Jones County Georgia Obituaries:



1930 - 1945
February 1, 1930
Macon Telegraph
   M. D. Balkcom, 74, died suddenly yesterday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Kitchens, at Griswoldville.
   He was the son of the late Henry and DeLaney Balkcom, of Twiggs county. He is survived by a number of nieces and nephews, residing in various parts of the state.
   Interment will be at Mountain Springs cemetery, Jones county. 

February 6, 1930
Macon Telegraph
   The funeral of Thomas A. Stubbs will be held at Salem church in Jones county this morning at 11 o'clock. Dr. Charles R. Jenkins, pastor of the Mulberry Street Methodist  church cemetery.
    Mr. Stubbs was 48 years of age. He died at 4:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at his late residence at James, Ga. He was angaged in farming practically all his life, and was a member of the Methodist church. He was born in Jones county, in June, 1880.
    Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Rosa Etheridge Stubbs;  a son and three daughters; Otis, Ruth, Gladys and Dorothy Stubbs; a brother, A. T. Stubbs of James; three sisters, Mrs. George Gatliff, of James; Mrs. Ethel Etheridge of James; and Mrs. P. W. Hurt of Bowden. He was a son of the late Jim Stubbs and Elizabeth Pitts Stubbs of Jones county.  

February 13, 1930
Macon Telegraph
James Van Buren Dies at His Home In Jones County
James R. Van Buren, 80, a resident of Jones county for the greater part of his life and a man who had come into prominence in affairs of the state, died at his home at Griswoldville, Ga., at 7 o'clock last night, after an illness of about a month.
    He was born in Stillwater, N. Y., where he received his early education, and he came to Georgia to make his home when still a boy. He served for 12 years as a trustee of the Georgia State sanitarium and he was elected honorary trustee at the time of his resignation. Only recently he resigned as a trustee of the Georgia Academy for the Blind. He was a member of the Telegraph's 50-year club.
    For a number of terms he represented the  Twenty-first district as state senator and at one time he was prominently mentioned as a candidate for state treasurer. He declined to run on account of his extensive farming interests to which he devoted the greater part of his life.
Descendant of Prominent Family
  Mr. Van Buren was a direct descendant of Martin Van Buren, former president of the United States. He was married to Miss Laura Whitehurst Massey, of Wilkinson county, who died in 1916.
   He is survived by a brother, Olin M. Van Buren, Lockport, N.Y., and the following children: Mrs. L. Roy Fernad, Tarpon Springs, Fla.; Mrs G. A. Patterson and Mrs. Lucian C. Durham, Tampa; Mrs. Claud B. Wilson, Griffin, Ga.; and Mrs. Wallis B. Hardeman, Fort Valley; B. N. Van Buren, Amsterdam, Ga. ; J. R. Van Buren Jr., of Macon and Hansell O. Van Buren, Griswoldville.
   Funeral services will be held from the chapel of Connally and Pitts at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Interment will follow in Rose Hill cemetery. The services will be conducted by Dr. W. R. Mackay, pastor of the First Presbyterian church here.

April 20, 1930
Macon Telegraph
     Gray, Ga. April 19. Word was received here today of the death ofJ. E. Bowen, former resident here who was reported killed last night in an automobile accident near Montgomery, Ala.
   Mr. Bowen was the brother of Sheriff J. A. Bowen, of Jones county and C. R. Bowen, also of this city. One other brother, C. R. Bowen, resides at Wayside in this county, and Mr. Bowen also is survived by two sisters, Mrs. C. D. Reynolds, and Mrs. E. Abeny, both of Alabama.

May 22, 1930
The Butler Herald
Macon, Ga. May 22. The funeral of Giles E. Jarrell, who died at his home on Chappell Street, Macon Sunday night, was held from Hart's chapel Tuesday at noon. Rev. J. Lytle Jones, pastor of the Second street Methodist church, conducted the services. The body was taken to Reynolds where interment took place. Mr. Jarrell was born 75 years ago in Jones county. He came to Macon from Reynolds 35 years ago and entered into the grocery business. Surviving are his wife, formerly Miss Mary Ella Jones of Reynolds; one brother, James Jarrell, of Griffin, and one sister, Mrs. Carrie Campbell, of Macon.

August 17, 1930
Macon Telegraph
Mrs. Lucinda Stripling, of Griswoldville, Ga., died yesterday at the home of Mrs. James Baker  on the Milledgeville road while on a visit here, after an illness of only two days. She was a trained nurse until her health failed recently.
   She was born and reared in Jones county, and was the daughter of H. T. and Georgia Parrish Moore, of that county. Besides her father, H. T. Moore, of Griswoldville, she is survived by three brothers and two sisters, Ed. Moore, of Macon; M. H. Moore, of Gray; O. M. Moore, of Griswoldville; Mrs. J. H. Marsden, of Arlington, Fla., and Mrs. Dan White, of Spring Island, S. C. Several nieces and nephews and an aunt, Mrs. B. F. Balkcom, of Griswoldville, also survive.
  She was a member of the old Griffin Chapel Methodist church of Jones county. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the residence of her brother, O. M. Moore, at Griswoldville. Interment will take place in Griffin chapel.
   The pallbearers will be W. S. Stripling, James Baker, L. F. Price, P. L. Henderson and Luther J. Henderson.
   No details of how the accident occurred were received here.

September 7, 1930
Macon Telegraph
   Funeral services for William Edward Baker, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Baker, of 108 Ross street, were held at the grave in Mountain Springs cemetery yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock, Rev. C. A. Jackson, pastor of the First Street Methodist church, officiating.
   The child died at a local sanitarium yesterday morning. He was three months of age, and had been ill most of his life. Surviving besides his parents, are one brother, George Baker, and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Moore, of Macon, and Mrs. W. E. Monroe, of Madison, Ga.

December 31, 1930
Macon Telegraph
DANIEL JACKSON. Round Oak, Ga., Dec. 30. Daniel Jackson, 80, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George T. Pippin, yesterday morning. Funeral and burial took place at Caney Creek church at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Mr. Jackson is survived by his wife, formerly Miss Mirah Childs; one son, Rufus M. Jackson, of Round Oak, five daughters, Mrs. W. G. Pippin and Mrs. J. G. Bradley, of Gray; Mrs. Clyde VanZandt and Mrs. George T. Pippin, Round Oak, and Mrs. C. J. Stephenson, of Hapeville..

1931
March 9, 1931
Macon Telegraph
Charlie K. Kitchens, 44, died at his home on Church street at 11 o'clock yesterday morning after an illness of three weeks. He was a native of Jones county, moving here four years ago, and was engaged in the woodyard business.
   Surviving are his wife, formerly Miss Abbie Ward, of Jones county; three sons, Shelton, Alton and William; three brothers, Will, of Macon; Henry and George Kitchens, of Jones county; three sisters, Mrs. Frank Davis, Macon; Mrs. Joe Avery, of Jones; and Mrs. Jack Kitchens, of Twiggs county, and his mother, Mrs. Wiley Kitchens, of Jones county.
  Mr. Kitchens was a member of the Baptist church. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the grave in Mountain Springs cemetery in Jones county, Rev. A. C. Baker, officiating.

April 10, 1931
Macon Telegraph
   Funeral services for Mrs. Elvinah A. Bragg, 87, who died at the homeof her son, E. R. Bragg, 246 South College street, Wednesday night, will be held at the Gray Baptist church at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
  Elder B. F. Williamson will conduct the services and interment will be in Gray cemetery. Pallbearers will be Earl, Thomas, Fred, Noel H., Richard and T. S. Bragg. Mrs. Bragg was a member of the Mount Zion Primitive Baptist church, of Gray.
  Mrs. Bragg is survived by 104 direct descendants, including eight sons and one daughter; T. H. Bragg, of Irwinton; W. M. Bragg, Macon; S. E. Bragg, Gray; J. H. Bragg, Hawkinsville; C. W. Bragg, Tampa, Fla.; L. E. Bragg, Macon; I. W. Bragg, Gray; E. R. Bragg, Macon and Mrs. W. W. Crocker, Valdosta.

