Schley County GaArchives Obituaries.....Larkin, James Walter September 10, 1938
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The Ellaville Sun  
J.W. LARKIN FUNERAL HELD
Prominent Farmer Is Laid To Rest Sunday Afternoon
Funeral services for James Walter Larkin, 62 year old farmer and prominent 
citizen of Schley County in the Fellowship community, were held Sunday 
afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Lutheran church (Mt. Zion) on the Ellaville 
Oglethorpe highway in Macon county.  Burial was in the church yard cemetery.

Rev. W.W. Whaley officiated.

Friends and sorrowing relatives were shocked at his sudden death which 
occurred at his home on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 10.

Mr. Larkin always took a leading part in all matters pertaining to the welfare 
of his community and the termination of his useful career will be sorely felt 
throughout the county.  He was a member of Corinth Methodist church and was 
for twenty years a member of the board of trustees of the Fellowship school, 
serving as its secretary-treasurer.  During his tenure a new building has been 
erected, the bonded indebtedness for which has already been retired, more 
teachers have been added, and the school is one of the few in the county now 
furnishing to the pupils noon-day lunch without cost.

He was a son of the late pioneer Schley county citizen, James J. Larkin, who 
died in 1923, and Mrs. Susie Larkin who still resides in Lowe community.

Besides his mother, he is survived by his widow, Mrs. Kate Holloway Wall 
Larkin, 11 children, eight sons, Henry, Russell, Emmett, Charlie, Roy, 
William, James, Lynwood and three daughters, Mrs. T.W. Brown, Mrs. Clifton 
Wall and Mrs. Rainey Wall, all of whom reside in Schley county except Russell 
and Roy who live in Macon county nearby; six step-children, Mrs. Darcie 
DeVane, Mrs. Addie Larkin, Nellie, Lillie Mae, Dorothy and Percy Wall; six 
grandchildren, one great grandchild; one brother, W.O. Larkin; five sisters, 
Mrs. Bob Robinson, Mrs. George Robinson, Mrs. John Robinson, Mrs. E.M. Taylor 
and Miss Wilma Larkin, besides numerous other relatives.

All children except Lynwood were born under a former marriage.  He married 
Miss Pearl Lee Ellis on December 18, 1898 and she died on August 27, 1923.

On May 19, 1925 he married Mrs. Kate Holloway Wall.  The amalgamation of these 
two families brought a tremendous responsibility upon the head of the home and 
it became a source of pride for those who had the opportunity to observe to 
point out just how devoted this father and adopted father was to his trust.  
He was just as loyal to his neighbors and friends, and besides his immediate 
family, a host of friends will sorely miss his friendship and fidelity.

Additional Comments:
(Transcriber's note:  James Walter Larkin's marker at Mt. Zion indicates his 
date of birth as 25 November 1873.  Pearl Lee Ellis, 1st wife is buried there 
as well as other family members.)


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