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DALLAS, Theodore Patrick
The Brunswick News; Friday 27 September 1991; pg. 3A col. 4
THEODORE DALLAS SERVICES
SATURDAY
The
funeral for Theodore Patrick
Dallas, Jr., 29, of Valdosta will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday at Mt.
Orum Baptist Church in Waverly with the
Rev. T.L. Benton officiating.
Interment will follow in Rising Daughter Cemetery.
Dallas died Sept. 21 at the
Southeast Georgia Regional Medical Center.
Pallbearers will be Johnny Hippard
Sr., Nathaniel Anderson,
Ed Williams Jr.,
John C. Williams Sr.,
Roger Frazier,
Joseph Wilcox, Virgil
Williams and Mack Lawrence.
Honorary pallbearers will be the deacons of the church and the Camden
County high School Class of 1981.
The
body will be placed in the church an hour prior to services.
He
is survived by his wife, Cynthia Mack Dallas of Valdosta; three sons,
Theodore Dallas III of Brunswick, and
Michael Dallas and Christon
Dallas, both of Valdosta; three daughters,
Theodora Dallas of Brunswick, and
Cortney Dallas and Brittany
Dallas of Valdosta; his mother,
Jimmie Lee Dallas of Waverly; a brother,
Simon Dallas of Waverly; two
sisters, Lavoria Hamilton and
Rhonda Dallas, both of Waverly;
his maternal grandfather, Simon
Perry of Waverly; and several nieces, nephews, and other relatives.
Dallas was a native of Camden
County and a 1981 graduate of Camden County High School. He was a member
of Mt. Orum Baptist Church.
Collins’ Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
DAMPIER, Danny
The Brunswick News; Friday 7 November 2008; pg. 4A col. 2
Danny Dampier, 60, of Brunswick, passed
away Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008, at his residence.
Danny was a native of Clinch County and had been a resident of
Brunswick for 60 years. He was born February 8, 1948, and was the son of
the late Talmadge and Lois Dampier.
Danny was a graduate of Glynn Academy and was employed as an
electrician for 15 years at Babcock and Wilcox and Boatright Electric. He
was a member of the Coastal Baptist Church in Brunswick.
In addition to Danny’s parents, he was preceded in death by
his second wife, Patricia Diane Dampier.
Danny is survived by his loving wife, Belinda Dampier; two
sisters, Judy Dampier and Wanda Gay (husband George); three brothers, Roy
Dampier, Randy Dampier (wife Cheryl) and Alvin Keene; stepdaughter,
Marrissa Clark (husband Gary); stepson, Michael Sears (wife Becky);
mother-in-law, Ruth Creamer; five step-grandchildren; and many aunts,
uncles, nieces and nephews, all of Brunswick.
Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday November 7,
2008, at Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home in Brunswick.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m Saturday, November 8,
2008 at the Chapel of Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home in Brunswick with
the Rev. Larry Lane officiating the service. Interment will follow at
Palmetto Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be Gary Clark, Tony Clark, Billy
Dampier, Robert Hoenshell, Jonathan Dampier and Scott Hoenshell.
Honorary pallbearers are Robert Davis and Gerald Dampier Jr.
The family requests memorial contributions to the Hospice of
the Golden Isles, 1692 Glynco Parkway, Brunswick GA 31520.
You may sign Danny’s online guest book or leave a voice
message at [link removed].
Arrangements are entrusted to Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home
in Brunswick.
DANGAIX, William J.
The Brunswick News; Friday 10 September 1943; pg. 8 col. 2
FORMER LOCAL RESIDENT DIES IN CALIFORNIA
News was received here today of the death of William J. Dangaix, who
half century ago was one of Brunswick’s leading business men, who succeeded here
as a young man and then was so successful in later years that he became wealthy
and a number of years ago retired and made his home in Los Angeles, where he
died Monday. He will be buried here.
