Georgia:  Walton County:  Obituary of Vickey C. Haralson Elder
2 January 1923

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ST. ANDREW BAY NEWS
St. Andrews, Florida, January 2, 1923

OBITUARY
     Our last number  contained a brief account of the death of Mrs. J. 
A. Elder at the Elder home in this city.  Mrs. Elder was before 
marriage Vickey C. Haralson, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. 
Haralson, of Social Circle, Ga., having been born there and living 
there all through her girlhood.  She and Mr. Elder were married in the 
fall of 1891, and remained in Georgia until the fall of 1892, when they 
removed to Arkansas, where her husband followed millwork until 1899.
   Mrs. Elder's health failing, they removed from Arkansas to St. 
Andrews, the doctors advising her going to some place on the coast.  
After being here but about four months she regained her health and it 
remained fairly good up to her last illness.  She found help in 
regaining her health through living much out of doors, of which life 
she became very fond, and this brought her in touch with nearly every 
citizen of St. Andrews, all of whom were her friends, and who deeply 
deplored her passing away.
   Her last illness began on Sunday, December 10th, with a pain in her 
head.  She at once received the best of medical aid, but her trouble, 
apoplectic, was beyond human aid, and she slept almost continually 
until her death, which occurred at 12:30 a.m. December 25th, at the age 
of 51 years and 3 months, her birth occurring on September 25th, 1871.
   She leaves here her husband and three children, and grandchildren, 
to mourn her death , her husband, J. A. Elder, of St. Andrews; Mrs. W. 
T. Lash, of Millville, and Mrs. Ambus Aaron, of St. Andrews, both 
daughters, and Charles Elder, a son, of St. Andrews.  She is also 
survived by her father, step-mother, six brothers, and one sister, all 
of whom reside in Georgia, except one brother, who lives in Arkansas.
   Mrs. Elder was a faithful, loving wife, and mother, and a good 
friend to her many acquaintances.  Always helpful where she could help, 
she made many friends among those who most needed friends.  The family 
have the sympathy of the entire community in this their hour of 
bereavement.
                                                     
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CARD OF THANKS
   We desire to thank our friends and neighbors for the many acts of 
kindness shown to us during the illness and death of our beloved wife 
and mother.  Particularly do we wish to thank Doctors Zediker, and 
Nixon, for their earnest and faithful services, doing all that could be 
done from the beginning of her illness until the end.  We also would 
thank the colored people of the community for the help they gave, and 
the omitting their usual Christmas celebration feature of shooting off 
fireworks, and guns, that there might not be the least noise to disturb 
the sufferer.  May God bless all the people is our earnest prayer.
                 Mr. J. A. Elder
                 Mrs. W. T. Lash
                 Mrs. Ambus Aaron
                 Charley Elder


(Submitted by Barbara Walker Winge,   barbarawinge@yahoo.com)