Muscogee-Marion County GaArchives Obituaries.....Smenner, J.E. January 15, 1909
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The Marion County Patriot, January 22, 1909
The Marion County Patriot, No. 2
Friday, January 22, 1909
Page Three

Dr. J.E. Smenner Died Friday

Dr. J.E. Smenner died at his home in Columbus on Friday morning last, after 
having been in ill health for some time.  He had been a sufferer of Bright’s 
disease and had been ill for two or three months, his condition several weeks 
ago having been regarded at that time as quite critical.  He seemed to rally 
from the attack, however, and his family and friends hoped that his life might 
be prolonged for years.  He was in his drugstore as usual on Thursday and so 
his death was quite a shock to his friends.  Heart failure is supposed to have 
been the immediate cause of death.

Dr. Smenner was one of the most popular men in the city and among his intimate 
friends was thoroughly beloved for his nobility and generosity of character.  
He was strong and sincere in his friendship and was a man of many truly 
admirable traits, and all who knew him intimately had for him the most genuine 
sentiments of esteem and friendship.

The deceased was 53 years of age and spent a majority of the years of his 
manhood in Columbus.  He was a resident of Columbus a good many years ago and 
moved away returning about a dozen years ago.  For quite a while he was 
proprietor of the Rose Hill Pharmacy, but left and came to Buena Vista where he 
resided a year or two.  He again entered the drug business of Mr. Ralph O. 
Howard, at the corner of Broad and Eleventh streets.  He disposed of the 
business a year or two ago and acquired the Waverly Pharmacy, which he was 
conducting at the time of his death.  He was also proprietor of the Jordan City 
Pharmacy.

Dr. Smenner was a Lutheran, and attended the church of St. Mary, the Virgin.  
He was also one of the most prominent members of the Masonic fraternity in 
Columbus, being a member of the Columbus Lodge and also the Knights Templar.  
He was an ardent Mason, thoroughly imbued with the high principles of this 
order, and his daily life exemplified its beautiful precepts.

Besides his devoted wife, he is survived by six children, Isabel, Olivia, 
Edwin, Bessie, Edwina and Anna Smenner, all of Columbus.

The funeral took place from the church of which he was a member, at 2:30 
o’clock Saturday afternoon and he was interred at Riverdale cemetery.


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