Mr. Dangaix came to Brunswick when a young man, and will be well
remembered by many older residents. For years he was engaged in the insurance
business under the firm name of O’Connor & Dangaix, the senior member of the
firm being the late Thomas O’Connor. Offices were in the rear of a building on
the site now occupied by Rish’s Pharmacy.
Mr. Dangaix resided here for many years, and later went to
Birmingham, Ala., where he was unusually successful in business.
During the last world war he was sent to Paris by President Woodrow
Wilson on a special mission.
Up to some 15 or 20 years ago, Mr. Dangaix frequently visited
Brunswick, always calling this city his home, and evidently he requested that he
be buried here, as Mortician Edo Miller was notified today that the body had
been forwarded to Brunswick.
Mrs. Isabel Allen, a sister, who also resided here for many years,
will come here to attend the funeral, arrangements for which have not been
completed, as the time of the arrival of the body is not known.
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DANIELS, Daisy Tison (Scarlett)
The Brunswick News; Saturday 9 March 1963; pg. 12 col. 1
MRS.
DANIELS, VETERAN NURSE, DIES AT HOSPITAL
Mrs. Daisy Scarlett Daniels, long-time nurse here, died at the
Brunswick hospital last night after an extended illness. She was the daughter of
the late George Stanton Scarlett and Virginia Tison Scarlett.
Mrs. Daniels was a registered nurse, having graduated from the Macon
City Hospital where she practiced until her marriage to Dr. B.A. Daniels at
which time she moved to Tampa, Fla. After his death she returned to the Macon
Hospital for several months, then entered private duty nursing. She was on the
staff of the Ware County Hospital and later at the Memorial Hospital in
Waycross. The last years of her career were spent at the Brunswick hospital.
Survivors are three sisters, Mrs. F.A. Dunn, Miss Meta Holt Scarlett
and Miss Pauline Virginia Scarlett; one brother, Robert Mitchell Scarlett, all
of Oak Grove. Funeral services under the direction of Edo Miller & sons will be
held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the graveside in the family cemetery at Oak Grove,
with the Rev. J.T. Pennell, pastor of the Emanuel Methodist Church, officiating.
Active pallbearers will be William Livingston, H.D. Bell, J.C.
Davis, Edgar Ratcliff, Robert McGregor and Kenneth Middleton.
Honorary: Bernard Nightingale, Chapman Curry, Perry Middleton, W.H.
Watts, Rex Williams, Hugh Baumgartner, Luther Chapman, Sr., J.C. Taylor, Ross
Berrie, Dr. B.A. Addison, Dr. J.B. Avera, Dr. John Hightower, Dr. E.R. Jennings,
Dr. Haywood Moore, Dr. J.L. Hunt, Dr. Bert W. Malone and other members of the
hospital staff.
DANIELS, Verla
Lucille (Holmes) Rollins
The Brunswick News;
Friday 12 July 1968; pg. 3 col. 4
MRS. DANIELS DIES
IN HOSPITAL AFTER LENGTHY ILLNESS
Mrs. Verla Lucille Daniels,
36, wife of Joseph Daniels,
501 M Street, died in the Brunswick hospital this morning after a long
illness.
Mrs. Daniels
was born in Glynn County, the daughter of
Don and
Verla Lewis Holmes
and had lived here all of her life.
Survivors other than her husband are a
son, Andrew Hale Dury,
Auburndale, Fla.; a daughter, Debra Sue
Rollins, Douglas; her parents,
Mr. and
Mrs. Don Holmes,
Brunswick; seven sisters, Mrs. Dorothy
Delmar, Fernandina, Fla.,
Mrs. Della Mae Sheridan,
Fernandina, Fla., Mrs. Mary Katherine
Roland, Eau Gallie, Fla.,
Mrs. Martha Sheridan,
Stillton, Pa., Mrs. Courtney Garnto
[sic], Brunswick, Minnie Pearl Cohran,
Brunswick, and Mrs. Leona Middleton,
North Carolina; paternal grandmother,
Mrs. May C. Holmes, Brunswick; and a
brother, William H. Holmes,
Brunswick.
