Talbot County GaArchives Obituaries.....Mattie Kellum Rush November 10 1908
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The Talbotton New Era, November 12, 1908

The Talbotton New Era
Thursday, November 12, 1908
Page 6

Mrs. Mattie Rush Commits Suicide

Mrs. Mattie Rush, who resided at the home of Mrs. Liza Callier, killed herself 
at an early hour on Tuesday morning by shooting herself in the temple with a 32 
caliber Smith and Wesson pistol.

Mrs. Rush went to her room on Monday night with her two children feeling rather 
despondent and she told a Negro woman who waited on Mrs. Callier that she would 
not be here the following morning.  The Negro woman said nothing about what 
Mrs. Rush had told her as she did not take it seriously.  It appears that Mrs. 
Rush arose at an early hour and went into an adjoining room to the one which 
she occupied.  She was seated on a bed and placed the pistol to her head and 
fired two shots, falling forward on her face on the floor.  She died instantly, 
before anyone could reach her.

She left a note in which she asked that her two little children be sent to the 
Orphan’s Home.

Mrs. Rush was about thirty years of age and was a daughter of Mr. Robert 
Kellum, who lives eight miles north of Talbotton.  The funeral services took 
place on Wednesday morning.




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