PIKE COUNTY, GA - Obit Cannafax Mrs. & Mr. H.J. and Mrs. F.A.

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From the Pike Co Journal Submitted by Joe Cannafax, JRCannafax@aol.com

Mrs. F. A. Cannafax,one of the well known women of her
community, died at the home of her son, Mr. Morgan Cannafax
at Milner's cross roads Sunday morning last and was buried
Monday at Ebenezer Church. Mrs. Cannafax was eighty four
years old and scores of friends through out the county morn
her departure. 

(Frances Ann Boyt Cannafax was the wife of Osburn Cannafax,
she died in 1905) 

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Submitted by Joe Cannafax, JRCannafax@aol.com,  Source Unknown.
Though deaths are of frequent occurrence, there are few that
caused more profound sorrow than the death of Mr. H. J.
Cannafax, of Weaver Ga; which occurred Oct. 7th 1901. It is
so sad to have those whom we love go from us at any time,
but to have them taken in the prime of life, when the
enthusiasm of youth is happily blended with the discretion
of age while the natural strength is unabated and the eye
undimmed, and life is gathering its richest fruit and its
richest harvest, this is the greatest loss in the history of
an earthly home. The light of our friend was extinguished
while it was yet day. He was still in the midst of his
usefulness, and no premonitions pointed out the untimely
end. The summons came, and the end was peaceful. We morn not
as those who morn without hope. Brother Cannafax, a native
of Pike County, was born Nov.15, 1857. He was happily
married to Miss Americus Berry, Nov. 22,1882. one child was
born of this union. Both mother and child preceded him to "
! the better country." His second marriage, which occurred
Sept. 11th 1884, was to Miss Mattie Bush, five children was
born to them, four of whom are yet alive. May the widows
friend and the orphans God, care for both mother and
children in this their greatest grief. Brother Cannafax was
a man of strong convictions and a keen sense of right and
duty. He had a contempt for every low, mean or sordid. He
was warm hearted and genial, yet very retireing in
disposition. He enjoyed the companionship of friends, and
made it pleasant and agreeable for them to be with him. He
was in every respect a most lovable man. Conscious almost to
the last, he calmly and peacefully entered into rest,
leaving his loved ones sweet evidence of his readiness to
depart.

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Pike Co Journal,  Submitted by Joe Cannafax, JRCannafax@aol.com
Mrs. Mattie Cannafax died at her home near Zebulon Thursday
after a very short illness. Mrs. Cannafax was sixty-one
years of age. She was one of the most beloved women of Pike
County and her passing has caused keen sorrow among a large
circle of friends in Zebulon and surrounding communities.
Funeral services were held at Ebenezer Methodist Church
Friday at 3 p.m. Rev. E. A. Barton officiating. Interment
was in the Ebenezer Cemetery. Mrs.Cannafax is survived by
three sons, C. O; O. J; and W. W. Cannafax all of Zebulon.
one daughter Mrs. John A. Gordy of Milner and six
grandchildren.

(Mrs. Cannafax died Mar. 28, 1929 and is the daughter of
Jones and Lucinda Bush and the wife of Henry Joe Cannafax)