Twiggs County GaArchives Obituaries.....Newby, Benjamin (Ben) Hill 1937
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Macon Telegraph
Benjamin "Ben" Hill Newby was born 11-10-1890 and died 6-19-1937 (GA DC# 19663)
and is buried in Lee Cemetery in Twiggs County. He never married. His parents,
Jessie Ivey "Jess" Newby and Dora "Dode" Estella Lee Newby, are also buried there.

From The Macon Telegraph    6-21-1937 Page 10

Rites for Newby Scheduled Today
Funeral for Rabies Victim Will Be at Mount Zion Church

Funeral services for Ben Hill Newby, Pinehurst farm overseer, will be held at
10AM today in the Mount Zion Baptist Church in Twiggs County, the Rev. J. E.
Townsend officiating. Burial will be in the Lee Cemetery.
Mr. Newby, a native of Jeffersonville, died in a local hospital Saturday
morning, a victim of rabies, which he developed last week, having been bitten by
a mad dog May 26. Symptoms of the disease appeared Wednesday and when Mr. Newby
was brought here, physicians applied every known scientific method to save his
life.
Dr. J. F. Sellers, head of the division of laboratories for the state department
of public health, said only 16 of 25,000 persons who have taken rabies treatment
during the last 15 years have died. A special study is being made of Mr. Newby's
case.
Mr. Newby is survived by his parents, four brothers, three sisters, and a number
of nieces and nephews.


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