Mitchell County Georgia Obituaries James R. Faircloth 1935 ****************************************************************************************************** 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 James R. Faircloth as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 17 May 1935. Relatives and many old friends in the county were made sad by news of the death of Mr. J. R. Faircloth at his home in Dothan, Ala. on Saturday, 11 May 1935, at 11:00 PM after a lengthy illness. Funeral services took place in Dothan Monday, 13 May 1935. Mr. Faircloth is survived by one brother, Mr. W. M. Faircloth, of Hopeful community, this county, and two sisters, Mrs. Morgan West of Pelham, and Mrs. Laura Maples of Florida. He leaves two sons and five daughters. His wife preceded him to the grave on 5 Dec 1934. Mr. Faircloth was born and reared in this county. He was the oldest son of the late A. B. Faircloth and Mary Hughes Faircloth. He was married to Miss Carrie Carpenter of Bainbridge, and moved to Dothan, Ala. Soon afterward and spent the remainder of life there. He was seventy nine years of age at the time of his death. For many years Mr. Faircloth was engaged in the banking business and was rated among "Dothan's most substantial and influential citizens.