 1924 ****************************************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ****************************************************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Sam Luckey Oct 2002 Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/mitchell.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Obituary of Loretta Lamar Mansfield Faircloth as written in "The Camilla Enterprise dated 24 May 1924. Hundreds of friends and relatives all over the county were deeply grieved to hear of the sudden death of Mrs. Loretta Faircloth, aged citizen and widely loved lady, which occurred at the home of her son Mr. E. V. Faircloth, on Saturday, 24 May 1924, at 11:00 AM. Mrs. Faircloth had seemed as well as usual at breakfast time and busied herself about small duties in the house for an hour or so. After she had been in her room for some time, she called to her daughter-in-law and told her that she had some type of queer attack. Mrs. E. V. Faircloth got her mother-in-law in bed and called Mr. G. W. Faircloth who was in the house. When he reached his mother's side she was breathing her last and passed out before they had a chance to get further assistance. Funeral services were held at Pleasant Hill Church Sunday, 25 May 1924, at 3:00 PM when an unusually large crowd gathered to sympathize and sorrow with the family in a general regret. The simple but touching services were conducted by Rev H. N. Burnett of Sale City and Rev J. T. Rigsby, pastor of Pleasant Hill Church. A short talk was also made by Mr. Weldon Blanchard, grandson of the deceased, a student of Norman Park Institute. After services in the church the body was laid to rest in the quiet cemetery, six of the grandsons of Mrs. Faircloth acting as pall bearers, one representing each family of six of her children. They were Messrs Weldon Blanchard, Crosby Joiner, Jack Faircloth, Alton Akridge, Atwood Faircloth and A. H. Davis. Mrs. Faircloth was born and reared in this county, and was in her 76th year when summons came. She was a daughter of Mr. James Mansfield and was born at the old family home situated somewhere about the present Bennett park section of Camilla and remembered the town from its first log store house. She was married during the Civil War to Mr. G. W. Faircloth, who preceded her to the grave a number of years. The deceased had lived a very active life and possessed the characteristics of the women of the old south, untiring in her numberless duties of the home and rearing a large family of children. Up to within a few days of her death she was still remarkably active for one of her age. Mrs. Faircloth was brought up in a pious family and had been a devoted Christian since early in life, when she united wit the Baptist church, and continued in loyal and unbroken fellowship for as long as she lived. She and her husband were charter members of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church and always took a large interest in its affairs. Mrs. Faircloth leaves two sons, Messrs G. W. Faircloth and E. V. Faircloth and five daughters, Mrs. W. C. W. Joiner, Mrs. L. B. Blanchard, Mrs. H. C. Parham, Mrs. D. H. Akridge and Mrs. J. L. Stripling. Her grandchildren number more than fifty and there are between fifteen and twenty great grandchildren. The deceased is also survived by her three brothers, Messrs J. F. Mansfield of Pelham, H. A. Mansfield of Pebble City and J. E. Mansfield of Bluffton. Expression of deep and sincere sympathy is extended to the members of the bereaved family by their many friends throughout the county.