Putnam-Pike County GaArchives Obituaries.....Delk, Theresa Eldorah " Dora " [ Sturdivant ] October 24, 1924
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"The Atlanta Constitution"
Atlanta, Georgia

Sunday, October 26, 1924

Mrs. Dora Delk Dies on New York Visit

Mrs. Dora Delk, 78, of 224 Adair avenue, Decatur, died Friday evening while on 
a visit to relatives in New York city, according to a message received here 
Saturday night.

Mrs. Delk is survived by three daughters in New York, Mrs. J. B. Vaughan, Miss 
Effie Delk and Mrs. R. E. Stern (sic - s/b Stevenson). Another daughter, Mrs. 
W. M. Wing, lives in West Palm Beach. Other survivors are a son, George Delk, 
of West Palm Beach, and a sister, Mrs. W. D. Griffin, of Columbus, Ga.

The body will reach the funeral chapel of T. C. Bazemore company in Atlanta 
this afternoon. Funeral arrangements will be announced after the arrival of the 
body.
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Funeral Notices

DELK - Mrs. Dora Delk died Friday night in New York city. Funeral services will 
be held Monday morning at 10:30, from the chapel of T. C. Bazemore Co., Rev. W. 
J. DeBardelaben officiating. Interment Oakland. P. J. Bloomfield, funeral 
director.
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Monday, October 27, 1924

Funeral Notices

Friends of Mrs. Dora Delk, Mr. George Delk and Mrs. W M. Wing, of West Palm 
Beach, Fla.; Mrs. J. E. Vaughan, Mrs. R. E. Stevenson and Miss Effie Delk, all 
of New York, N. Y., and Mrs. W. D. Griffin, of Columbus, Ga., and their 
families are invited to attend the funeral of Mrs. Dora Delk this (Monday) 
morning at 10:30 o'clock from the chapel of T. C. Bazemore Cor. Rev. W. J. 
DeBardelaben officiating. Interment at Oakland. P. J. Bloomfield, funeral 
director. Pallbearers selected will please meet at the chapel.
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Tuesday, October 28, 1924

Mortuary

Mrs. Dora Delk

Funeral services for Mrs. Dora Delk, 78, who died Friday night at the residence 
of her daughter, Mrs. J. E. Vaughn (sic - s/b Vaughan), in New York city, were 
held Monday morning from the chapel of T. C. Bazemore company, funeral 
directors. Rev. W. J. DeBardelben officiated and the interment was in Oakland 
cemetery. Mrs. Delk is survived by three daughters, Mrs. W. N. Wing (sic - s/b 
W. M. Wing), of West Palm Beach, Fla.; Mrs. R. E. Stevenson and Miss Effie 
Delk, both of New York city; a son, George Delk, of West Palm Beach, and a 
sister, Mrs. W. D. Griffin, of Columbus, Ga.



Additional Comments:

Birth:  Aug. 9, 1846
Putnam Co., Georgia

Death:  Oct. 24, 1924
New York, New York Co., New York
Resident of Decatur, DeKalb Co., Georgia

Dora was the youngest daughter of Daniel Sturdivant and Sarah Phelps/Felps. She 
was in NYC on a visit to her daughters when she passed away. At the time of her 
death, she was a resident of Decatur, DeKalb Co., Georgia.

She married Joseph F. Delk on November 7, 1869 in Pike Co., Georgia. They lived 
in Coweta Co. and Fulton Co., Georgia.

They were the parents of:

Thomas D. Delk

George C. Delk m. Sallie Lula Belisle, Mrs. Mary (?_______) Autman

Eula Bell Delk m. William F. Morrison, William M. Wing, & William H. Land

Bird B. Delk

Joseph B. Delk

Sallie L. Delk m. William D. Scott

Falbie Effie Delk

Mary Dennis Delk m. James English Vaughan, Jr.

Emily Elizabeth "Emma Lizzie" Delk m. Robert E. Stevenson



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