Spalding-Newton County GaArchives Obituaries.....Irvine Smith  July 16 1917
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Griffin Daily News and Sun, July 17, 1917

Irvine Smith Drowned In Cotton Mill Pond

Body of Ten-Year-Old Boy, Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Smith, Was Found Monday 
Afternoon.

The body of Irvine Smith, the ten-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Smith, of 
the Cherokee Mills, was found in a pond near the Kincaid Mills No. 2 Monday 
afternoon by J. W. Howard, following the discovery of a boy's clothing near 
the edge of the water by Emory and Homer Bunn, two playmates.
 
The boy had told friends that he was going in search of empty bottles and the 
supposition is that he went in bathing, drowning in four and one-half feet of 
water.

The search for the missing boy was urged by his mother, who told Mr. Howard 
that clothing had been found near the pond by the Bunn boys.  An investigation 
by Coroner J. M. Bell resulted in the following verdict. "We, the coroner's 
jury, find that Irvine Smith came to his death by drowning and that the same 
was accidental.  F. S. Pittman, foreman; L. R. Harrison, J. H. Powell, L. O. 
Daniel, W. C. Parnell."

The remains were taken to County Line church, Newton county, Tuesday for 
interment, the funeral services being conducted by Rev. W. R. Odom.



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