Rev Adams of Butler Celebrated for Service to HEARD County
Rev James Clyde Adams known as the Bishop of Heard County is honored for 21 years as Franklin campus pastor and community builder. He organized clubs, helped build churches and hospitals, and led tuberculosis drives while serving at Franklin and in the North Georgia Methodist Conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. R Adams
Adams
James _ Clyde Adams
Heard County
Frankling, Ga
Georgia
Franklin
Franklin High School
Brother Adams
Emory University
Butler
Taylor County
Joseph T. Adams
Joe
Clyde
Butler Ie
Emory
North Georgia
Griffin
Bishop
Bowman
Lavonia
James Clyde Adams
Heard County Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees
Heard County Lions Club
West Georgia Boy Scout Council
Chattahoochee Lodge
Frolona
Royal Arch
Grand Lodge of the R. A. M
Macon
Local Methodist Church To Send Large Delegation To Conference
A large delegation led by Rev. C. W. Hancock and lay delegate Dr. Eli Garrett will attend the South Georgia Methodist Annual Conference in Macon from June 13 to 17. The Jubilee Year gathering marks the start of the century’s second half and will elect delegates to the 1952 General and Jurisdictional Conferences. Deputy delegates must meet age and church membership requirements. Several laymen from the local charge plan to attend the five day event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Hancock
Eli Garrett
Macon
Butler Junior American Legion Ball Team At Home Weekend
The Butler junior team hosts Macon Saturday at 3 p.m. and Perry Sunday at 3 p.m. After a 13 3 loss to Macon last week the locals seek to even the series on their home field. The squad, 17 and under, features Kay Casey and others. manager M P Dean and coach Clay Smith lead a 3 2 record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
American Legion
Sat
Sun
Perry Junior Legion
Perry
Staples
Kay Casey
Milton Edmonson
Paul Pierce Flee Payne
Sonny Dunn
Carl Abercombie
Jack Heath
Preston Childs
Ferrell Bone
Harold Sullins
Tommy Theus
Benny Adams
Charles Young
Cecil Griggs
Ben Spillers
Robert Palmer
Windham
Smith
M. P. Dean
Clay Smith
Riley Family Hurt In Georgia Car Wreck Near Roberta
Mr and Mrs Walter Riley of Lakeland Florida and Mr H H Riley spent Thursday with relatives then were seriously injured in a two vehicle crash five miles north of Roberta Georgia about 2 p m The other driver a Connecticut soldier en route to Fort Benning fell asleep at the wheel and was also severely hurt All three were treated at Sams hospital Reynolds with the soldier later moved to Fort Benning hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Riley
Lakeland
Fla
H. H. Riley
Butler
Sams Hospital
Reynolds
Roberta
Macon
Connecticut
Fort Benning
Ft. Benning
Grim Reaper Visits 3 Taylor County Families
Obituary notices report the deaths of Col Wesley Foy of Butler and Ernest W Boggs Sr of Prattsburg with services conducted by local ministers. Foy died at 80 from age related illness. Boggs, 30, died after a long illness. Funeral rites were held in Butler and Prattsburg with family and school officials in attendance.
Robert W Boggs Jr WWII Veteran Passes at Veterans Hospital
Robert W Boggs Jr died June 1 at 10 45 p m after long heart illness dating from 1944. He served in World War II and received care from army officials and loved ones at the Veterans Hospital New Orleans where he had been moved from Montgomery hospital. He was the son of Mr Rob- and left a life of faithful service and family memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Boggs, Jr
Boggs
Veterans Hospital
New Orleans
Montgomery Hospital
Robert
Rob
Adams Sr. W. B. Adams dies after long illness
W. B. Adams Sr. died Thursday May 31 at 10 45 p m after a six month illness. He observed his 78th birthday on May 28 1878. A Crawford county native many years in Taylor county farming he lived 12 miles north of Butler on rural route two. Surviving are his devoted wife Miss Mary Lou Gresham two brothers J D and W B Adams Jr a daughter Mrs E F Peed and many relatives. Funeral was Saturday at 11 a m at Howard cemetery with Eld L O Walker and Rev W Hancock officiating. Pallbearers included D W George Hugh Culverhouse Clem Adams J B Adams Zack Hayes. honorary pallbearers listed.
