Pike-Whitfield County GaArchives Obituaries.....John W. Stocks  September 21 1909
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The Barnesville Gazette, Barnesville, Georgia, September 23, 1909

Mr. J.W. Stocks Dies Near Dalton

The Dalton Argus recently published the notice below of the death of Mr. John 
W. Stocks, a brother of Messrs. Guilford W. Stocks, A.J. Stocks, George W. 
Stocks and Mrs. J.F. Stallings, of this section and Mr. T.M. Stocks of 
Arkansas. He has long lived in Whitfield county. His death was sudden and 
unexpected. The Argus gives the following account of his death and facts about 
his life:

John W. Stocks, a well known citizen of the Varnella district, was found dead 
by the roadside near New Hope schoolhouse at two o’clock Sunday evening by Will 
Huffaker, who happened along that way.

Mr. Stocks had been in Dalton visiting his son, Lon Stocks, who lives in North 
Dalton, and while here talked with a number of his friends and acquaintances, 
He was in apparently good health and started to walk home Sunday morning, and 
being 72 years of age, it is supposed that he became overheated from the long 
walk, causing heart failure resulting in his death.

He was found in a path leading in the direction of his son-in-law, Charlie 
Bevil, where he lived. His body was unmolested and apparently he died without a 
struggle.

Coroner John R. Tarver was notified and went to the scene. He empaneled a jury 
who rendered a verdict that “the deceased came to his death from heart failure 
or some other natural cause unknown to the jury.”

The deceased is survived by two sons, Lon Stocks of Dalton, James Stocks of 
Chattanooga, and his daughter, Mrs. Charlie Bevil, where he made his home. He 
was a respected citizen and had many friends in the county.

(Transcribed 06/25/03 Lynn Cunningham)

Additional Comments:
From Record Collections housed at Old Jail Museum/Archives, Barnesville, 
Georgia, Shanna English, Director

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