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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1916
Page
9
Obituary notice for J T Armstrong of Lee's Chapel found dead in a field at age 70 seven sons and daughters survive. His prayer to join loved ones in the afterlife is recalled with a hopeful verse about rest at the gates of heaven. Local request to subscribe to the Free Press appears at end.
William Earnest Latimer died June 18 at Oak Lawn farm, prompting deep sorrow for Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Latimer. The infant Willie joins his late sister Mae in the heavenly home, with funeral services held at Beulah church on June 19.
A poem describes a magical road called Vacation that starts at the schoolhouse and travels through July and August to enchanting lands. It leads to seas, farms, meadows, ponds, forests, and mountain valleys, ending back at the schoolhouse door as September begins.
Master Burnett and James Trapp visited Master Eldridge Vines Sunday. Miss Ozelle Camp May Belle and Keren Trapp visited Misses Myrtie and Annie Davenport Sunday. Mrs. Sallie Richards and daughter Ida of Whitesburg visited Mr. W. T. Richards Saturday night and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Buyers visited Mr. Tom Morris Saturday night and went to Lithia Springs Sunday. Herb Wilson and family visited W. G. Durrett and family. Oscar Boyd and family visited at Lee Hilley’s Sunday. Bud Nolan and family visited Nona Vines Sunday. J C Carden visited Mrs. Ormore Sunday. Louise Camp Eula and Mamie Fields visited Nona Vines Sunday. Lint Boyd and sister Mrs. Fred Cosby. Albert Garner visited Mrs. Garner’s mother Mrs. W. A. Trapp Sunday.
Miss Lois Doss of Lowell spent last weekend with cousin Miss Willie Lane. Hugh Jackson of Carrollton passed through en route to Centralhatchee. Mrs. Bob Mashburn visited her daughter Mrs. Charles Findley who remains ill at Moultrie. Orren Pearce of Plowshare traveled for J R Watkins Co. Richard Nolen and wife of Glenloch visited W J Yeager. Tom Nolen and family visited Henry Folds. Mrs Pete Folds spent time with her parents in Carrollton.
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