April 15, 1931
Macon Telegraph
   Funeral services for R. D. McDaniel were held at Mountain Springs church near Gordon at 11 o'clock yesterday morning. Rev. J. J. Bennett, pastor of the Gray and Haddock Baptist churches, conducted the services and interment was made in the church cemetery.
   The pallbearers were J. M. Bloodworth, H. W. Lester, W. A. McDaniel, J. J. Christian, H. W. Lester, and G. B. Moore. Mrs. J. A. Middlebrooks, Mrs. M. F. Morton and S. P. Myrick, accompanied by Mrs. H. C. Pearson, sang Abide With Me and Will the Circle Be Unbroken.
   Mr. McDaniel died at his home in Haddock, Monday morning. He was engaged in the lumber business in Haddock. Surviving, besides his widow, formerly Miss Maggie Balkcom, are four children, Ruth, Mary, Bessie and Polan McDaniel; four brothers. W. F. and J. T. McDaniel, of Macon; L. H. of Thomaston; G. L. McDaniel and also one sister, Mrs. J. L. Lester, of Macon.

May 22, 1931
Macon Telegraph
    Wiley Mason, 58, Jones county farmer, died at his residence at Griswoldville, at 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon after an illness of two weeks.
    Mr. Mason was born and reared in Jones county and is survived by two brothers and two sisters.
   Funeral services will be held at 5 o'clock this afternoon at the grave in Jackson county.

May 25, 1931
Macon Telegraph
C. P. BLOODWORTH.  Funeral services for Charles Perry Bloodworth, who died in Atlanta Saturday night, will be held at the Cherokee Heights Baptist church at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The Sunday school class, of which he was teacher, will serve as a group of honorary pallbearers.
    Rev. W. F. McClunney and W. G. Veal, of Milledgeville, and Rev. J. Fred Eden, pastor of the Cherokee church, will conduct the services. Interment will be in Salemn cemetery near Haddock in Jones county.
    Pallbearers will be R. O. Thomas, J. T. Trimble, Ray Turner, Ira D. Green, Furman O. Tyner and Charles O. Brooks.

June 24, 1931
Macon Telegraph
MRS. DANIEL JACKSON. Round Oak, Ga, June 23. Mrs Daniel Jackson, of Round Oak, died at 3 a.m. at the home of her daughter, Mrs. G. T. Pippins, at the age of 77.
  She is survived by five daughters and one son, Mrs. H. G. Bradley and Mrs. W. G. Pippins of Gray, Ga., Mrs. W. H. VanZandt, of Atlanta; Mrs. G. T. Pippins of Round Oak; Mrs. Essie Stephenson, of Hapeville and R. M. Jackson, of Round Oak. Funeral servces will be conducted by Elder B. F. Williamson, of Lizella, at Caney Creek Baptist church, Wednesday at 11 a.m.

July 19, 1931
Macon Telegraph
   Juliette, Ga., July 18. Funeral services for W. B. Russell, 77, who died suddenly at his home here Monday night were held in the East Juliette church Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock.
   Elders B. F. Williamson and Will Green officiated. Mr. Russell was a life long resident of Jones county, serving several terms as county commissioner. He was a member of Caney Creek Primitive Baptist church
   He is survived by one son, T. J. Russell, of Juliette, and Mrs. M. F. Henderson, of Macon; nine grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
  Interment was in the family cemetery near his home.
    Pallbearers were T. M. and W. R. Russell, James and Barron Russell, Ernest Hardin and John Barron.

1932
January 31, 1932
Macon Telegraph
   Gray, Ga. Jan. 20. Funeral services for Giles W. Bonner, 51, wre held this afternoon at the Methodist church. Mr. Bonner died last night at his residence after an illness of several months.
   The services were conducted by Rev. T. H. Maxwell, former pastor of the Gray charge and now of Conyers, and Rev. Mr. Saunders, of this city.
     Mr. Bonner was the son of the late R. Henry Bonner, who was ordinary of Jones county for 18 years, ad his mother before her marriage was Miss Fannie D. Finney, of this county. His surviving relatives are: Brothers, J. W. Bonner, of Gray; his wife, the former Miss Fannie Etta Greene; two uncles, P. W. Bonner, of Tallapoosa, Ga.; and Will Chambers, of Elkton, Fla.; three aunts, Mrs. Roe Price and Mrs. M. J. Smith, of Atlanta, and Miss May Bonner, of Macon.
   For the last two yeas Mr. Bonner had been coroner of Jones county and prior to that time besides other business enterprises he had been deputy clerk of Jones Superior court for 15 years. Numbers of beautiful floral tributes expressed the sentiment of his many friends.
    The pallbearers as suggested by him before his death were: D. V.  Childs, J. M. Childs, F. M. Stewart, Jr., W. H. Mulligan, J. P. Hawkins and M. O. Smith.

April 24, 1932
Macon Telegraph
  Gray, Ga., April 23. Walter Davis, 24, young farmer of near here, died Thursday afternoon, after an illness of several days with pneumonia. Four weeks ago Mr. Davis married Miss Jewell Brown, of this county. Besides his wife, he is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Davis, of Jones county; four brothers, Frank, Ross, Wilson and R. D. Jr., and three sisters, Misses Ruth, Louise and Mrs. Lizzie Mae Whidby, all of Jones county.
  He was buried Friday afternoon at the family graveyard near their home. Rev. Mr. McClooney, of Milledgeville officiated.

June 24, 1932
Macon Telegraph
    Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie Haddock were held in Doles church at 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Rev. T. H. Tinsley, officiated. Interment was in Doles cemetery.
   Mrs. Haddock died Tuesday afternoon. She was the widow of Joseph Haddock. She was born in Jones county and lived in Macon 25 years, moving to the Thomaston road five years ago.
   A daughter and two brothers survive, also two grandchildren.
  Pallbearers were Homer Jones, Charles Brown, Emory Ester, Sam Tucker, Dock Jones and Ozie Jones.

September 25, 1932
Macon Telegraph
Mrs. Mary Bush, 357 Fairview avenue, died at 4:40 o'clock Saturday morning after an illness of a week. She suffered a stroke of paralysis which caused her death.
    She was born in Griswoldville and was 83 years of age. Before moving to Macon 25 years ago she lived at Haddock. She was the widow of Burrell Bush who was station keeper at Haddock a number of years.
   Four sons and two daughters survive: E. D., H. Y., C. R. and Toonie Bush, Macon; Mrs. C. K. Bush, Phoebus, Va., and Mrs. J. J. Connell, Macon; 20 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
   Funeral services will be held in the chapel of Hart's mortuary at 4:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Rev. L. E. Brady, pastor of the East Macon Methodist church, will officiate. Interment will be in Riverside cemetery.
   Pallbearers will be Robert Jones, T. J. Rankin, W. H. Smallwood, Jesse Kite and J. A. Mallard.
1933
anuary 22, 1933
Macon Telegraph
   Miss Ida Bell Jarrell, daughter of the late R. L. Jarrell, died at 5:20 o'clock Saturday afternoon near Round Oak, Ga.
   She is survived by two brothers, Sergt. R. E. Jarrell of Fort Monroe, Va., and T. R. Jarrell of Atlanta, and one sister, Mrs. W. H. Gordon of Crawford, Ga.
  Funeral arrangements had not been made Saturday night.

January 23, 1933
Macon Telegraph
  Funeral services for Miss Ida Bell Jarrell of Round Oak, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Jarrell, also of Round Oak, will be held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in Caney Creek Primitive Baptist church. Rev. Mr. Meeks of Atlanta will officiate and interment will be in the family lot of the church.
  Pallbearers will be B. R. Jarrell, Jr.; J. M. Jarrell, C. F. Jarrell and W. L. Jarrell, all of Round Oak; Alfred Barfield and W. L. James of Macon.
  Miss Jarrell was 31 and had been in bad health for more than a year. She was a member of the Baptist church at Dames Ferry.

March 10, 1933
Macon Telegraph
Haddock, Ga., March 9. W. A. Mullins, 55, pumpman for the Georgia railroad here for 21 years, died Thursday morning after an illness of several months. He had been employed by the railroad since he was 16 years of age and was well known.
  The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the Methodist church.
   The body will leave here Saturday morning on the Georgia railroad train for Union Point, Ga., for burial.
  Mr. Mullins is survived by his wife, six sons and four daughters: H. L. Mullins, Macon; H. C. Mullins, Tampa; C. T. Mullins, Augusta; C. F., R. G. and James Mullins of Haddock; Misses Ruth and Rubie Mullins, of Haddock, and Mrs. O. H. Broom and Mrs. W. E. Broom, of Thomasville.
  His mother resides at Union Point. Several sisters and grandchildren also survive.