Funeral arrangements will be announced by
Gibson Hart Durden Funeral Home.
The Brunswick News; Saturday 13 July 1968; pg. 3 col. 4
FUNERAL RITES SET
FOR MRS. VERLA L. DANIELS
Funeral services for
Mrs. Verla Lucille Daniels,
wife of Joseph Daniels
will be held Sunday at 5 p.m. from the chapel of the Gibson-Hart-Durden
Funeral Home. Rev. Philip Pullium
will officiate and burial will follow in the Palmetto Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be
W.F. Ribbon,
Robert Anderson,
Carlton Ribbon,
Leonard Robertson,
Billy Minchew
and Bobby Kersey.
DANIELS, William (Rev.)
The Brunswick News; Tuesday 16 August 1921; pg. 3 col. 3
FUNERAL TODAY FOR WELL KNOWN COLORED MINISTER
The remains of Rev. William Daniels, well-known colored
minister, who was formerly pastor of Grace A.M.E. church of this city, who
passed away Saturday after a short illness at Savannah, will be brought
here today on the A., B. & A. train, arriving at 11:50 o’clock, for
interment, the funeral services taking place at Grace church. Deceased was
a graduate of Clark University, and later of Gammon Theological Seminary.
He served two terms as pastor of the church here, and for six years was
presiding elder of the district. He was pastor of Palen Memorial church,
in Savannah, at the time of his death. He is survived by his wife, one
daughter and two sons. His untimely death has occasioned sorrow among his
friends in Brunswick. The hour of the funeral will be two o’clock this
afternoon, the interment to follow in Greenwood cemetery.
The Savannah Tribune; Thursday 18 August 1921; pg. 1 col. 4
REV. WM. DANIELS PASSES AWAY—Was One of the Best
Known M.E. Ministers in This Section.
[photograph]
The Rev. William Daniels, pastor of Palen
Memorial M.E. Church, died on Friday of last week at his residence at the
corner of 37th and Harden streets. His death was quite a shock
to the community for although it was known that he was in ill health for
some time yet it was not thought generally that his condition was
alarmingly serious.
The Rev. Daniels was one of the most beloved and most
widely known Methodist Episcopal ministers in this section of the state.
He was 62 years old and a native of this city. At the age of 26 years he
entered the ministry, taking charge of a mission in this city. His first
large charge was at Roswell, Ga. From there he was sent to Jesup and then to
Brunswick. After pasturing [sic] there for several years he made presiding
elder over the Savannah district which position he held for several years,
after which he again was placed in charge of a church at Brunswick going
from there to Waynesboro and then to Greenville, after which he came to
this city and was placed in charge of the pastorate of Palen Memorial
church, which church and Speedwell mission at Sandfly he was serving at
the time of his death.
Shortly after coming here he perfected plans for the erection of a
new church edifice and succeeded in having the structure sufficiently
erected to hold services in when the stringency of the times caused a
cessation of the work. During the erection of the building it is said that
he served the church not only as pastor but spent many lonely hours at
night serving as watchman for the building. It is claimed by many that
this sacrificial watch service, to a large degree, was accountable for his
declining health.
Funeral services over his body were held at Palen memorial church
Monday afternoon. The services were very impressive and were attended by
an overflowing concourse of members and friends. The sermon was preached
by the Rev. J.A. Richie, pastor of Asbury M.E. Church, the
Rev. C.W. Prothro, of Waynesboro, being master of
ceremony. Representatives from the various religious bodies of the city
were present and spoke in most glowing terms of the deceased. Tuesday
morning the body accompanied by the family was shipped to Brunswick where
the interment was held.
The Rev. Daniels is survived by a wife, Mrs.
Janie Daniels; three sons, Edward Daniels of
St. Petersburg, Fla.; A.W. Daniels,
of Jacksonville, Fla.; and Frank Daniels of Atlanta; one
daughter, Miss Janie Belle Daniels; one
sister, Mrs. Lela Butler and three grand children.
