Polk County GaArchives Obituaries.....Tom Good May 27 1902
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(Cedartown Standard, Tuesday, May 29, 1902) 
Tom Good, Our entire community was saddened Sunday evening by the news that 
little Tom, the bright eleven year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Good, had been 
shot. It seems that in the absence of the family, Tom and his little brother, 
Sam, were cleaning up an old revolver, which Tom had traded for and which his 
parents did not know he possessed. The boys were trying to "break" it, when in 
some way it was accidentally discharged, the weapon being pressed against Tom’s 
body at the time and the bullet piercing near the center of his abdomen. Little 
Sam ran at once for his brother, Dr. John W. Good, and his parents, neighbors 
and other physicians were quickly on the scene, but while everything possible 
was done for the little sufferer, his condition was regarded as hopeless from 
the outset. Death visited his couch about 10 o’clock Monday night, and his 
youthful spirit took its flight. Funeral services were conducted at the 
Presbyterian Church at 9 o’clock yesterday morning, conducted by his pastor, 
Rev. F. L. McFadden, assisted by Rev. Fletcher Walton, of the Methodist church. 
The brief talks from the pulpit and the music were alike beautiful and 
impressive. The church was crowded with the sympathizing friends of the family, 
and a large number followed the remains to their last resting-place in the 
cemetery. Little Tom was one of Cedartown’s brightest and most promising boys. 
He was a business-like little fellow, and had for some time been assisting his 
father out of school hours by the collection of bills. He was scrupulously 
exact, and was straight-forward and trustworthy in all things, and was a boy of 
religious convictions and experience. In fact, death could not have found a 
more shining mark among the boys of Cedartown. The heart-broken family have the 
sympathy of the entire community in their terrible and sudden bereavement. 
(Cedartown Standard, Tuesday, May 29, 1902) 


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