July 27, 1933
Macon Telegraph
   Double funeral services for Miss Doris Miller and Hoke Smith Miller will be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon in the Haddock Baptist church. Rev. J. S. Hays and Rev J. L. Reeves will conduct the services. Interment will be made in the Salem cemetery.
   The  two cousins were drowned Sunday afternoon at Sarasota, Fla.

July 28, 1933
Macon Telegraph
   Funeral services for Miss Doris Miller and Hoke Smith Miller were held at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon in the Haddock Baptist church. Rev. J. S. Hays and Rev. J. L. Reeves officiated. Interment was in Salem cemetery.
  Active pallbearers for Miss Miller were Celia Miller, Ernest Bloodworth, Herbert Miller, Jim Huff, Jamie Jackson and James Mullins. Honorary pallbearers  were Augusta Smith, Ruby Moore, Lorena Moore, Francis Lister, Ruby Lister, Lovie Miller, Sarah Morris and Ruby Mullen.
    Active pallbearers for Mr. Miller were Jimmie Bloodworth, H. T. Bonner, Bert Dixon, Herman Miller, Lucious Bivins and Caulder Bivins.

September 26, 1933
Macon Telegraph
    Funeral services for T. E. Zellner, 73, who died at his residence in Wayside at an early hour yesterday morning, will be held in the Caney Creek church at 11 o'clock this morning. Elder B. F. Williamson of Lizella, will conduct the services and interment will be in Caney Creek cemetery.
   Mr. Zellner, the son of Burton and Annie Edge Zellner, was born in Monroe county, but left that county 50 years ago. He has been a resident of Jones county for 30 years, and a farmer. He was a member of the Primitive Baptist church.
   Suviving Mr. Zellner are his widow, the former Miss Annie Hodge of Wayside; a son, S. H. Zellner of Wayside; three daughters, Mrs. S. A. Green of Gray; Mrs. H.D. Edwards of Birmingham, Ala., and Mrs. G. A. Thompson of Dothan, Ala. and two brothers, J. B. and Ben Zellner of Texas.
1934

 

February 17, 1934
Macon Telegraph
   Funeral services for Mrs. Roxie Etheridge Ward, 72, of Griswoldville, whose death occurred in a local hospital Wednesday resulting from injuries received in a fall, were held at the Mountain Spring Primitive Baptist church, Jones county, at 2 p.m. yesterday. 
Pallbearers were C. M. Meeks, B. H. Meeks, W. R. Ward, M. C. Martin, Leonard Dyer and Elton Kitchens.

March 6,1934
Macon Telegraph
     Milledgeville Ga., March 5. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Godard, widow of the late J. B. Godard, prominent Jones county farmer, died at her home early today after an illness of several weeks.
    Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock at the Haddock Methodist church. Mrs. Godard was 83 years of age and had been prominent in the community life of Jones county for many years.
    She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Frank Grant, Mrs. W. V. Burkett, Mrs. R. L. Eaton, Mrs. J. A. Wicker; three sons, W. J., J. D., and L. M., of Baldwin county and Mrs. H. L. Brown of Waycross.

July 28, 1934
Macon Telegraph
    PROF. JAMES S. GIBSON. Funeral services for Prof. J. S. Gibson, 82, brother of Dr. O. C. Gibson, whose death occurred Wednesday night, will be held at 5 p.m. today at the graveside in Mountain Springs cemetery, Twiggs (Jones)  county. Rev. T. M. Bailey will officate.
   Funeral cortege will leave Hart's mortuary at 4 p.m..

October 4. 1934
Macon Telegraph
Rites for Moore To Be Held Today. Interment of Macon Man Will Be in Riverside Cemetery. Funeral services for Columbus M. Moore, 75, whose death occurred at his residence, 860 Second dtreet early yesterday morning after a brief illness, will be held in the chapel of Hart's mortuary at 10:30 a.m. today. Elder J. A Monsees will officiate and interment will be in Riverside cemetery.
   Mr. Moore was born in Jones county, but had made his residence in Macon for 35 years. He was for 18 years associated with Bibb Manufacturing company.
     Surviving Mr. Moore are his widow, the former Miss Mary Ella Epps; one son, Marion Moore, Macon, one daughter, Mrs. Nick Harris, Montgomery, Ala.; three grandchildren, Geraldine, Nick, Jr., and Eloise Harris; two sisters, Mrs. Lula Hall, Tuscaloosa,. Ala. and Mrs. Nancy Souther, Macon .
   Pallbearers fore the funeral services will be Henry and Morgan Souther, W. M. Norris,  A. C. Yeomans, George Wardlow, Oscar Kitchens and W. A.Shamois.

October 12, 1934
Macon Telegraph
   James Anderson Dies of Illness. Confederate Veteran Succumbs in Local Hospital.
    James Anderson, 89, Confederate veteran of 110 Brookdale avenue, died in a local hospital at 7 a.m., yesterday after an illness of seven weeks.
   Mr. Anderson was born in Wrens, Ga., but had made his residence in Macon for about 25 years, coming here from Thomason, Ga.. He was for a time in the employer of Senator Thomas E. Watson. More recently he had been a carpenter until declining health compelled him to retire. His wife died about four years ago and he leaves no relatives.
     Funeral services will be held at the residence at 11 a.m. today, Rev. H. H. Connell, pastor of the Bellevue Baptist church, will officiate and interment will be in the Chapman cemetery in Jones county..

October 17, 1934
Macon Telegraph
   Funeral services for Charles Williamson Middlebrooks, 74, Jones county farmer and merchant, were held at 3:30 p.m. yesterday in Haddock Methodist church.  Rev. Mr. Singleton of Gray officiated.
     Mr. Middlebrooks died Monday night at his home after an illness of several months. He was a member of the Haddock Methodist church. Interment was in Fortville cemetery.


1935
March 28, 1935
Macon Telegraph
    Funeral services for Mrs. Addie J. Maynard Crutchfield, wife of R. L. Crutchfield of Round Oak, who died Tuesday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. G. Jackson, 147 Charles street, were held yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock in Round Oak Methodist church with Rev. R. C. Singleton and Rev. C. A. Forrester officiating. Interment was in Round Oak cemetery.
   Pallbearers were four sons, J. R. Crutchfield of Round Oak; E. O. Crutchfield of Macon; F. V. Crutchfield of Huntington, W. Va.; R. H. Crutchfield of Macon and two grandsons, Ben Lindsey and J. Hoke Smith.
   Mrs. Crutchfield was a native of Jones county. She had been ill only two weeks before her death.

April 20, 1935
Macon Telegraph
     Bradley, Ga., April 19. Funeral servies for Mrs. Mamie E. Winters, 80, widow of the late Warren D. Winters, who died at her home here today, will be held at 10:30 o'clock tomorrow morning at the local Baptist church, Rev. R. C. Singleton and Rev. J. Fred Eden officiating.
    She is survived by three brothers, W. N. Honise, Plant City, Fla.; P.M. Honise, Ashburn, Ga.; A. L. Honis, Bradley; three sons, B. F., W. H., and A. N. Winters, all of this place.

June 22, 1935
Macon Telegraph
   Funeral services for Sam E. Bragg, 68, who died at his residence at Gray, early Thursday night after an illness of five days with pneumonia, will he held at the graveside in the Gray cemetery at 11 a.m. today. Elder W. J. Green will officiate.
   Mr. Bragg was a native of Jones county and had lived there all of his life and was engaged in farming.
   Pallbearers are to be R. H. Bragg, J. Tom Bragg, Earl S. Bragg, J. M. Childs, J. P. Hawkins and J. E. Morton.

July 29, 1935
Macon Telegraph
   Hardwick, Ga., July 28. Mrs. Sarah Ellen Moore died at her home in Hardwick today. She was 77 years of age. Funeral services will be held at Salem church in Jones county at 11 o'clock Monday.
   She is survived by four sons, W. A. Moore and S. I. Moore of Hardwick; C. H. Moore of Gordon, Ga., and R. L. Moore of Macon; two daughters, Mrs. J. I. McAdams of Hardwick and Mrs. J. J. Burlington of Macon; two brothers, J. F. Newton of Palm Beach, Fla.; and C. I. Newton of Milledgeville and 11 grandchildren.