DART, Angie L.
The Brunswick Times; Saturday Morning, 25 February 1898; pg. 1 col. 2
MRS.
DART'S FUNERAL
The funeral of Mrs. Angie L. Dart occurred yesterday afternoon from
the First Methodist church. Rev. Ed. F. Cook feelingly pronounced a eulogy on
the Christian life of the deceased and the many virtues which would make her
loss most keenly felt. There was a large attendance of friends and relatives.
The pallbearers were Messrs. Claud Dart, Leroy Dart, M.E. Dart, Edwin Dart, W.F.
Symons, and R.E.L. Burford.
DART, Anna Georgia (Cornelius)
Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003; The
Atlanta Constitution;
DEATH OF MRS. JACOB DART—Her Husband, Consul Dart, Was on
His Way Home.
Brunswick, Ga., March 4—(Special)—Mrs. Jacob E.
Dart, wife of Consul Dart, died here today. Consul Dart is on his way from his
post at Guadeloupe, West Indies, and was endeavoring to reach here before his
wife’s death, but through delays in obtaining leave of absence, failed to get
here in time. The funeral will probably occur tomorrow.
DART, Annie (Curry)
The Brunswick News; Friday 26 December 1958; pg. 12 col. 5
MRS. CLAUDE DART DIED WEDNESDAY; FUNERAL TODAY
Mrs. Annie Curry Dart, widow of the late Judge
Claude Dart, who died a month ago, passed away at the Brunswick hospital
Wednesday night. She had been ill for more than a year.
Mrs. Dart was born March 30, 1880, and she came to Brunswick from
Climax in 1905 to become a teacher at the old Purvis School, and she had been a
local resident since that time.
She was a lifelong member of the Presbyterian Church, having taught
Sunday school class in that church for many years.
Mrs. Dart is survived by three children, Mrs. Russell B. Henderson
of this city, Linwood Dart of Tallahassee, Fla., and Horace Dart of
Jacksonville, Fla., and five grandchildren. She is also survived by three
sisters, Mrs. J.W. Brice, Misses Sallie Mae and Clyde Curry, of Jacksonville,
and a brother, C.A. Curry, of Cairo.
Funeral services were held at 3 o’clock this afternoon at the First
Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. R.L. McBath. Pallbearers were Bob
Dart Brown, Robert Dart, Eddie Abel, Jr., H.R. Symons, Ray Symons and John F.
Symons, Jr. The Gibson-Hart Funeral Home was in charge of the funeral.
DART, Cameron (Lay)
The Brunswick News; Saturday 27 December 1947; pg. 8 col. 4
FORMER RESIDENT DIES IN FLORIDA
Mrs. Cameron Dart, widow of the late R. Ernest Dart, former
prominent Brunswick attorney, died in Jacksonville, Fla., Friday following a
brief illness, and burial will be here Monday.
Mrs. Dart made her home in Brunswick for a number of years after her
marriage to Mr. Dart. The family, however, removed to Jacksonville a number of
years ago. She was an American Red Cross mother and affiliated with the Boy
Scout movement in Jacksonville for many years. She was the founder of the
Cameron Dart Trophy, a Boy Scout award.
She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Dena Thompson, and a grandson,
Robert Mann, Jr., both of Jacksonville.
Rosary services will be held at 8 p.m. Sunday in Jacksonville, and
burial services will be held at the graveside here in Oak Grove Cemetery Monday
afternoon at 2 o’clock. Local arrangements are in charge of Mortician Edo
Miller.
DART, Carrie
Advertiser & Appeal: Wednesday 19 September 1877; pg. 3 col. 3
LITTLE CARRIE
A “vacant chair” has been made in the home circle of Mr. U. Dart Jr.
of St. Simons Island by the death of little Carrie, his eldest child on
Wednesday last. A bright, active child, of 8 years she was the mother’s stay
and comfort as well as her constant companion during each day. But she is gone
and the home saddened. We drop the tear of genuine sympathy, for none know
better how to sympathize than those who have passed through the same fiery
ordeal. Mysterious indeed are the ways of Providence.
Advertiser & Appeal; Wednesday 28 September 1877; pg. 3 col. 3
RESOLUTIONS
Death has made its appearance among us, and borne away from our
midst a bright and promising member of our school. God, in his mysterious
providence, has seen fit to take to himself little Carrie Dart, whom He called
suddenly from a happy home below to a happier home in Heaven.
Resolved, That while we mourn the loss of one who gave
promise of a happy, useful life, we submit to the will of Him “who doeth all
things well,” knowing that our loss is her eternal gain.
Resolved, That in the death of Carrie Dart, the Methodist
Sunday School has lost a valued member; her class a bright ornament; her little
friends an amiable associate; and her parents a lovely bud of human life, which
gave promise of an early and beauteous blooming.
Resolved, That our sympathies be tendered to the bereaved
family, humbly and devoutly praying, that the Comforter will bind up the wounds
which her death has made in their hearts, and by this golden thread of a pure
little life, bind them closer to the “Home beyond the skies.”
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the
family, and a copy to the Brunswick ADVERTISER, with a request to publish.
MISS
KATE DART,
MISS ANN KENDRICK
E.J. HARVEY, Comd.[?]
DART, Carrie (Blue)
The Brunswick News; Friday 19 March 1982; pg. 2A col. 1
DART FUNERAL TO BE SATURDAY
The
funeral for Mrs. Carrie Blue Dart,
who died Monday at the Brunswick Hospital, will be held at 4:30 p.m.
Saturday at the First Bryant Baptist Church with the
Rev. J.F. Mann officiating.
Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be friends of the family. Honorary pallbearers
will be deacons of the church.
Mrs. Dart was a lifelong
resident of Glynn County and a member of First Bryant Baptist Church. She
was retired from the Jekyll Island Packing Co.
She
is survived by her husband, Freddie Dart; a daughter,
Mrs. Edna D. Brooks of Brunswick; two sisters,
Mrs. Retha Hammand [sic] and
Mrs. Maggie L. Blue [sic], both of Brunswick; and several nieces and
nephews.
Collins Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
DART, Cecil
Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003; The
Atlanta Constitution; 15 December 1897
DEATH OF CECIL DART
Brunswick, Ga., December 14—(Special)—Cecil
Dart, one of the best known young men in Brunswick, died very suddenly tonight.
He was slightly ill, and death came almost without warning. The deceased was a
son of Captain Urbanus Dart and brother of Captain Ernest Dart, the latter of
whom was drilling his company, the riflemen, a few minutes before his brother
died. The news spread rapidly, and many regrets are being expressed.
DART,
Charles “Carlos” Urbanus
The Atlanta Constitution; Thursday 7 January 1915; pg. 1 col. 1
SIX BELIEVE DROWNED—No
Hope for Crew of Brunswick Tug.
Brunswick,
Ga., January 6—Hope for the safety of any of the six members of the crew
of the tug Rambler, wrecked off Cumberland island near here Monday during
a heavy sea, were abandoned tonight.
The bodies of the two negro crew members were found on the
beach today, together with portions of the clothing of the four white
men. Wreckage was strewn for two miles along the coast.
The Rambler was wrecked after going aground and while the crew
was waiting for high tide to float the vessel.
The missing and dead include Harry Ingram, captain; Carlos U.
Dart, engineer; George Bell, fireman; Charles Segui, fisherman; Henry
Roberts, negro deck hand, and Dave Smith, negro cook.
Tampa Morning Tribune (Tampa, FL);
Thursday 7 January 1915; pg. 1 cols. 5 & 6
SIX PERISH WHEN TUG IS BEATEN TO
PIECES—TUG RAMBLER IS WRECKED OFF CUMBERLAND ISLAND AND CREW LOST—TWO
BODIES RECOVERED
MACON, Ga., Jan. 6.—Six
men were lost off Little Cumberland Monday night, when the tug Rambler was
wrecked, every one of the crew losing their lives. News of the wreck
developed today with the finding of two bodies. The dead:
Harry Ingram, captain.
