Spalding-Pike-Paulding County GaArchives Obituaries.....Doyal, Leonard Thompson October 18, 1928 ************************************************ 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: Lynn Cunningham http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002535 September 6, 2009, 11:25 am The Atlanta Constitution 19 October 1928 L.T. Doyal L.T. Doyal, 83, died at his residence, 288 Pine street, Thursday afternoon after an illness of about two months. He is survived by his widow; four sons, J.L., W.E., G.F., and L.J. Doyal, and two daughters, Mrs. Dallas Green and Mrs. H.R. Jeffers. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 o'clock Sunday morning at the New Georgia church, near Villa Rica. The Rev. W.J. Wommack will be in charge and burial will be in the churchyard. also 20 October 1928 L.T. Doyal Funeral Will Be Held Sunday Services Will Be Held in New Georgia Church in Paulding. Funeral services for L.T. Doyal, 83, who died Thursday night at the residence, 288 Pine street, N.W., will be held at 11 o'clock Sunday morning from the New Georgia church in Paulding county. The Rev. J.W. Womack, pastor, will officiate and interment will be in the churchyard. Mr. Doyal was born in Chattanooga, but moved to Georgia while still a youth. He saw service during the war between the states, having volunteered in the Confederate army at the age of 17. Coming to this section more than 40 years ago, Mr. Doyal became a police officer at Griffin, serving on the police department there for several years before moving to Paulding county near Villa Rica, to take up farming. Later Mr. Doyal opened a store in Paulding county and was widely known in that section as a merchant. He was active as a merchant until 80 years old, retiring and coming to Atlanta about three years ago. Up until six months ago the aged Confederate veteran and retired merchant took an active interest in the affairs of the world. He was an ardent admirer of the Constitution, subscribing to the paper when it was first issued and following the news through its sheets daily for 60 years. Until his recent illness he was lively and genial, and a devotee of fiddling and dancing. Funeral services of the octogenarian will be attended by three lodges of the Masonic order. Mr. Doyal belonged to the fraternal organization for 45 years, holding many prominent offices in that time. In addition to his widow, he is survived by four sons, W.E., G.F., L.J. Doyal, of Atlanta, and J.L. Doyal, of Villa Rica; a daughter, Mrs. Dallis Greene, of Draketown; 16 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Additional Comments: Leonard Thompson, b. 17 May 1845, d. 18 Oct 1928 He was married to Pellita Fanny Davis, a daughter of Ebenezer Davis and Sarah Ann B. McLeroy in Spalding County on 22 October 1865. She was born in Pike County on 23 October 1849 and died 7 September 1898. Both are buried at New Georgia Church Cemetery in Paulding County, Georgia. Additional Comments 2: From Lanny Cauthen lcauthen@mindspring.com Sept 7, 2009 Leonard Thompson Doyal was the son of William S. Doyal (7 sept. 1810 - 27 Aug. 1878) and his first wife Mourning M. Maxey (20 Dec. 1812 - 26 Jan. 1863). William S. Doyal was the son of Hardy Doyal and Elizabeth Lampkin who married in Columbia Co., Ga. on 5 Oct. 1807. Their other sons were Dredzel Dennis Doyal and Col. Leonard T. Doyal, both of Spalding Co., Ga. The research was done by Jerry Doyal of Albany, Ga. who has the William S. Doyal family Bible. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/spalding/obits/d/doyal1381nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 3.3 Kb