1936
February 20, 1936
Macon Telegraph
Former Official Of Jones Is Dead. Henry T. Moore, Confederate Veteran Expires.  Funeral services for Henry T. Moore, Confederate veteran, whose death occurred at the residence of his son, O. M. Moore, Griswoldville, at 10:25 p. m. Tuesday, will be held at 2 p.m. today at the residence instead of Griffin Chapel, as previously announced. Elder Will Green will officiate and interment will be in the Griffin Chapel cemetery.
   Mr. Moore was born in Jones county Oct. 14, 1842, the son of Ethrem Moore and Mrs. Alice Juhan. He was in the 12th Georgia regiment in the Confederate army, and was formerly on the board of county commissioners of Jones county.
   Surviving are three sons, O. M. Moore, Griswoldville; M. H. Moore, Gray; E. D. Moore, Macon; two daughters, Mrs. Dozier Smith, Jacksonville; Mrs. Minnie White, Macon,  route 6; a sister, Mrs. Annie Balkcom, Macon route 6; 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

June 4, 1936
Macon Telegraph
   Funeral services for Ed Moore of 120 Winship street, whose death occurred at his residence shortly after noon Tuesday, after an illness of four weeks, were held in the chapel of Hart's mortuary at 4 p.m., yesterday. Rev. E. M. Shelton and Rev. G. Reid Smith, officiated and interment was in the James cemetery near Mountain Springs.
  Mr. Moore was born in Jones county but had made his home in Macon for eight years. He was a member of the First Street Methodist church and was employed by the city of Macon at Central City park.

November 12, 1936
Macon Telegraph
Funeral Services for Mrs. Cora Comer, formerly of Jones county, whose death occurred at the residence of her son, W. L. Comer, in North Carolina Sunday, were held at the Mount Pleasant church, in Jones county, at 3 p.m. yesterday. Elder J. A. Monsees officiated and interment was in the Gordon cemetery.
   Pallbearers were F. A. Gordon, J. S. Godo, E. T. Nowell, Litt Nowell, B. O. Tribble and T. A. Tribble.


1937
February 27, 1937
Macon Telegraph
l  Funeral services for John T. Woodall, Jones county farmer, who died at his residence at Wayside Friday afternoon after and illness of 10 days, were held at the Wayside Presbyterian church at 11 a.m. yesterday. Elder W. H. Hancock officiated and interment was in the Woodall family cemetery.
   Pallbearers were Roy Bryant, Paul Bryant, Cecil Bryant, Woodall Green, S. A. Hodge, Jr., and J. D. Mitchell.

June 21, 1937
Macon Telegraph
  Funeral services for Augustus Smallwood, 417 Chappell street, who died in a local hospital Friday, were held in the chapel of Hart and Son at 3 p.m. yesterday. Rev. J. W. Ballard, pastor of the Willingham Baptist church, officiated and burial was in the James cemetery in Jones county.
   Pallbearers were Shelton Kitchens, William Kitchens, Alton Kitchens, C. J. Jordan, Carl Clance and Bill Batchelor.
    Mr. Smallwood was born in Jones county, the son of Lige Smallwood and Mrs. Jennie Everidge Smallwood. and had lived in Macon for 15 years.

June 30, 1937
Macon Telegraph
   Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Lou Gordon, who died at her residence in Round Oak Friday afternoon, were held at the Round Oak Presbyterian church at 4 p.m. yesterday. The Rev. J. M. Davis, pastor, officiated and burial was in the cemetery at Gray.
   Pallbearers were Carl Williams, J. Nell Smith, Coleman Smith; J. M. Childs Sr.; Nolan Sammons and Elton Smith.
    Honorary pallbearers were Joe Mercer, J. M. Gordon and Neil Smith, Jr.

August 26, 1937
Macon Telegraph
  ROBERT YOUNG. Milledgeville, Ga., Aug. 25. Funeral services for Robert Young, 76, who was found dead early yesterday at his home in Haddock, were conducted this morning at the Bethlehem church in Gordon. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
  He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Nancy Roberts Young; one son, Dan Young, of Haddock, and two daughters, Mrs. J. R. Davis, of Hardwick, and Mrs. Andrew Kitchens of Gordon..

November 23, 1937
Macon Telegraph
      Funeral services for Mrs. Ophelia Young Hammock, Jones county woman who was fatally burned Sunday, will be held at 1 p.m. today at the graveside in Kelly cemetery,
Jones county.
    Mrs. Hammock died of burns received when her clothing caught fire from an open grate.
    The Rev. H. M. Cannon will conduct the funeral services today.

November 24, 1937
Macon Telegraph
   Funeral services for Mrs. J. W. Hardin, mother of G. S. Hardin, of Macon, were held at 11 a.m. yesterday in the Round Oak Methodist church. Mrs. Hardin was injured fatally in an automobile accident Sunday.
   The Rev. Will Greene of Gray and the Rev. H. E. Gaddi of Mercer University officiated at the services. Burial was in the church cemetery.


1938
March 27, 1938
Macon Telegraph
Pitts' Funeral Arranged Today. James Resident Succumbs Local Hospital. Funeral services for Peyton T. Pitts Jr., who died in a local hospital yesterday after a long illness, will be held in the chapel of Hart's Mortuary at 2:30 p.m. today. The Rev. J. Fred Eden and the Rev. C. W. Stitt will officiate and burial will be at James. Military honors will be paid at the graveside.
  Pallbearers will be J. C. Balkcom, W. T. Moore, M. J. Wood, T. L. Balkcom, J. B. Etheridge and R. E. Duffey.
   Mr. Pitts was born at James, the son of P. T. and Roxie Pitts, and had made his home there all his life. He was a World war veteran having served overseas about a year. He received wounds in engagements in France.
   Surviving are his father, four brothers, W. T., Guy and Harry Pitts, James; Abner Pitts, Wilmington, N. C.; two sisters, Mrs. Carson Griffin and Mrs. John Malaspina, Washington, D. C.

August 26. 1938
Macon Telegrap
   Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Frances Rice, who died at her residence, 256 Church street, Wednesday afternoon after an illness of a  week, were held in the chapel of Hart's Mortuary at 5 p.m. yesterday. The Rev. Herman C. Jones officiated and burial was in Fort Hill cemetery.
   Mrs. Rice was a native of Jones county and had made her home in Macon for 40 years. She was a member of the East Macon Methodist church.


1939
March 17, 1939
Macon Telegraph
   Funeral services for J. A. Patterson, 51 Maynard street, who died in a local hospital early Wednesday after an illness of three months, were held at the Salem church in Jones county at 2 p.m. yesterday. The Rev. C. W. Stitt, pastor of the East Side Baptist church, officiated and burial was in the Salem cemetery.
   Pallbearers were W. A. Moore, J. T. Hill, Robert Patterson, W. T. Moore, George Leslie and H. M. Pressley.
  Mr. Patterson was born in Jones county,  had made his home in Macon for 20 years and had been employed with the Georgia  Power Company. He was a member of the Bethlehem Primitive Baptist church.

April 13, 1939
Macon Telegraph
Negro, 75, Killed On Railway Tracks. Gray, April 12. Jones County Sheriff J. P. Hawkins said today an inquest was held in James community last night in the death of Rufus Jones, 75-year-old Negro, who was killed by a train.
   Sheriff Hawkins said the investigation indicated Jones stumbled when the train approached. He was carrying a fishing pole and lunch.
   A coroner's jury held the accident unavoidable.

April 23, 1939
Macon Telegraph
   Milledgeville, April 22. Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Huff, 89, Haddock resident who died last night in her home after an illness of a month, will be held at her residence at 3 p.m. Sunday, Joseph A. Moore, Milledgeville undertaker, officiating. Interment will follow in the Fortville cemetery.
   Surviving are four sons: W A. Huff and E. M. Huff of Milledgeville, S. E. Huff of Baltimore, Md., and L. W. Huff of Spartanburg, S. C.; one daughter, Miss Lula Huff, Haddock; two sisters, Mrs. C. T. Brown and Miss Minnie Hysler, Macon; one brother, George Hysler, Macon; five grandhildren, Mrs. C. P. Bloodworth, Macon; Tom W. Huff, Salemburg, N.C., Mrs. A. J. Stroud, Macon; Jim Huff, Haddock, and Mrs. John Bansmith, Baltimore, Md.

August 29, 1939
Macon Telegraph
Otis Comer Dies At Clinton Home. Jones County Policeman Had Been Ill for Month.
L. Otis Comer, 78, for 14 years a Jones county policeman, died at his home in Clinton at 11:45 p.m. yesterday after a month's illness.
   Mr. Comer was born in Jones county Dec. 24, 1860, the son of George Washington Comer and Martha Comer. He was a member of Mount Pleasant Primitive Baptist church in Jones county.
  Mr. Comer's first wife, Mrs. Lizzie Smith Comer, died about 25 yeas ago.
   Survivors includes his wife, the former Miss Mary Tyner of Jones county; eleven children, Ed., J. T., Sidney, by the firs wife, Louise, Jack, Mary Frances, Robert, Joseph, Martha, Ann, and Winnie Comer, all of Jones county, several grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
  Funeral services will be held at Mount Pleasant church at 4 p. m. today, with Elder B. F. Williamson of Lizella officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

November 16, 1939
Macon Telegraph
   Funeral services for Mrs. Lucy Garland Hunt, who died at her residence 114 1/2 Rogers avenue, at noon Tuesday, after an illness of several months, were held in the chapel of Hart's mortuary at 3 p.m., yesterday. Dr. S. T. Senter and Dr. Ed F. Cook officiated. Mrs. T. Ayer Hatcher and Mrs. T. E. Rogers, sang in duet Home of the Coul and Beautiful Isle of Somewhere, accompanied at the organ by Crockett Odom. Interment was in Round Oak.
  Pallbearers were Andrew Buchanan, H. W. Pittman, John Gibson, A. M. Domingos, T. M. Jones and O. H. McAfee.
  Mrs. Hunt was born at Hillsboro and had made her home in Macon for 20 years. She was a member of Vineville Methodist church and was a life-member of the Woman's Missionary Society.


1940
January 29, 1940
Macon Telegraph
MRS. WATSON EXPIRES HERE. She Was Grandmother of Honey Chile Wilder.  Mrs. Nancy Ann Watson, widow of W. H. Watson of Jones county, died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. O. O. Wilder, 2111 Second street, at 5 p.m. yesterday after an illness of 10 days,
    She was the grandmother of Patricia (Honey Chile) Wilder, radio and screen actress who formery lived here.
    Mrs. Watson was born in Jones county Sept. 22, 1849, the daughter of B. H. Balkcom and Mrs Elizabeth Sharp Balkcom, and had made her home in Macon for 35 years. She was a member of the Mountain Springs Primitive Baptist church.
    Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Wilder and Mrs. Fannie Stone of Macon; Mrs. Sallie Stone, Savannah; a son, J. W. Watson, Jones County; two brothers, W. S. Balkcom, Macon. E. A. Balkcom, Jones county; a sister, Mrs. Fannie James, Jones county: 33 grandchildren, 38 great grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild.
   Funeral services will be held in the chapel of Hart's Mortuary at 2 p.m. today. Elder Franklin Wells will officiate and Elder J. L. Allen of Dublin will assist. Burial will be in the Griffis Chapel cemetery.

April 7, 1940
Macon Telegraph
    Resident of Gray Ill Of Pneumonia 13 Days. J. Bartow Hudson of Gray died in a local hospital at 4 p.m. Saturday after an illness of 13 days with pneumonia.
    Mr. Hudson was born in Jones county July 3, 1881, the son of W. A. Hudson and Mrs. Mattie Stripling-Hudson, andhad lived in that county all his life. He was a member of the Gray Methodist church and of he Round Oak Woodmen of the World. He was in the employ of the Jones county warden on road work
   Survving are his wife, the former Miss Carrie Hadaway; a daughter, Mrs George Kindard, Gray; two brothers, W. R. Hudson, Gray and P. E. Hudson, Quitman; a sister Mrs. C. S. McDaniel, Adel,  one grandchild, George M. Kinard, Jr., Gray.
    Funeral services will be held at the Gray Methodist church at 4 p.m Sunday. The Rev. O. J. Withrow will officiate and burial will be in the Gordon cemetery in Jones County.

April 15, 1940
Macon Telegraph
MRS. ZELLNER EXPIRES HERE. Funeral Services Will Be Held Monday Afternoon. Mrs. Annie Hodge Zellner, 89, died at her residence, 200 Villa avenue, at 3:15 a.m. Sunday after an illness of eight weeks.
  Mrs. Zellner, the widow of T. E. Zellner, was born at Round Oak Feb. 4, 1859, the daughter of S. M. Hodge and Mrs. Martha Watts Hodge  and for the past five years had made her home with her daughter here. She was a member of Caney Creek Primitive Baptist church.
  Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. S. A. Greene, Gray; Mrs. G. A. Thompson, Macon; Mrs. H. D. Edwards, Calera, Ala.; a son, S. H. Zellner, Gray; a brother, O. J. Hodge, Pledger, Texas and several grandchildren.
   Funeral services will be held at the Caney Creek church at 2 p.m., Monday. Elder Will Greene will officiate and burial will be in the Caney Creek cemetery.

April 20, 1940
Macon Telegraph
   Funeral services for Miss Annie Smith of Gray, who died in a local hospital early Thursday after an illness of several months, were held at the Clinton Methodist church at 4 p.m. Friday. The Rev. R. C. Singleton, pastor of the Grantville Methodist church, and the Rev. O. J. Withrow, pastor of the Gray Methodist church, officited and burial was in the Clinton cemetery.
   Pallbearers were R. L. Chambless, Ard Pulliam, Dr. J. D. Zachry, Emmett Jackson, S. A. Butler and Guy Anderson.
    Miss Smith was a life-long resident of Jones county and was a member of the Methodist church.

April 26, 1940
Macon Telegraph
Mrs. Ruth Bragg Dies Of Illness. Native Of Birmingham Succumbs At Home In Gray.  Mrs. Ruth Yates Bragg, 42, wife of E. A. Bragg of Gray, died at her home Thursday night after a long illness.  A native of Birmingham, Ala., Mrs. Bragg was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Yates. She was a member of First Methodist church of Birmingham.
  Besides her husband she is survived by three stepdaughters, Mrs. H. P. Sturdivant of Barbourville, Ky., Mrs. J. H. Clark of Macon, Mrs. J. T. Middlebrooks of Athens; one stepson, Gus Bragg of Gray; three sisters, Mrs. Jeannette Buss, Mrs. Edna Crain, Mrs. Fred Vincent; three brothers, Clarence and Milton Yates of Birmingham and Fred Yates of Chicago.
  Funeral services for Mrs. Bragg will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday at Gray Methodist church.
  Active pallbearers will be J. U. Butler, J. J. Moore, T. H. Trice, Joe Glawson, Thad Greene, A. M. Greene, Milton Greene, and H. E. Greene. Honorary pallbearers will be Gus L. Anderson, F. M. Stewart Sr., F. M. Stewart, Jr., W. E. Knox, J. A. Burnette and J. McW. Hungerford.

July 16, 1940
Macon Telegraph
Wheeler Dies By Drowning. Young Man Falls Into Lord's Lake. The body of Lewis O. Wheeler, 25-year-old Clinton road resident, was recovered from Lord's lake near Toomsboro about 4 p.m. yesterday. He fell from a boat and was drowned in the lake while fishing yesterday morning.
  Funeral services will be held at the Bradley Baptist church at 4 p. m. Tuesday. The Rev. Ira McClung, pastor of the Gray Baptist church, will officiate and burial will be in the Wheeler cemetery near Bradley.
  Mr. Wheeler was associated with his brother, R. L. Wheeler, in the operation of a nursery on the Clinton road about six miles from Macon.
   He accompanied Harry Tucker of the Macon fire department and H. P. Stapleton, Georgia Power Company employee, on the fishing trip. In casting from a boat he lost his balance, fell into the water and was unable to reach shore. His companions landed safely.
    Born in Jones county Feb. 27, 1915, Mr. Wheeler had made his home near Macon all his life. He was the son of W. L. Wheeler and Mrs. Vesta Johnson Wheeler.
  He is survived by his parents, his brother, and a sister, Mrs. R. W. Marchman, Macon.
     Pallbearers will be Ellis Wheeler, H. P. Stapleton, Harry Tucker, Raymond Marchman, Frak Koen and John Stine.

July 17, 1940
Macon Telegraph
Sidney S. Smith, dairyman and farmer, died at his residence near Gray at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday after an illness of a year. He had a heart ailment.
  Mr. Smith was born in Jones county November  24, 1872, the son of Moses W. Smith and Mrs. Lula Alexander Smith, and had  lived near Gray for nine years, moving there from Wayside. He was a member of the Mount Pleasant Primitive Baptist church.
   Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Susie Gordon; two sons, Kelly Smith, Wakulla, Fla., Moses Smith, Macon, RFD; his mother; a brother, Grady A. Smith, Haddock; a sister, Mrs. G. E. Gordon, Wayside.
  Funeral arrangements will be announced by Hart's Mortuary.

July 19, 1940
Macon Telegraph
  Funeral services for Sidney S. Smith, dairyman and farmer who died at his residence near Gray Tuesday after an illness of a year, were held at the Plentitude church at 2 p.m. Thursday, Elder J. J. Nobles and Elder Will Green officiated and burial was in Gordon cemetery in Jones county.
  Pallbearers were Dawson Gordon, W. T. Gordon, K T. Gordon, Walker E. Gordon, S. A. Gordon and J. Miller Gordon.


1941
April 14, 1941
Macon Telegraph
R. E. Etheridge Of Gray Dies. Gray, April 13.Robert Ernest Etheridge, 53, died in a hospital in Macon Sunday morning after an illness of several days. He was a farmer and was born in Jones county March 15, 1887.
   He was a member of the Salem Baptist church.
   Funeral services will be held at the Salem church in Jones county at 3 p.m. Monday with burial in the church cemetery. The Rev. Woodrow Wilcher will officiate.
   Survivors includes his wife, the former Miss Bertha  R. Etheridge; five sons, Robert Jr., William R.; Thomas R. and James Roy, and J. A. Etheridge, Gray; three daughters, Mrs. D. C. Hardy, Gordon, and Misses Beatrice and Mary Etheridge, Gray; three brothers, C. T. Etheridge, Macon; Grover C. and W. A. Etheridge, Jones county; four sisters, Mrs. T. A. Stubbs and Mrs. T. D. Weaver, Gray, and Mrs. A. T. Rogers and Mrs. J. F. Scott, Macon.

June 11, 1941
Macon Telegraph
Walter Evans Dies at Home. Funeral services for Walter Evans, textile worker, who died at his residence, 111 Randolph place, at 10:20 a.m. Tuesday, after a long illness, will be held at the graveside in the James cemetery in Jones county at 11 a.m., Wednesday, G. P. Rankin will officiate.
    Mr. Evans was born in Jones county, May 5, 1881, the son of Rufus Evans and Mrs. Cyndy James Evans, and had made his home in Macon for 30 yeas. He was a member of the Mountain Springs Primitive Baptist church.
    Surviving are two sons, Albert Evans and Willie Frank Evans, Macon; a daughters, Mrs. Annie Maud Hawkins, Macon and two brothers, I. M. Evans, Macon; and Wayman Evans, Gray; three sisters, Mrs. Bertie Whisdby, Gray; Mrs. Bertha Evans and Mrs. E. B. Donaldson, Macon, and his mother, Mrs. Cyndy Everidge, Macon.

July 1, 1941
Macon Telegraph
Mr. Ernest Roberts died at the home of his father, Andrew Butler of 343  Boone street following an extended illness. Mr. Roberts is survived by his wife, Mrs. Johnnie Mae Roberts, a son, Ernest Roberts, Jr., his parents Andrew Roberts Sr. and Mrs. Laura Roberts; four sisters, Misses Hazel Elizabeth and Lovett Roberts of Macon; and Miss Laura Mae Roberts of Chicago, Ill; a grandmother, Mrs. Lucinda Roberts, five aunts, one uncle, and a host of relatives and friends.  Funeral services will be held at Lizzieboro Baptist church Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock with Rev. E. O. Bivens officiating. Burial will be in Griswoldville, Ga. Hutchings' Service.

July 31, 1941
Macon Telegraph
   Mrs. Leila Fegean, 66, died at her home in Gray at 3:30 p.m. Thursday. She is survived by three sons, four daughters, 18 grandchildren and a host of friends.
   Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. today in the Gray AME chuch with the Rev. J. Wilson officiating. Burial will be in the state cemtery. Jones county funeral home ha charge of the arrangments.

August 11, 1941
Macon Telegraph
   Funeral services for Mack Gray Souther of 1703 Second street, who died in a private sanitarium at Pressmen's Home, Tenn., Friday morning after a long illness, will be held in the chapel of Hart's mortuary at 10 a.m. Monday.
    The Rev. Logan Landrum, pastor of the Tattnall Square Prebyterian church, will officiate and burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.
    Mr. Souther was born at Gray, the son of G. Tom Souther and Mrs. Nora Slocumb Souther, and made his home in Macon and Atlanta before his health failed. He had worked at The Macon Daily Telegraph, The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution.
     Pallbearers will be Gordon Thrash, L. H. Harp, R. H. Ward, G. H. Williams, C. M. Powell and Frank Crute, Jr.

October 12, 1941
Macon Telegraph
   funeral services for Dallas V. Ethridge, Jones county farmer, who died in a local hospital early Friday, after an illness of several weeks were held at the Mountain Springs church at 3 p.m. Saturday. The Rev. Oliver Cunningham officiated and burial was in the Mountain Springs cemetery.

December 16, 1941
Macon Telegraph
   Funeral services for Mrs. Lucinda Roberts, late of 343 Boone street, will be held in the Griswoldville Baptist church Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will take place in the Griswoldville cemetery.  Mrs. Roberts is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Laura Roberts of Macon and Mrs. Bessie Roberts of Griswoldville; two brothers, John James of McIntyre, Ga., and Frank James of Griswoldville, Ga., and  one sister, Miss Rena James of Griswoldville; two sons-in-law; 20 grand children and 28 great-grand children. Hutchings' Service.


1942
January 26, 1942
Macon Telegraph
    Funeral services for J. Lamar Hudson, former tax receiver of Jones county, resident of Clinton, who died in a local hospital at 11 p.. Saturday, after an illness of two weeks, will be held in the chapel of Hart's mortuary at 11 a.m, Monday. Burial will be in the Highview cemetery, Gray. The Rev. H. L. Mitchan, Methodist pastor at Gray, will officiate.
     Pallbearers are to be L. T. Stripling Jr., Jack Hudson, J. W. Hudson,  J. F. Hudson, N. C. Hudson and Paul Rice.
  Mr. Hudson was born in Jones county, Jan. 5, 1892, and had lived there all of his life. He was tax receiver for Jones county for 18 years.
   Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Mamie Alford; his father, J. H. Hudson; two brothers, J. E. Hudson and W. F. Hudson, all of Jones county; five sisters, Mrs. T. L. Stripling and Miss Doris Hudson of Macon and Mrs. W. F. Brown of Jones county; Mrs. W. O. Cummings of Worthen and Mrs. Frances Addleton of Augusta.

April 15, 1942
Macon Telegraph
   Funeral services for J. P. Kinney, retired farmer, who died at his residence at Griswoldville, at 10 p.m. Monday, were held at the Mountain Springs Baptist church at 5 p.m. Tuesday. The Rev. Franklin Wells and the Rev. Green officiated and burial was in the Mountain Springs cemetery.
   Mr. Kinney was born in Crawford county. He was a member of the Mountain Spring Baptist church.
    Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Mary Sandefur, Roberta; and several grandchildren.

May 14,1942
Macon Telegraph
Juliette Youth's Body Found. Juliette, May 13. The body of Charlie Taylor, 20, the head crushed, was found near the dam in the Ocmulgee river here Wednesday at 11 a.m. but the cause of his death remained a mystey Wednesday night.
   The youth disappeared Saturday night, after Marvin Bowden said he had loaned him a flashlight so he could walk across the dam.
   Dragging of the river, which began Sunday, ended when C. C. Holley, electrician for the Juliette Milling Company, found the body Wednesday.
   Coroner Jim Weldon of Monroe county summoned a jury and a lengthy inquest was held Wednesday afternoon, with many witnesses testifying. The verdict was not revealed.
     Mr. Taylor was born in Jones county, June 12, 1922, the son of Charles W. Taylor and Mrs. Nora Mason Taylor, and had lived at Juliette practically all of his lfe. He was a textile worker.
   Surviving are his mother; three sisters, Miss Rosa Mae Taylor, Mrs. Mattie Mercer and Miss Annie Delma Taylor, of Juliette; two brothers, James Henry Taylor and Bennie Napier Taylor, of Juliette; four aunts, Mrs. Lizzie Hunnicutt, of Macon; Mrs. Julian Mercer, Juliette; Mrs. Betty Innis, Miami; two uncles, George Mason, Juliette; and H. G. Mason, Dothan, and three nieces.
   The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the graveside at East Juliette. The Rev. L. L. Minton will officiate.

July 10, 1942
Macon Telegraph
    Funeral services for B. Monroe Green, retired farmer and peach grower, who died at his residence at Gray early Wednesday, after an illness of several months, were held at the Gray Baptist church at 4 p.m. Thursday, Elder P. H. Byrd, the Rev. Ira B. McClung and the Rev. H. L. Mitcham officiated and burial was in the Gray cemetery.
    Pallbearers were Jack Green, Joseph Green, Billy Roach, Ross Anderson, Jr., Garland McCant Jr., Harris Bragg, Emmett Bragg and H. B. Jones Jr.
   Mr. Green was the first tax collector of Jones county and held that office for 18 years. He was a member and for 10 years was clerk of the Mt. Zion Primitive Baptist church.

September 16, 1942
Macon Telegraph
    Funeral services forMrs. B. Monroe Green, who died at her residence at Gray, Ga., early Monday, after a brief illness, were held at the Gray Baptist church at 5 p. m. Tuesday. Elder P. H. Byrd and the Rev. H. L. Mitcham officiated and burial was in the Highview cemetery at Gray.
   Mrs. Green, the former Miss Mary Turner, was a life-long resident of Gray and was the oldest member and a charter member of the Mount Zion Primitive Baptist church.

September 18, 1942
Macon Telegraph
FORSYTH, Sept. 17 - Funeral services for Miss Elizabeth Julia Chambers, 89, who died Wednesday, were  held at the home of her nephew, R. D. Caldwell, in Juliette at 2 p.m. Thursday.
     Miss Chambers died at Mr. Caldwell's home. Besides him she is survived by several other nieces and nephews.
    Burial was in the East Juliette Baptist church yard. Rev. Charles Pritchett was in charge.  

September 21, 1942
Macon Telegraph
  Funeral services for Mrs. Pink Wood, widow of Taylor Wood, who died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Mamie Donner at Griswoldville Friday afternoon, were held at the graveside in the Wood cemetery at 4 p.m. Sunday. The Rev. C. W. Stitt officiated.
   Mrs. Wood lived in Jones county most of hr life. She made her home in Macon for a few yeas prior to the death of her daughter. Mrs. Harris Sharp, with whome she made her home while here..

October 13, 1942
Macon Telegraph
   Funeral services for Mrs. Hazel Lee Stevens, whose death occurred Sunday afternoon, will be held at the graveside in the Souther cemetery in Jones county at 2 p.m. Tuesday. The Rev. T. M. Bailey will officiate.
    Mrs. Stevens was born in Jones county, the daughter of Jim Ethridge and Mrs. Lula Collins Ethridge. She had made her home in Macon for sevral year and was employed a portion of the time at a  local restaurant.
   Surviving are a husband, Ed Stevens, and a daughter Mary Lewis Stevens, Macon; her father, Jim M. Ethridge, of Jones county; several uncles and aunts.

November 29, 1942
Macon Telegraph
   Funeral services for Mrs. Ella Greene, 79, who died at her residence near Clinton at 5:15 a.m. Saturday after an illness of several months, will be held at the Bradley Baptist church at 3. p.m. Sunday. The Rev. Harry Mitchum will officiate and burial will be in the Bradley cemetery.
   Mrs. Greene, widow of Thomas Greene, was born in Jones county, Dec. 8, 1882, an d had lived here all of her life. She was a member of the Bradley Baptist church.
   Surviving are two sons, Wylie K. Greene, Jones county, Otis Greene, Gray.

December 6, 1942
Macon Telegraph
MRS. ELLA LESTER. Funeral services for Mrs. Ella Lester, late of 212. Booker's Lane will be held in Jordan's Chapel AME church in Haddock, Ga., this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will follow in the Adam's Tabernacle Cemetery. Hutchings' Service. 

1943
January 21, 1943
Macon Telegraph
      Oscar M. Moore Rites Set for This Afternoon.  Funeral services for Oscar M. Moore , 65-year-old Mountain Springs farmer, who died at his home yesterday will be conducted this afternoon at 3 o'clock in Griffin's Chapel.
    Mr. Moore was a native of Jones county. He is survived by his widow, two sisters, Mrs. Minnie White, of Grisville, Mrs. T. O. Dozier Smith, of Jacksonville, Fla., and one brother, M. H. Moore, of Gray.
     Interment will be at Griffin Chapel cemetery. Hart's Mortuary  is in charge.

February 15, 1943 
Macon Telegraph
Mrs. Mattie Lou Allen of 893 Cherry street, died in a local hospital at 9 a.m. Sunday, after a brief illness.
    Mrs. Allen, the former Miss Mattie Lou Martin, was born in Jones county, March 8, 1882, the daughter of Dock Martin and Mrs. Sallie Crossley Martin, and had lived in Macon for 50 years. She was a member of the Eastside Baptist church.
    Surviving are  her husband, T. M. Allen, Macon; a son, M. N. Allen Macon; two daughters, Mrs. Carl Giles Jr. Macon;  Mrs. Verna Carswell, Tampa; two grandchildren, Martha C. Giles and Thomas Newton Allen of Macon; a brother, Glenn Martin. Charleston; two sisters, Mrs. Annie Johnson, Cochran; Mrs. Mamie Christan, Bullards.
   Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Hart's mortuary.

March 13, 1943
Macon Telegraph
   Funeral services for Miss Mary Ellen Bonner, 84, will be held at 12 o'clock noon today at the Burghard-Connally chapel with the Rev. Silas Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill cemetery.
   Miss Bonner died at her home 369 First street Thursday. She was the daughter of the late Richard W. and Ella Griswold Bonner, and was born in Clinton, Ga., in 1859.
   She was a graduate of Wesleyan Conservatory of Music and taught music at the conservatory many years after her graduation. She was also one of the oldest members of the Mulberry Street Methodist church.
  Pallbearers will be Sid Griswold, Giles Hardeman, Phil Steed, E. L. Cheatham and John Bonner.

April 14, 1943
Macon Telegraph
    Funeral services for Schiller Hudson, of 1015 Second street, who died in a local hospital at 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, after an illness of two weeks, will be held in the chapel of Hart's mortuary at 11 a. m. Wednesday. Dr. A. C. Baker, pastor of the Baptist Tabernacle, of which he was a member, will officiate and burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.
   Pallbearers will be W. A. Hudson, L. T. Hudson, C. N. Hudson, J. C. Hudson, Milton Andrews and Jack Smith.
    Mr. Hudson was born in Jones county, May 6, 1889, the son of Bonner Rett Hudson and Mrs. Maggie Wheeler Hudson and had lived in Macon sice 1917. He was an automobile painter and had been associated with the Steve Solomon Motor Company.
   Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Martha Clifford Roquemore from Monroe county; two daughters, Margaret Hudson and Shirley Ann Hudson, of Macon; two sisters, Mrs. Reid Burke, Macon; Mrs. Beulah Miller, Lumber City; four brothers, W. A. Hudson, L. T. Hudson, C. N. Hudson and J. C. Hudson all of Macon; a large number of nieces and nephews.

May 16, 1943
Macon Telegraph
Mrs. Stripling Dies After Long Illness. Funeral services for Mrs. L. F. Stripling, who died at her residence on the Miller Field road at 5:30 a.m. Saturday, after a lingering illness, will be held in the chapel of Hart's mortuary at 4:30 p.m. Sunday. The Rev. M. A. Shaw will officiate and burial will be in the Griffin's Chapel cemetery.
  Pallbearers will be Ellis Baker, Marvin Baker, Olan Baker, Joe Baker, W. F. Stripling, Jr. and Peyton Balkcom.
   Mrs. Stripling, the former Miss Sallie Baker, was born in Jones county, the daughter of John Baker, and had lived near Macon for 18 years. She was a member of the Pitts Chapel Methodist church.
   Surviving are her husband; two daughters, Mrs. T. K. Alston, Macon; Mrs. Malcolm E. Long, Baxley; three sons, J. P. Stripling, New York; Robert Earl Stripling and Eugene Stripling, of Macon; six grandchildren; three brothers, James Baker, John Baker and Will Baker, all of Macon.

September 8, 1943
Macon Telegraph
   Funeral services for Pink Young, Griswoldville farmer, who died in a local hospital Friday evening, were held in the chapel of Hart's mortuary at 2 p.m. Tuesday. The Rev. A. C. Baker officiated and burial was in the Kelly cemetery.
   Mr. Young was a lifelong resident of Jones county.


