Schley County GaArchives Obituaries.....Lindsay, John September 28, 1942 ************************************************ 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: Harris Hill http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002514 August 15, 2007, 10:25 am The Ellaville Sun Friday, Oct. 2, 1942 No. 16 JOHN LINDSAY DIES UNEXPECTEDLY MON. John Lindsay, 45, well-known Schley county farmer, died unexpectedly of a heart attack early Monday morning while walking in a field near his home. He had been considered in the best of health. A native of Schley county, Mr. Lindsay had spent his entire life at his farm near Ellaville on the Oglethorpe Highway, and was known and admired for the unusual and complete interest he found in his work. On March 15, 1934, he married Miss Bessie Bell of Americus. Mr. Lindsay was a member of Ellaville Baptist church. Funeral services were held at the residence Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock wih Rev. Hugh Dozier officiating. Burial was in Ellaville cemetery. Surviving besides his widow are a son John Clay Lindsay and a baby daughter, Beth; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. I.L. Lindsay, and a brother, Glenn Lindsay. Pallbearers were: T.H. Stevens, H.F. Dixon, C.A. Walker, James H. Hart, R.C. Brooks and C.T. Rainey. Among the out-of-town relatives and friends attending the funeral of Mr. John Lindsay Tuesday were: Mrs. Homer Elzey, of Atlanta; Mrs. J.H. Foster and Mr. J.P. Mott, of Cornelia; Mr. and Mrs. Glen Farley, of Milner; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Stevens and Mrs. Matthew Williams of Dawson, Mr. and Mrs. J.K. Perry, of Lumpkin; Miss Susie Lunsford, of Smithville; Mrs. Clay Bell, Miss Docia Gunnels, Mrs. Willis Mauldin, Mrs. J.P. Cannon, Mr. and Mrs. Hope Griffin, Mr. R.N. Daniel, Mrs. Hugh Morrison, all of Americus. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/schley/obits/l/lindsay10194ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb