Stephens County GaArchives Obituaries.....Dooley, A C May 27, 1917 ************************************************ 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: D W dwds@windstream.net March 7, 2011, 4:05 pm The Toccoa (GA) Record, Toccoa GA - May 31, 1917 The Toccoa (GA) Record, Toccoa GA, published on May 31, 1917 Death of A.C. Dooley Mr. A.C. Dooley died at his home in the Big A section Sunday night, May 27th, from diseases incident to old age, he being in his 85th year. His body was interred at Ebenezer cemetery Monday afternoon, the funeral services, which were largely attended, being conducted by Rev. R.Y. Ryder. Mr. Dooley was born and reared in Franklin county, and was twice married. His first wife was Miss Sophronia Thomason, whom he married in 1853, and who died in 1893. This union was blessed with ten children, three sons and seven daughters, of whom the following survive: W.T. Dooley, of Anderson, S.C.; J.J. Dooley, of Cordova, Ala.; J.H. Dooley, of New Orleans, La.; Mrs. W.H. Keeling, of Toccoa; Mrs. D.H. Collier, Mrs. D.J. Bell and Mrs. M.B. Collier, of Big A. In 1903 he married Miss Florence Robinson, who with two children survives him. Mr. Dooley served through the Civil War in the Western army, participated in many battles and was wounded in the leg. He held the post of orderly sergeant. After the war he was sheriff of Franklin county for several terms, and then moved to Toccoa, where or in which vicinity he had since resided. He was a good neighbor, and counted his friends by the score. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/stephens/obits/d/dooley13261ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb