Stephens-Franklin County GaArchives Obituaries.....Holcomb, Odit March 4, 1935
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Toccoa Record,  March 7, 1935
MR. ODIT HOLCOMB, 56, passed away suddenly Monday morning at the depot in 
Lavonia, GA.  Mr. Holcomb had reported for work with his regular crew in 
Toccoa to go out on the Elberton Local and told his fellow workmen that he 
felt good.
    After arriving at Lavonia, he was helping unload a car when he fell in the 
car and succumbed before any assistance could be given him.
    Mr. Holcomb known to hundreds as "Father" Holcomb, was a man with hundreds 
of friends who loved and respected him.  Men in all walks of life were friends 
of "Father" Holcomb.  His passing was received with deep feeling in Toccoa 
when the report came that he had passed away.
    Many friends gathered at the funeral home where his remains were taken to 
see him and expressions of love and sympathy were many.
    Father Holcomb began his career with Southern Railway at the age of 38, 
and for twenty years, he had worked faithfully and diligently for the 
company.  Men in his crew said, "he was the hardest working man they ever 
saw;" other men said he was loved by everybody.
    He was ordered about two weeks ago to give up his work on account of his 
heart by his doctor, but "Father" Holcomb wouldn't give up, he wanted to 
finish his work here as he began early in life with his men on the road.
    He leaves his widow, three daughters, Mrs. Bartow Lowery, Mrs. N. L. 
Garland, Jr., and Mrs. Robert Garland; two sons, Mrs. W. W. Holcomb and Mrs. 
J. R. Holcomb of Chattahoochee, FL; one brother, Mr. Will Holcomb and three 
sisters, Mrs. Dock Adams, Mrs. Chandler Davis and Mrs. Dolphus Davis, of 
Toccoa.
    Impressive funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at 
the residence on Currahee Road with Rev. Holman Kelly, Rev. A. C. Craft and 
Rev. Blake officiating.  Interment was in Toccoa cemetery.
    Bond and Northcutt Funeral Directors.

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