1944
March 17, 1944
Macon Telegraph
   Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie Ussery, widow of John Ussery, who died at the residence of her niece, Mrs. R. D. Leslie on the Jeffersonville road Wednesday evening, will be held in the chapel of Hart's mortary at 2 p.m. Friday. Elder A. J. Banks and Elder Will Greene will officiate and burial will be in Gray.
  Pallbearers will be Albert Jackson, Paul Middlebrooks, C. C. Dorman, S. E. Pattishall, J. S. Tabor and C. R. Bassett.
   Mrs. Ussery was born in Jones county and had lived near Macon for 10 years. She was a member oftghe Bethelhem Primitive Baptist church.

, April 28, 1944
Macon Telegraph
Taylor Coney died at the home of his aunt, Mrs. Lula McCracken of 534 Ash street early yesterday morning. Mr. Coney is survived by two aunts, Mrs. Lula McCracken and Mrs. Katie Brown of Macon, a daughter, Mrs. Charlie Mae Hardaway of Winter Park, Fla., and two cousins, Mesdames Annie Belle Johnson and Ella Hicks. Funeral services for Mr. Coney, who was a veteran of World War I, will be held at the graveside in the Griswoldville cemetery Saturday, the time to be announced later. Hutchings' Service.

April 29, 1944
Macon Telegraph
Funeral Rites Sunday For Moses Jack Wood.  Gray, Ga., April 28. Funeral services for Moses Jack Wood, Jones county farmer, who died at his residence at Gray, at 10:40 a.m. Friday, will be held at the Gray Methodist church at 3 p.m. Sunday. The Rev. L.  Baugh and the Rev. W. P. Spivey will officiate and burial will be in the Highview cemetery, Gray.
  Active pallbearers are to be U. S. Lancaster, J. U. Butler, Ard Pulliam, F. W. Stewart, Jr., Herbert Greene and Juhan Moore.
   Honorary pallbearers are to be Dr. J. D. Zachry, F. M. Stewart, J. C. Balkcom,  J. H. Bonner, D. V. Childs, J. A. Burnett, W. E. Knox and R. F. Turk.
   Mr. Wood was born in Jones county, July 22, 1877, the son of William Wood and Mrs. Lydia Ann Giles Wood, and had lived there all of his life. He was formerly superintendent of the public roads and was chairman of the board of  education. He was a member and a steward of the Gray Methodist church.
    Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Alice Roberts of Douglasville; three sons, James Arthur Wood, New York; E. Jack Wood, Atlanta, Max Wood, Gray; a grandaughter. Joan Wood, Atlanta; and a brother, John D. Wood, Wayside.

August 29, 1944
Macon Telegraph
Funeral services for Josiah Jones Henderson, Jones county's last surviving Confederate veteran, who died at his residence near Griswoldville Saturday afternoon, wre held in the chapel of Hart's mortuary at 1 p.m. Monday. The Rev. M. A. Shaw officiated and burial was in the Henderson cemetery.
   Mr. Henderson was a lifelong resident of Jones county. He was 100 years old Dec. 19.

December 14, 1944
Macon Telegraph
L. Eugene Bragg, formerly of the Kinney Shoe Company here, died at his residence in Valdosta, Monday. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Hart's mortuary.
   Mr. Bragg was born in Jones county, the son of S. Tom Bragg, and Mrs. Elvina Patterson Bragg.
  Surviving are three brothers, I. W. Bragg, Gray;  E. R. Bragg, Macon; C. W. Bragg, Tampa; a sister, Mrs. W. W. Crocker, Valdosta; several nieces and nephews.


1945
January 9, 1945
Macon Telegraph
   Mrs. Churchwell Dies of Illness. Mrs. W. B. Churchwell died at her residence, 11-B Oglethorpe Homes, at 9:40 a.m.  Sunday  after a lingering illness.
   Mrs. Churchwell, the former Miss Susie Ann Dorsett, was born in Jones county, the daughter of Jim Dorsett and Mrs. Fannie Beasly Dorsett, and had lived in Macon most  of her life. She was a member of the Centenary  Methodist church.
  Surviving are her husband; three sons, Pvt. James L. Churchwell, U. S. Marine in the Southern Pacific; Sidney H. Churchwell , CM2C Navy Seabees in the Pacific; W. C. Churchwell, Macon; two daughters, Mrs. E. H. Garland, Elmhurst, Ill.; and Mrs. A. P. Andel, Perry, Ga.; ten grandchildren.
   Funeral services will be held in the chapel of Hart's mortuary at 4 p.m. Monday. The Rev. T. B. Stanford and the Rev. C. R. McKibben will officiate and burial will be in the Macon Memorial Park.
    Pallbearers are to be Jim Cox, Woodrow Johnston, Grady Harper, Joe Flahive, M. L. Jones and Raymond Pope.
 
February 27, 1945
Macon Telegraph
Mrs. Aurelia Solomon, wife of Frank Solomon, died Saturday, Feb. 24 at her home in Gray, Ga. Funeral services will be held at Clinton church Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. Collins Funeral Home in charge.
   An native of Jones county, Mrs. Solomon was the only daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Tom and Hannah Franks.
  She married Frank Solomon Dec. 16, 1896. Besides her husband, Mrs. Solomon is survived by eight children: Mrs. Inez Wells and Mrs Gladys Smith of Junction City, Kan.; Mrs. Geraldine Stafford, Mrs. Beatrice Dunbar and Mr. Francis Solomon of Detroit, Mich.; Mr. Bennie Solomon of Chicago, Ill.; Mr. Thomas Solomon and Miss Thelma Solomon of Gray, Ga.; nine grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and one nephew.
  She was a member of St. Paul AME church of Clinton.

March 7, 1945
Macon Telegraph
    Funeral services for Mrs. Minnie Viola Wheeler, who died at her residence at Bradley Monday evening, will be held at the Bradley Baptist church at 4 p.m. Wednesday. Dr. H. D. Johnson will officiate and burial will be in the Wheeler cemetery.
  Active pallbearers are to be J. J. Mercer, R. L. Wheeler, J. L. Glawson, Horace Greene, W. C. Glawson, and Ellis Wheeler. Honorary pallbearers are to be
J. T. Glawson, George B. Slocum, J. J. Glawson,  Dr. J. D. Zachry, Homer Harris, Alva Greene and Mac Hungerford.
  Mrs. Wheeler, widow of Allen Wheeler, was a lifelong resident of Jones county and was a member of the Bradley Methodist church..

October 29, 1945
Macon Telegraph
   Funeral services for Elam Alex Balkcom, who died at his residence, Macon, Route No. 6, last Saturday after a brief illness, will be held at the Mountain Springs Church at 3 p.m. today. Burial will be in the Mountain Springs Cemetery.
   Pallbearers are to be William Stevens, Julian Stevens, Franklin Stevens, Bernard Balkcom, William Balkcom and Hansel Balkcom.
    Mr. Balkcom was a lifelong resident of Jones County and had been engaged in farming.

November 5, 1945
Macon Telegraph
  Funeral services for Mrs. Louise Ford, late of 1132 Woolfolk Street will be held in the St. Luke Baptist Church on the Emory Highway this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Burial will follow in the family cemetery in Griswoldville, Ga. The remains will lie in state in the church from 10 o'clock this morning until the hour of the funeral service. Hutchings' Service.

November 8, 1945
Macon Telegraph
   Haddock, Nov. 7 - Sam D. Chambers, 67, life long resident of Jones County, died at the home of his sister, Mrs. J. R. Childs, in Macon today after a long illness.
   He is survived by another sister, Mrs. Albert Rodriguez, of New Orleans; and four brothers, C. R. and H. H. of Brandon, Fla., John W. of Zephyr Hills, Fla., and
  C. P., of Birmingham, Ala.
   Funeral services will be held Friday in the Haddock Methodist Church at 2 p.m.

December 30, 1945
Macon Telegraph
Mrs. J. F. Childs Dies at Wayside Mrs. Martha Alice Barfield Childs, widow of John F. Childs, and life-long resident of Jones County, died early yesterday morning at wayside.
   The daughter of Jordan Barfield and Irene Humphries Barfield, Mrs Childs was born on Feb. 27, 1852, in Jones County, and lived near Wayside all of her life. She was a member of the Baptist Church. Her death followed an illness of several years. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. E. M. Davis, Wayside; three sons, D. V. Childs, Gray; P. F. and O. P. Childs, Wayside; fourteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. today from the Presbyterian Church at Wayside, with the Rev. J. M. Davis and Rev. W. E. King officiating. Burial will be iin the family lot in the Round Oak Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Thad Childs, Holmes Hawkins, Barron Childs, Jack Childs, Grady P. Finney and Jerry Gorman.
   The funeral cortege will leave Hart's Chapel at 2 p.m.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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