Taylor County GaArchives Obituaries.....Jinks, John Wilbourn December 12 1893
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The Butler Herald, December 19, 1893
The Butler Herald
Tuesday, December 19, 1893
Page Three

A Sad Death

Dr. John Wilbourn Jinks Passes to His Reward

On Thursday last the citizens of this community were called upon to pay the 
last tribute of respect to one of the most deserving and popular young men of 
Taylor County 0 Dr. John Wilbourn Jinks – whose death occurred at the home of 
his father – Mr. John F. Jinks, at 3 o’clock on Tuesday evening the 12th inst. 
after a short illness from hemorrhage of the lungs.  All that loving friends, a 
kind father, mother, brothers, sisters and physicians could do was of no avail 
and obeying the call of his Maker, he passed into rest as above stated.  Dr. 
Jinks was 26 years of age and bid fair to be prominent and useful in the 
community in which he lived.  In March 1892 he graduated to the State Medical 
College in Atlanta with high honors and up to the time of his illness, enjoyed 
a good practice.  He was kind and obliging, every ready to help the needy or 
give relief to the suffering.  He was a gentleman of feeble constitution but 
was always ready to bear his part of the burdens of life.  Morally and socially 
he had but few equals and whose company was sought by all the young people as 
well as the old in this community.  He was gentle, kind and obliging, loved by 
all who knew him and whose presence will be sadly missed in this community.  
Dr. Jinks was not a member of any church but a strong advocate of Christianity, 
a bright and acceptable Mason.  His remains were interred in the family 
graveyard near the residence of Mr. T.L. Jinks, on Thursday with Masonic 
honors, surrounded by a large number of friends and relatives.  The Herald 
unites its sympathy with many friends in behalf of the bereaved family.

The Butler Herald
Tuesday, February 13, 1894
Page Three

In Memoriam

Resolutions Passed by Fickling Lodge No. 120

The subject of these resolutions, Bro. John W. Jinks, was born Sept. 23rd, 
1865.  Graduated in the Southern Medical College of Atlanta, Ga., March 1892, 
and died December 12th, 1893, after a sickness of 13 days, which baffled the 
skill of the best medical aid assisted by the untiring nursing of devoted loved 
ones.  Bro. Jinks was a student of Butler Male & Female College and during his 
school days he had not only the love and confidence of his classmates, but also 
of the College Faculty and won for himself a host of friends who attest their 
devotion and the strength of their friendship, by the mantel of sorrow which 
covers their hearts and brings an eclipse to the sunlight of their happiness.  

Bro. Jinks did not possess a strong robust constitution and none knew better 
how to sympathize with his frailty than his father and mother who gave him life 
and all that money could do to shield him from the storms of life and protect 
him from its adverse winds.

Bro. Jinks was raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason, soon after 
obtaining his majority, and from these until the Supreme Grand Master, called 
him from labor to refreshments, he was a consistent exemplary member against 
whom no reproach could be found and was never known to use the name of Deity in 
a profane manner.  His love and fidelity for Masonry is better known by his 
Masonic brightness and proficiency in the work.  He having filled some of the 
most difficult offices with profit to himself and honor to the Fraternity, 
purity of its principles and brightness of its tenets.  But the jewel that 
shone brightest in the Galaxy of his virtues was his unceasing, unyielding love 
for his mother.  He loved her as but few sons love a mother.  Her slightest 
wish was his fondest joy, her comfort his delight, her presence his peace and 
happiness and none but the broken hearted mother can know how he truly loved 
her.

Whereas, The Supreme Grand Master of men and Masons, has called our beloved 
brother John W. Jinks, from labor on earth to refreshments in the Grand Temple 
above, and

Whereas Brother Jinks had, by the affability of his disposition, the loveliness 
of a social life and the brightness of his Masonic intercourse won for himself 
an abiding place in our affections.

Therefore be it Resolved: That while we bow in submission to the sound of the 
Grand Master’s gavel, we deeply deplore and our hearts are grieved by this 
dispensation of His providence.

Resolved Second: That this memorial, preamble and resolution be inscribed on 
the lodge records and a copy be furnished the family also the Butler Herald be 
furnished with a copy with a request to publish the same.

Resolved Third: That the lodge be appropriately be draped and the usual badge 
of mourning be worn for thirty days.

J.T. Adams
J.H. Childs
W.C. Bateman
Committee



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