Pike-Lamar County GaArchives Obituaries.....Williamson, Stephen Decatur September 3 1903 ************************************************ 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: Lynn Cunningham http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002535 December 28, 2004, 1:53 pm The Barnesville News Gazette, September 10, 1903 Mr. Steve Williamson Dies Mr. Steve Williamson, a well known citizen of Meansville community, died at home near that place last Thursday night and was brought to Barnesville for burial Saturday morning, the funeral services being conducted by Rev. J.N. Snow, at the home of Mrs. W.H. Pritchard on Elm Street. The interment occurred in the cemetery on Greenwood street. Mr. Williamson was a citizen well known throughout the country, especially among older people. He was a gallant Confederate soldier and was in the army with quite a number of the citizens of Barnesville, many of whom attended his funeral to pay their last respects to his memory. He was about sixty years old, was a member of the Methodist church at Stewartville, in this county and was a brother-in-law of Mr. E.T. Crowder. Cancer was the immediate cause of his death, an operation being performed last Thursday to remove it. The sympathy of the people is extended the relatives of the deceased. [Transcribed 12/22/04 Lynn Cunningham] Additional Comments: From copy obtained at Old Jail Museum and Archives, Barnesville, Georgia. Compiled by Shanna English. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/pike/obits/w/ob6193williams.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb