Schley County GaArchives Obituaries.....Joe Sears January 7 1912 ************************************************ 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: Carla Miles cmhistory@mchsi.com January 29, 2004, 5:06 pm The Butler Herald, January 9, 1912 The Butler Herald Tuesday, January 9, 1912 Page One Burns Before Eyes of Bride of Three Weeks Nightgown of Ellaville Bridgegroom Catches Fire Ellaville, Ga., Jan. 7 – Maddened by the flames which licked his body, Joe Sears fought off the frantic attempts of his bride of three weeks to extinguish the fire and died in agony several hours later. Clad only in a nightshirt, Mr. Sears was standing in front of an open fire Saturday night before retiring when the garment caught and in a moment was a mass of flames. His wife, who was in the room at the time, ran screaming to his assistance. So frightened was he, however, that she could do nothing and the garment burned up while he was ineffectually trying to put it out. Before anybody else could be summoned great patches of skin had been burned off. He died at 6 o’clock this morning, medical attention throughout the night being of no avail. He was the only son of Dr. W.D. Sears, a prominent physician of Ellaville. He had been married only three weeks. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb