Richmond County GaArchives Obituaries.....Touchstone, Benjamin Russell January 30 1924
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Augusta Chronicle, 1-31-1924, page 7A
Death of Confederate Veteran at Bath, SC
Augusta Camp of UCV to Attend Funeral Today
In the passing of Benjamin Russell Touchstone, who died at the residence of his 
son, JW Touchstone, at Bath, SC, yesterday morning at 4:20 o'clock, Camp 435, 
United Confederate Veterans, of this city, lost another of its devoted members 
and another son of the old South passed on.  The deceased was 72 years old and 
had been ill for about two weeks.
The funeral will be conducted from Elliott & Sons Funeral Home this afternoon 
at 3 o'clock with Rev JJ Copeland officiating and interment will follow in West 
View Cemetery.
The survivors are: two sons, William Edward Touchstone, of Plant City, Fla, and 
John Wesley Touchstone, of Bath; four sisters, Mrs Lizzie Taylor, Mrs Isabella 
Kent, Mrs Caroline Mills and Mrs Rena Kelly, all of Augusta; fourteen 
grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
The following gentlemen will act as pall bearers; CC Bramlett, WE Kent, ER 
Mills, FM Kelly, LL Kent and GA Mills.
Camp 435, UCV, will attend the funeral in a body.

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