Troup-Meriwether County GaArchives Obituaries.....Freeman, Robert Clark February 23, 1924
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"The Atlanta Constitution"
Atlanta, Georgia

Monday, February 25, 1924

Robert Freeman, Leader in Cotton Industry, is Dead

Robert C. Freeman, of West Point, Ga., president of the Dixie Cotton Mills, and 
one of the most prominent officials in the cotton industry of this section of 
the country, died Saturday night at a local hospital.  Mr. Freeman was 62 years 
old.

He is survived by one daughter, Miss Gabriella Freeman; one sister, Mrs. J. S. 
Horsley, of West Point, Ga., and four brothers, E. B., M. E., W. E., and P. W. 
Freeman.

Mr. Freeman's body was taken to West Point Sunday for funeral services and 
interment.

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Tuesday, February 26, 1924

Final Services Held for Robert Freeman; Rests in West Point

(Includes photo of Robert C. Freeman)

Funeral Services for Robert C. Freeman, 62, of West Point, who died Saturday at 
an Atlanta hospital were held Monday at West Point.  Interment was in the Pine 
Woods (Pinewood) cemetery.

Freeman, who was a leader in the textile industry, was a brother of Myron E. 
Freeman, prominent Atlanta jeweler.  He was connected with the West Point 
Mills, Dixie Mills at LaGrange, Anchor Duck Mills, of Rome, and other leading 
cotton plants.

Mr. Freeman was a member of the West Point Christian church and the West Point 
Rotary club.

Surviving him are a daughter, Miss Gabriella Freeman, of West Point; a sister, 
Mrs. J. S. Horsley, of West Point, and four brothers, Myron E. Freeman, of 
Atlanta; William S. Freeman, of Opelika, Ala., and Pope W. Freeman, of West 
Point.  [Note the 4th brother, E. B. per obit above, was not named in this one.]
 

Additional Comments:
He was the son of Robert A. S. Freeman and Harriet R. "Hattie" Ellis, born 7 
October 1862 most likely in Meriwether Co., Georgia.  

He married Gillian "Lillian" LaFayette Lanier, the eldest daughter of Lafayette 
Lanier & Ada Alice Huguley, on 6 Oct 1904 in Troup Co., Georgia.  She preceeded 
him in death on 16 August 1918.  They are bured at Pinewood Cemetery in West 
Point, Troup Co., Georgia.  Gillian's father was President of the Lanett Cotton 
Mills.

Georgia Deaths, 1919-98 
Name: R. C. Freeman 
Death Date: 23 Feb 1924 
County of Death: DeKalb  
Certificate: 4013-F  


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