Pickens County GaArchives Obituaries.....Freeman, John W.  June 15, 1930
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Pickens County Progress Newspaper, June 17, 1930
                      PIONEER CITIZEN DIED
                      AT TaLKING ROCK MON.

                  Mr. John W. Freeman died at his
                  home in Talking Rock about 6 o'clock
                  Monday afternoon after a long ill-
                  ness.
                    Mr. Freeman was for years one of
                  the county's leading business men
                  and was very successful in commer-
                  cial affairs until he retired from ac-
                  tive business a few years ago.
                    Mr. Freeman in his early life
                  knew all the hardships of the fron-
                  tier.  He took full advantage of such
                  meager educational oppourtunities as
                  came his way and thruout his life
                  kept well informed on the public
                  questions of the day.
                   He was a mere lad when the Civil
                  War broke out, yet he was among
                  those who heard the call of the South
                  and bore arms for Dixie on many a
                  bloody field.
                    He was only nineteen when the
                  great struggle ended.  While war
                  had destroyed the hopes of his boy-
                  hood, it could not destory his de-
                  termination to make a success of
                  his life.
                    He never sought public honors
                  himself, but took an interest in pub-
                  lic affairs and for years wielded the
                  strongest political influence of any
                  one man in the Northern part of the
                  county.
                    Over sixty years ago he united 
                  with the Baptist church and ever 
                  afterwards remained one of its
                  staunchest supporters.
                    He is survived by one son, Mr.
                  Will Freeman of Talking Rock, and
                  two daughters, Mrs. W, C. McClain,
                  of Jasper and Mrs. A. A. Warlick, of
                  Etowah, Tenn. and a number of 
                  Grandchildren.
                    Funeral services were conducted
                  at Anitoch Baptist Church Tuesday
                  afternoon at 10 o'clock by Rev. H.
                  G. Cordell and Rev.  Henry Thom-
                  nson. -Cagle Bros. funeral directors
                  in charge.
                      

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