Talbot County GaArchives Obituaries.....B.A. Richards February 7 1906
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The Talbotton New Era, February 8, 1906

The Talbotton New Era
Thursday, February 8, 1906
Page 8

B.A. RICHARDS IS DEAD

For Twenty Years He Served As Sheriff of Talbot County, Died Yesterday – 
Funeral This Afternoon

Sheriff B.A. Richards died at his home here yesterday morning at 9 o’clock, 
after an illness of several months with lung trouble.  This news will be 
received with regret not only in Talbot County, but all over Georgia.  He had 
friends in every portion of the State.

Mr. Richards had been in bad health for two or three years, but it was only 
about six or eight months ago that his condition was realized by his friends 
and relatives to be growing serious.  For the past four months, he has not been 
on the streets, more than a dozen times, being confined to his bed the greater 
part of each day.  Some three weeks ago he seemed to improve and came up town 
for two or three days in succession.  His wife thought he was a great deal 
better and went to Florida to spend some time on a business trip.  About a week 
or ten days ago, he had to go to bed again and from that time until the end 
came on yesterday he grew weaker, day by day.

Mr. Richards was conscious up to a few minutes before his death and talked to 
those around his bedside.  Mr. T.H. Murphy who was with him to the last, stated 
that he died as peacefully as a little babe would fall asleep in its mother’s 
arms.

There was not a more popular man in Talbot County than Mr. B.A. Richards.  He 
could call every citizen by name, and was loved by both white and black.  For 
more than twenty years he served the people of Talbot County as their sheriff 
and held the position at the time of his death.  There was not a better officer 
to be found in Georgia and one of his chief regrets, the last few months of his 
life, was the fact that he was unable to give his duties his personal attention.

Had Mr. Richards lived until the nineteenth of this month, he would have been 
fifty-five years of age.  He was born in Columbus and moved to Talbot County 
when quite a boy.  He came here with his father and mother and accepted a 
position in the printing office of the paper which was published at the time 
being the foreman of (this sentence and the following is blurred – unable to 
read it)  citizen of Talbot County to give up his life in defense of his native 
state during the Civil War.

Mr. Richards is survived by his wife and one child, Miss Louise Richards.  He 
is also survived by thousands of friends in Talbot County and elsewhere who 
will mourn his death as if he were a relative.  Many are the men who in the 
hours of darkness and trouble have felt the aid of his generous hand, and many 
the shadow he assisted in dispelling from the homes of the poor and needy.  
Many are the citizens in Talbot County who feel this morning that they have 
lost one of the best and truest friends.

The funeral services will be conducted this afternoon by the K.P. Lodge, of 
which he was a member.  A large number of people are here from the county to 
attend the funeral, a testimonial of the high esteem in which he was held.






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