Schley County GaArchives Obituaries.....Smith, J.O. August 19, 1941
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The Ellaville Sun  Friday, August 22, 1941  No. 8
J.O. SMITH, 55 SCHLEY SOLON DIES SUDDENLY
J.O. Smith, 55, Schley county's representative in the General Assembly and one 
of Ellaville's most prominent citizens, was paid final tribute Thursday 
morning by a throng which overflowed the Baptist church, for services at 11 
o'clock.  Mr. Smith died unexpectedly of a heart attack Tuesday afternoon 
about 2:30 o'clock.  He had been feeling ill, but had been downtown during the 
morning.  The Rev. Hugh Dozier officiated and was assisted by the Rev. Roy J. 
Bond and the Rev. C.D. Carter.  Burial was in Ellaville cemetery.  Ellaville 
stores were closed during the funeral hour.  A native of Madison, N.C., Mr. 
Smith was born January 8, 1886.  On November 13, 1904, he married Miss May 
Belle Taylor, of the same town.  They moved to Ellaville about 25 years ago 
and Mr. Smith became one of the county's most successful farmers and sawmill 
operators.  Ten Years ago, Mr. Smith was named a deacon of the Baptist 
church.  Elected to the legislature in 1938, Mr. Smith was returned for a 
second term last September without opposition.  Fishing was his favorite 
passtime, but the late legislator remarked to a newspaper writer this past 
spring, "I stay so busy, though, I don't get much fishing done."  Surviving 
besides his widow are five daughters, Mrs. Carl McMath, Americus; Mrs. Cecil 
Howard, Cordele; Mrs. Lewis Easterlin, Andersonville; Mrs. O.T. King and 
Barbara Smith, both of Ellaville; five brothers, Claude, W.H. and Paul Smith 
of Walhalla, S.C.; W.Y. Smith, Louisville, Ga.; George Smith, Butler; four 
sisters, Mrs. R.P. McGuffin, Butler; Mrs. W.P. York, Red Boiling Springs, 
Tenn.; Mrs. W.L. Smith, Walhalla, S.C.  Pallbearers were Dr. Paul Gill, W.L. 
Lumpkin, Dr. T.W. Wilson, B.E. Pelham, M.J. Arrington, T.H. Stevens.  Governor 
Eugene Talmadge wired his regrets that speaking engagements prevented his 
attendance, appointed an honorary escort of general assembly members.  The 
group included J.P. Hogg, Buena Vista; J.W. Edwards, Butler; Cleveland Rees, 
Preston; and E.F. Johnson, Cusseta.


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