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Boggs
Katherine Brock Boggs
Patricia
Carolyn Boggs
Robert Olive
Thomaston
Prattsburg Cemetery
C. W. Hancock
Butler Methodist Church
Eugene Cariker
Corinth M. E
Prattsburg
Leonard G. Parker
Eddie Pennington
Arnold
Marvin Ellis
Emmett Mize
Leonard Lyons
Parsley Funeral Home
Adams
Crawford County
Taylor County
Butler
J. R
Mary Adams
Mary Lou Gresham
Messrs
W. B. Adams Jr
J. D. Adams
E. F. Peed
L. T. Peed
Albert Peed
Thelmon Jarrell
Eli Gaultney
Bill Culverhouse
Luke Adams
Dr J A Garrett Dies At Meigs After Long Illness
Dr Johnny A Garrett aged 71 died at his Meigs Georgia home after a lengthy decline in health. He was born in Taylor county son of the late J Tom Garrett and Georgia Woodall Garrett and survived by his wife Eva Fouche, grandchildren, three brothers Lester Sims and Riley Garrett and a sister Mary Lizzie Braswell. Funeral services were set for 3 pm at Meigs Methodist church with interment in Albany cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Phillips
Ben Hill
Coleman Wesley Foy
Butler
Methodist Church
Union (Camp Ground) Cemetery
C. W. Hancock
Gordon Hunter
J. R. Phillips
Edwards Funeral Home
Harry Hill
Atlanta
Edward McCants
Henry W
Wesley W
Gordon L
W. H. Foy
Leila McCants
K. B. McCants
Viola Foy
Ernest W. Foy
Thomaston
Col
R. S. Foy
C. F. Richards
Marion Foy
Wesley
James Phillips
Ernest Foy
Upson County
Col. Foy
Taylor County
Johnny A. Garrett
Meigs, Ga
Dr. Garrett
J. Tom Garrett
Georgia Woodall Garrett
Eva Fouche
Messrs
Lester, Sims
Riley Garrett
Mary Lizzie Braswell
Meigs Methodist Church
Albany Cemetery
Albany
Garland Byrd Named Georgia Citizens Council Traffic Safety Director
Garland Byrd of Taylor County named to lead Georgia Citizens Council traffic safety program. The 24 year old war veteran and former Taylor County representative succeeds as assistant director of veterans affairs, vows a Georgia wide safety drive. He served in World War II rising to captain, earned Bronze Star, Silver Star, Purple Heart. In politics he later supported Herman Talmadge and opposed FEPC civil rights legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Taylor County
Garland Byrd
Office of Georgia Citizens Council
Garrard
Council
State Bar Association
Georgia
Citizens Council
Byrd
State Department of Veterans Service
General Assembly
Mr. Byrd
Reynolds
Georgia Southwestern
Americus
VMI
Army
University of Georgia
Emory University
Lamar’ School of Law
France
Herman Talmadge
Young Democrats of Georgia
Civil Rights Legislaton
FEPC
Chattanooga
Annual Revival at Bethel Church June 17 24
The Bethel Congregational Methodist church holds its annual revival from June 17 to June 24 with Rev. B. C. Slate of Fort Worth as evangelist. Slate, chair of the Northwest Texas Annual Conference, will lead daily services at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Pastor Rev. Jerry Partain invites all to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel Congregational Methodist Church
B. C. Slate
Ft. Worth
Texas
Slate
Northwest Texas
Fort Worth
Jerry Partain
Third District American Legion Tournament Here
Butler Post 124 votes to sponsor the Third District American Legion Tournament in the city around the second week in July. Likely Butler teams include Dawson Cuthbert Columbus Waverly Hall and Butler with the Eastern half in Perry featuring Cordele Perry Eastman Fitzgerald and Hawkinsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler American Legion Post 124
American Legion
Butler
Dawson
Cuthbert Columbus
Waverly Hall
Perry
Cordele
Eastman
Fitzgerald
Hawkinsville
Third District Rural Carrier Convention Held Here May 30
The Third District Rural Carriers Association met in the local high school auditorium on Wednesday May 30 with attendees from 24 counties. Hon Chas C Wall of Ellaville presided and was re elected as president. Speakers included E L Forrester of Leesburg and Mrs Co Sawyer of Reynolds. A mammoth barbecue at the American Legion Home preceded the afternoon session and officers were elected for both the carriers and ladies auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Rural Carriers Association
Chas. C. Wall
Ellaville
Lee Ray Lunsford
Richland
E. G. McKay
P. O
Columbus
Jack Montgomery
Preston
Co. & Sawyer
Reynolds
E. L. Forrester
Leesburg
Congress of the
United States
Forrester
Congress
India
American Legion
Carriers and Ladies’ Auxiliary
Worship at Mauk and Howard Churches Sunday
The Mauk Methodist Church holds services at 10 a.m. and Howard at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Rev. C W Hancock preaches at each service. The sermons precede the South Georgia Annual Conference opening Wednesday at 10 a.m. Ministers and delegates will answer roll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mauk
Howard
C. W. Hancock
South Georgia
Son of Local Lady Killed in Korea
Buddie Frazer, son of a former local woman Rosa Fountain Frazer of Auburndale Florida, was killed in battle in Korea on May 14. Relatives in Butler and Taylor County were notified with no further details provided. Frazer was the only son of his mother and came from the Fountain family lineage tied to George W. Fountain and May Rhodes Fountain.
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Korea
Butler
Taylor County
Buddie Frazer
Frazer
Rosa Fountain Frazer
Auburndale
Fla
Buddie
George W. Fountain
May Rhodes Fountain
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Rev. Adams
Mrs. Riley
Grim Reaper
Taylor Co
Col. C. W. Foy
Robert Boggs
W. B. Adams Sr
C. W. Foy
Wm. Boggs
Clyde Davis Boggs
Talbot County
Business
W. B. Adams, Sr
Wm. Benjamin Adams Sr
J.A. Garrett
Meigs
New City
Bethel C. M. Church
Rural Carrier’s Convention
Cong. Forrester
Mauk and
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