Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Jeffries, John S. September 12 1951 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Anne Brown annebrown44@hotmail.com November 1, 2004, 1:06 pm The Columbus Enquirer, Columbus, Ga., Wednesday, Sept. 12 and 13, 1951 "J. S. Jeffries Dies at Home" Obit states that, John Swepton Jeffries, who was 77, and the father of W. C. Jeffries, president of the Columbus Central Labor Union, died at 12:40 a.m. today at his home, 428 Broadway. Also states that he had been ill for several months. John S. Jeffries birthday was June 6, 1874, and he was a member of the St. Mark Methodist church. Survivors are: sons, W. C., and C. J. Jeffries of Columbus; a step-daughter, Mrs. L. W. Jones, Columbus; a half brother,Arthur Jeffries, Phenix City and several grandchildren. Funeral was to be held at 4 p.m. in Sept 13, 1951 at St. Mark Methodist. He was to be buried at Riverdale Cemetery. Pallbearers: Floyd Wood, C. M. Davis, Howard Anthony, C. R. Briggs, T. E. Hubbard and A. B. Teal. Honorary pallbearers will be J. R. Sweatt Sr., J. G. Newberry, Sterling Dudley, H. H. Hunter, E. F. Howell, W. G. Bridges, Claude Scarbrough, W. A. Hendricks, E. L. Gullatt, George Reese, E. G. Coots, Tom Moore, and Sidney Pollard. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/muscogee/obits/j/gob1948jeffries.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb