Oconee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Saxon, Lewis W. 1926 ************************************************ 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: Natalie Davis davisnm@earthlink.net March 23, 2005, 3:22 pm Oconee Enterprise Oconee Enterprise Friday, January 15, 1926 Page One Mr. Lewis W. Saxon Died Last Saturay (sic) Mr. Lewis W. Saxon, aged 79, one of Oconee’s best known citizens, died Saturday night at 10 o’clock, following a week’s illness of pneumonia. While feeble because of age, Mr. Saxon until a week before death was up and around the house attending to his usual duties. Always active, Attending (sic) strictly to his own affairs, quiet, unassuming in his nature, he numbered his friends by his acquaintances and his community and county will sadly miss his presence. Rev. F.L. Adams, his pastor, conducted the funeral exercises last Sunday, interment being in the Elder cemetery. Mr. Saxon is survived by seven children, forty grandchildren, and thirty two great-grandchildren. His children are: Mrs. J.S. Hale, Farmington; L.H. Saron (sic), of Monroe; Mrs. J.W. Greaves, of Salem; L.E. Saxon, Farmington; Mrs. J.L. Thrasher, Union Point; Misses Essie and Estelle Saxon; a brother, Mr. H.M. Saron (sic), of Oconee, and Mrs. Harriet Reynolds of Newnan. The Enterprise extends deepest sympathy to the bereaved loved ones. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/oconee/obits/s/saxon6710ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb