Notable Georgia Obituaries and Local Widening Losses
A roundup of regional deaths and memorials across Georgia includes Mrs. Ben Kilcrease of Bedley county, Judge J. M. Warren of Wilcox county, Miss Mary K. McMillan the only woman doctor in South Georgia, and other prominent citizens. The report covers public notices, civic events, and local incidents from towns like Hawkinsville, Blackshear, Waycross, Milledgeville, Cordele, and Dalton, with survivors and service details where listed.
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South Georgia
Blackshear
Mary K. McMillan
Rosa Toy Keeps Subscriptions Amid Tuberculosis Seal Drive
The Charlton County Herald notes Rosa Toy, age 83, renewing her subscription and actively supporting the Tuberculosis Christmas Seal sale. The report adds that road hazards in winter led to fewer accidents in the South this week, with eight people involved.
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Charlton County Herald
Rosa Toy
Man Commits Death by Own Action in Stewart County
Lumpkin Ga December 8 G A Pinkston 58 committed death by own action at his home eight miles southwest of Lumpkin Thursday afternoon by shooting himself through the heart death resulting instantly He had been in ill health for some months.
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Lumpkin, Ga
G. A. Pinkston
Lumpkin
Curing Plant Opens For Inspection In Montezuma
The South Georgia Ice company has completed a modern annex for meat curing and preservation in Montezuma. The plant will be opened for inspection at 2 PM Saturday with a meat cutting demonstration and canning of fresh meat, inviting farmers from Macon and nearby counties.
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Montezuma
South Georgia Ice Company
Macon
Dawson Officer Appointed to Washington Capitol Police
W. B. Davis a veteran deputy in Terrell county sheriff J. A. Turner’s office has accepted a position on the Capitol police force in Washington D C and will report for duty December 15. The appointment was announced from Representative B T Castellow’s Washington office.
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Dawson, Ga
W. B. Davis
J. A. Turner
Terrell County
Capitol
Washington, D. C
Washington
B. T. Castellow
Third
Judge McLaughlin Presides in Atlanta This Week
Judge C F McLaughlin of the Chattahoochee circuit travels from Columbus to Atlanta to oversee a Fulton Superior Court special division. He is expected to remain through the latter part of the week as Atlanta dockets often run congested.
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C. F. McLaughlin
Atlanta
Fulton
Macon County Turns Back State Convicts
Montezuma Georgia December 8 Macon county commissioners vote to return 25 or 80 felony convicts to the state prison January 1 About half the county camp population will be released reducing maintenance costs by about 50 percent due to no highway department awards for road work from the state.
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Montezuma
Macon
Highway Department
Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues
State
Manning Released From Jail After Two Years
Macon Georgia December 11 Ira W Manning Brunswick attorney was released from jail after nearly two years awaiting his appeal from a five year sentence for larceny after trust. Solicitor Garrett ordered release after reading a supreme court opinion finding no violation of state laws. Manning faced larceny after trust charges in a Macon real estate deal prompted by Mrs. J B Herndon.
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Macon
Ira W. Manning
Brunswick
Bible
Garrett
Manning
Supreme Court
J. B. Herndon
Three School Buildings Wiped Out in State Fires
News dispatches report three large school buildings destroyed in separate fires across the state. Richland high school suffered about 40000 in losses, Crabapple consolidated school near Alpharetta faced 15000, and Miller County school at Colquitt with all equipment and books burned, totaling about 50000.
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Richland High School
Alpharetta
Miller County
Colquitt
Young Woman Cuts Throat in Columbus Home
Miss Lexie Danford, 19, of Columbus, Ga, was found with a long laceration and a slashed throat. in serious condition at Columbus Hospital after being carried there by Vergle Gorham Saturday morning. Hospital staff reported the wound appeared self inflicted with no clear explanation given by Danford.
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Columbus
Lexie Danford
Columbus Hospital
Danford
Zat Hospital
Vergle Gorham
Diss Vente
Widow and Neighbor Jailed in Koker Murder Mystery
Ashburn Georgia December 12 Mrs Walter Koker 30 held on murder charges connected to a skeleton found near Worth four miles north of Ashburn. The victim’s widow and White were taken into custody after sheriff statements tying White to the death and to prior threats.
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Koker
Ashburn
Walter’ Koker
Worth
L. W. White
Fitzgerald
Smilar
Alex Story
L. M. Koker
Walter Koker
White
Jacksonville
Fla
Story
Two SLAIN as Posse Hunts Suspects in Georgia
A 100 man posse led by Baker County officers scoured Newton area for two black suspects after Bailiff Copeland Jarvis and companion Bill Long were killed while attempting to arrest them on gambling charges. Several Negroes were arrested as material witnesses amid the manhunt.
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Newton
Baker County
Copeland Jarvis
Bill
Long
Monay
Newton Mondy
Train Auto Crash Near Columbus Kills One Injures Three
Columbus Ga Dec 18 Mrs Virginia Willams 20 of Albany Ga was killed and another woman on two soldiers from Ft Benning were injured when their automobile collided with a train at Columbus The injured are Mrs Maude Martin of Columbus Willie Kimery and Alton Webster The men in the service company of the 29th Infantry suffered facial cuts
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Columbus, Ga
Virginia Willams
Albany
Ft. Benning
Columbus
Maude Martin
Willie Kimery
Alton Webster
29Th Infantry
Mr. Bion Williams Buried at Woodbury
Funeral services for Mr. Bion Williams age 64 were held at Woodbury Methodist Church after he died suddenly at his Woodbury home following a lingering illness. He was known as a frequent visitor to Butler as a state official and was remembered by many friends.
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Woodbury
Woodbury Methodist Church
Bion Williams
American Boy Youths Companion Seeks 1938 Readers
Readers are invited to subscribe to The American Boy Youth's Companion for 1938. The magazine promises adventure stories including a modern Robinson Crusoe tale set in the Amazon with three boys escaping natives and building a fortress. It also features world travel, school and college tales, professional career articles, sports interviews, and science pieces. Subscriptions cost 2 dollars for one year or 3 dollars for three years, with gift cards available and mail orders directed to 550 W Lafayette Blvd Detroit Michigan. Service starts with the chosen issue.
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Amazon
Lafayette Blvd
Detroit, Mich
Debts and Moratorium Debate Stirs Congress
The piece argues against canceling or delaying debt payments to the United States, stressing revenue needs and comparing domestic reconstruction loans to private loans. It cites figures on reductions, postwar trade, and warnings about the long term impact on credit and military spending.
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Bers
Congress
United States
Treasury
Great Britain
Belgium
France
Greece
Italy
Debt Funding Commission
Wilson
Germany
Coolidge
Ellaville Voters Elect Judge Hart Mayor
Ellaville Georgia December 13 election results show Judge Hart elected mayor by eight votes over J H Stevens. Councilmen elected include S W Miles R E Hill H F Dixon W T Tondee and R E Sullivan.
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Ellaville
Judge Hart
J. Hart
J. H. Stevens
S.W. Miles
R. E. Hill
H. F. Dixon
W T Tondee
R E, Sullivan
Commissioner Sale Of Land In Taylor County Georgia
Notice of a commissioner sale in equity for Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company versus Saunders et al. in the Middle District of Georgia. The auction, to satisfy a court decree, will occur at the Taylor County courthouse in Butler on December 16 1982 at 10 am. Property includes two land lots 293 and 294 in the First District containing about 2021-2 acres. High bidder must post ten percent in cash or bank check. sale subject to court confirmation and unpaid taxes. Bryan Middlebrooks & Carter. W E Swinson Commissioner.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Jefferson Standard Insurance Company
T. L. Saunders
W.P, Saunders
Mattie Hill
Saunders and District Court of the
United States
Columbus
Bascom S. Denver
Will Gall
Court House
Butler
L. Saunders
J. L. Saunders
W. T. Saunders
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company
Pring Pal
Swinson
Federal Reserve System of Banks
W. E. Swinson
Macon
Bryan
Middlebrooks & Carter
Candler
Atlanta
Public Auction As Security Deed Foreclosure in Taylor County
Farmers & Merchants Bank of Charing Ga announces a public sale under a deed to secure debt for H KE Children. Auction at Taylor County courthouse on the first Tuesday in January 1983 with 189 195 105 and 101 acre parcels in Taylor County shown to satisfy a note of 686.88 principal plus 64.11 interest. Sale proceeds to pay the debt and costs. any remainder to H P Children or heirs.
