Mitchell County Georgia Obituaries Walter J. Brimberry 1928 ****************************************************************************************************** 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 Walter J. Brimberry as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 21 Sep 1928. There was sorrow throughout Camilla when the news came Friday, 14 Sep 1928, afternoon that Mr. Walter J. Brimberry had passed away at 2:00 PM at Oteen, N. C., at the government hospital, where he had been under treatment for several weeks. His condition had been gradually growing worse and his sister, Mrs. A. R. Roles, had gone on Tuesday of last week to be with him, and was there when the end came. The remains were brought home for burial, reaching here Sunday morning on the early train. Sunday, 17 Sep 1928, at 3:00 PM funeral services were held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Roles on Broad Street, a large number of sorrowing relatives and friends gathering for the service. Rev J. H. Stanford, pastor of the Methodist church, conducted the service with the assistance of Rev W. T. Halstead. Comforting scripture passages were read by both ministers and quartet of male voices sang in beautiful harmony "Lead, Kindle Light," "Have Thine Own Way," and "The Christian's Good Night." There were many beautiful floral offerings mutely attesting to the sympathy of loving friends. A large cortege followed the casket to the Old cemetery, where it was interred in the family lot. Among the out-of-town relatives and friends here for the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Parker of Thomasville, Mr. Carlyle Milligan of Sarasota, Fla., Miss Ruby Ward, Mrs Rufus Hawkins and other friends from Vienna, Ga. Mr. Brimberry was thirty-five years of age when untimely death brought his life to an end. He was the oldest son of the late Mr. Thomas W. Brimberry and Mrs. Lena Parker Brimberry and was born and raised here. At the age of sixteen he entered into the Post Office work, where he continued as long as he lived. He was a faithful and valued employee of the Government and had served long terms in the post offices at Camilla, Reidsville, Vienna and Sarasota, Fla. He had been at Sarasota for three years when his health failed. He entered into service in the U. S. Army during the World War and was stationed at Camp Wheeler. Though quiet and unassuming, the deceased possessed many fine traits of character. Devotion and unswerving faithfulness to his work were outstanding characteristics. He had a happy, agreeable disposition and possessed many warm friends, and on the members of his family he bestowed a devotion that was unusual. He came up in a Christian atmosphere and when a boy became a Christian and united with the Methodist church, of which he was a consistent member as long as he lived. True and faithful, loving and kind, the deceased was highly esteemed and held in warm affection by the entire community of his birth and life, and there is a general sorrow at his death. Surviving the deceased are his mother, Mrs. Lena Brimberry; his sisters, Mrs. A. R. Roles and Mrs. Nev Lasseter; and his brother, Mr. McKinley Brimberry of Columbus.