Taliaferro County GaArchives Obituaries.....Bird, Joseph Buford September 22 1957
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RITES FOR JOE B. BIRD

The sad news of the sudden death of Mr. Joseph Buford Bird on last sunday 
afternoon cast a pall of sorrow over Crawfordville and other places where he 
was well known and loved.  His health had not been up to par recently, and he 
had entered the Boswell Hospital at Greensboro for a check-up which was 
expected to last only a few days.  The end came suddenly and unexpectedly on 
Sunday afternoon Sept. 22, 1957.

He had been a valuable and capable employee of the Georgia Railroad for nearly 
fifty years, during most of which time he had served as telegraph operator at 
various stations.  He had been stationed at Union Point since 1941.  He was 
highly esteemed by his employers and fellow workers as was indicated by the 
large number of members of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers who came to pay 
their last respects to him on Wednesday afternoon.

Joseph Buford Bird was born in Taliaferro County on April 13, 1886, the son of 
the late William Wiley Bird and Katie L. Hammack, both of whom descended from 
prominent and influential families of Taliaferro County.  He was united in 
marriage to Miss Carrie Brake on July 27, 1909*.  His wife, also a descendant 
of highly respected forebears, preceded him in death.

Funeral rites were held at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the Presbyterian 
Church at Crawfordville of which he was a member for many years and were 
conducted by Rev. G. C. Grissom, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church, assisted by 
Rev. L. C. Cowart, Pastor of the Methodist Church, Crawfordville.

Interment was in the Crawfordville Cemetery.

The pallbearers were W. H. Dozier, P. G. Mitchell, Jr., Paul Ellington, Jr., H. 
G. Moore, Jr., George Nelms and Tom McGee.

The following members of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers and Trainmen served 
as an honorary escort:  Cecil Cobb of Warthen, B. J. Wilson of Boneville, E. R. 
Caldwell, G. B. Hardy, H. P. Campbell, W. W. Darden, of Union Point, C. M. 
Reese and W. J. Mayes of Camak, J. M. Reynolds of Greensboro, R. C. Pirkle and 
J. M. Morgan of Covington, Grady Hendrix and J. H. Hendry of Washington, H. B. 
Morgan and H. G. Acree of Atlanta, Geo. W. Hendry, J. R. Evans and H. V. 
Beazley, all of Crawfordville.

Survivors are four daughters, Mrs. T. V. Akins, Raceland, Ky., Mrs. J. W. 
Leaphart, Charleston Heights, S.C., Mrs. A. W. McLaren, Clinton, Ind., and Miss 
Josie Bird, Crawfordville, Ga.; and one son, W. G. Bird, Crawfordville, Ga.  In 
addition to the children there are eight grandchildren, and one great-
grandchild.  The surviving sisters are Miss Mamie Bird, Crawfordville, Mrs. 
Julia Bird Paschal, Lykesland, SC, Mrs. G. L. Slocumb, Macon, surviving 
brothers are Dr. Frank Bird, Lake Park, Ga., Paul Bird, Atlanta and Gwin Bird, 
Atlanta.













Additional Comments:
*This obit was transcribed from an image of very poor quality and may contain 
errors as a result.  The year of marriage was unreadable and was deduced by 
reference to the 1910 U.S. Federal Census.

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