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Georgia
Taylor County
H. KE
Farmers & Merchants Bank of
Charing
Superior Court
Court House
Said County
H. E. Childres
H. P
Farmers & Merchants Bank
H. P. Wallach
Sheriff’s Sale Notices For 1930s County Property Auctions
The sale on the first Tuesday in January 1988 will offer Lot No. 101 in the 13th land district Section Two totaling about 202 12 acres to satisfy Mahala Tertell taxes for 1929 and 1930 to Interstate Bond Co transferee. Also offered is the J G Hill home in Matnolds Georgia with improvements, bound by State Highway No 96 Central of Georgia Railway, and properties of J G Hill estate for taxes 1928 1929 to Interstate Bond Co transferee. Additionally 63 acres off Lot 9 and 50 acres off Lot 24 in the 13th District Section Two, to satisfy R S Vann taxes for 19? and 1928 to Interstate Bond Co transferee. December 1982 This December.
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Georgia
Taylor County
13Th Land District
Mahala Tertell
Interstate Bond Co
Mat Nolds
J. G. Hill
E. L. Brooks
Central of Georgia Railway
Idth
R. S. Vann
Intersia Bond Co
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Ben Kilcrease
Bedley County
Mary Joiner
J. R. Green
Sumter County
J.D. DuPree
Hawkinsville
J. M. Warren
Wilcox County
Barbara Rogers
Waycross
Warner Bros
Hoover
Senate
Chas. P. Smith
Enigma
David Crockett
Milledgeville
Cordele Sunday
Olin S. McCoy
Cordele
B. J. Graham
Cee
The
Christian Index
Rs. Graham
W. E. Parrish
Richland Banking Company
Richland
Clayton
Ala
W. A. Middleton
E. B. Doyle
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warm Springs
J. Lester Eee Doyle
Souter
W. T. Foster
Alva Cooper
Prattville
Buena Vista
Montezumia
J. H. Robinson
R. L. Clements
Yancey Hill
Jack Smith
Dalton News
Dalton
T B. Martin
Meron
Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation
Reconsttuction Finance Corporation
Raleigh
Emily Dozier
Georgia State College For Women
R. T. Dozier
Atlanta Constitution
Georgia Crop Reporting Service
Charlton County
Folkston
Athens
Masonic Temple
Masonic Temple Association
Life Insurance Company of Virginia
W. T. Stubbs
Claxton
Jack Williams
Waycross Journal-Herald
Georgia Press Association
A. G. Miller
Waycross Kiwanis Club
Herbert Bradshaw
A. M. D. Wilson
Uncle Remus Memorial Association
Atlanta- Eatonton Highway
Joel Chandler Harris
Uncle Remus Association
E. H. Conner
Unadilla
Pulaski, Dooley and
Bleckley
R. H. Pate
W. R. Turner
Millen
Superior Court of
Desatur County
Bainbridge
B. C
Roosevelt
Nancy O'Neal
Wesson Oil Company
Lamar Rucker
Comptroller
Wm. B. Harrison
Europe
W. C. Davis
City Savings and Loan Association of
Colorado Springs
Colo
Colorado
New York
Braswell Dean
Alma Times
Joseph A. Hartig
Rome
Ry. T. W. Harris
Cochran
Mr. Harris
Harris
Cheerio
Thomaston
Thomaston Times
Matthews County Club
Jeff Davis County
Hazelhurst
M. Markowitz
Georgia Prison Commission
Markowitz
State Farm
Fourth National Bank of
C. D. Dorsey
Oscar McKenzie
H. P. Smith
Reidsville
W. J. Crowe
Sylvester
O. Lawrence Smith
Stewart County
Dawson Oficer
Castellow
Macon County
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MR. Bion Williams
Promise Boys
Rare Thrills
Nees
Sheriff's Sales
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