Talbot County GaArchives Obituaries.....Charles W. Kimbrough October 2 1906
************************************************
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:
Carla Miles cmhistory@mchsi.com August 21, 2003, 10:13 pm

The Talbotton New Era, October 4, 1906

The Talbotton New Era
Thursday, October 4, 1906
Page 6

Death of Charles W. Kimbrough

In another column will be found an account of the death of Edmund Kimbrough, 
which occurred early Sunday morning.  And now before the issue, carrying the 
sad news to our readers has been published, comes the death of his younger 
brother, Charles W. Kimbrough, Jr., which occurred Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock.

Never in the history of Talbotton has a newspaper published in the same issue, 
the accounts of the deaths of two brothers.  A sadder thing has never been 
known in the history of the town.

Last December, Charlie Kimbrough, was, to all appearances, as well as any man 
in Talbotton.  All through the cotton season he assisted his father in 
conducting the business of the Farmer’s Warehouse.  During November and 
December they were unable to secure hands, and Charlie and his younger brother, 
Worrill, handled nearly 2,000 bales of cotton, taking it from the wagons, 
trucking it into the storage room and later onto the cars for shipment.  About 
the first of February, he was taken sick with a severe cold, so his family and 
friends believed.  He was ill for several weeks and failing to improve, went to 
Atlanta to consult with physicians of that city.  They discovered, upon 
examination, that he had consumption, and were unwise enough to tell him of his 
condition.  He returned home broken in health and spirits.  His father 
persuaded him to go to Colorado with his brother, but the change failed to 
bring about any change for the better.  He returned home in the course of three 
weeks and from then until the day of his death, his strength gradually grew 
less and less, until he was unable to stand the pain and suffering any longer.

Charlie Kimbrough was only 23 years of age.  There was never a boy in Talbotton 
more generally liked and esteemed.  He had a way of making friends and holding 
them.  To know him was to like him.  He was especially well known to the 
farmers of the county, being in the warehouse business, and all deeply deplore 
his death.

During the past three months, he suffered as few men have ever suffered before, 
but he bore it all with a patience and fortitude which was almost superhuman.  
To those who were with him and administered to his wants, he was ever grateful 
and no matter how much he was suffering, he never failed to thank them and 
express his appreciation, even for a small think as handing him a glass of 
water to cool his feverish lips.  And then when he was almost gone, he saw the 
remains of his brother, Edmund, whom he loved with a tender devotion, carried 
from the home and borne to the last resting place.  He went through it all 
fearlessly and bravely.  He even told his father where he wished Edmund buried 
and said he would not have him back because he knew he had suffered so much.  
It is a terrible thing that one so young should have had to pass through such 
deep sorrow and severe trials.

Wednesday afternoon his remains were carried Oak Hill cemetery and laid 
peacefully to rest beside the mother who has gone before, and the brother, so 
lately called to the Great Beyond.  The funeral services were conducted by Rev. 
Francis McCullough.  The many who attended the funeral was an evidence of how 
much Charlie Kimbrough was loved by those who knew him.





This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/

File size: 3.8 Kb