Carlos U. Dart, engineer.
George Bell, fireman.
Charles Segui, fisherman.
Henry Roberts, negro deck hand.
Dave Smith, negro cook.
The Rambler left Brunswick Monday morning at 7 o’clock. About
11 o’clock the tug went ashore just one-half mile off Little Cumberland
beach. The boat was half filled with water and members of the crew went
ashore in a small boat, secured buckets and bailed out their boat. A
passing launch went to their assistance, but when she arrived all six
members of the crew were on the top of the cabin house, laughing and
joking, not realizing the danger they were in. The launch offered
assistance, but Captain Ingram stated his tug would be successfully
floated with high water.
However, when the tide began to flood a strong northeast wind
arose and it is believed before the Rambler could be floated she was
crushed to pieces by the heavy sea which was reported to be rolling high.
Searchers left Brunswick during Tuesday and this morning on the beach at
Little Cumberland the bodies of the two negroes were found. What became
of the white men is unknown, except parts of their clothing were found on
the beach. Wreckage was strewn for miles along the coast.
The Macon Daily Telegraph (Macon, GA);
Sunday 10 January 1915; pg. 4 col. 2
RAMBLER HAD NO LIFE RAFT AT TIME OF
WRECK—Old One Had Been Condemned at Brunswick—REMOVED, NOT
REPLACED—Steamboat Inspectors Arrive at Brunswick to Investigate the
Disaster Which Cost Lives of Six Men on Coast of Little Cumberland Island.
BRUNSWICK, Jan. 9.—W.B.
Lee and E.G. Fitzgerald, steamboat inspectors of this district, with
headquarters in Savannah, arrived in the city today for the purpose of
making an investigation into the wreck of the little tug Rambler a few
days ago, in which the lives of six persons were lost. Strange to relate,
these inspectors were in Brunswick Tuesday for the purpose of inspecting
the Rambler and they were awaiting her return to port when the news was
received that she had been wrecked and that the entire crew had been lost.
On a recent inspection of the Rambler the inspectors condemned
the life raft which had been carried by the tug. It was removed and
placed on her wharf but was not replaced, and it is now pointed out that
had the tug carried a proper life raft probably the lives of all six men
would have been saved. It was not discovered that the raft was not aboard
until an investigation was made, and at first it was thought that the crew
had not been drowned, but that they were adrift somewhere on the raft.
BODIES STILL MISSING—The bodies of Capt. Harry Ingram,
Engineer Charles Dart, and George Bell and Charles Segui, the four white
men on the tug, have not yet been recovered, although searching parties
have been out every day since the wreck and have patrolled the beach along
Little Cumberland in the hope that the bodies would be washed ashore.
Only the bodies of the two negro members of the crew have been recovered.
This unfortunate accident has cast a shadow of gloom over the
entire city, owing to the popularity of some of the unfortunate men lost.
Captain Ingram and Engineer Dart, who were the owners of the Rambler, were
well known in Brunswick, having resided here practically all of their
lives. They were both married and leave a wife and two or three children
each. They were considered two of the most capable sea faring men engaged
in marine work around these waters, and for that reason hope for their
safety was held out to the very last.
DART, Claude
The Brunswick News; Friday 7 November 1958; pg. 10 col. 2 (photo)
JUDGE CLAUDE DART, AN AGED RESIDENT, DIES HERE TODAY
Judge Claude Dart, at 90 years of age probably
Brunswick’s oldest native resident, died at 11 o’clock this morning at the Laura
Bell Nursing Home, where he had been for some time. Previous to going to the
home, he had been ill at his home, 1710 Wilson Avenue, for many months.
Judge Dart was born in Brunswick in the house in which he resided up
to the time he was removed to the nursing home. He was a member of one of
Brunswick’s oldest and best known families. He observed his ninetieth birthday
last February, when a large number of friends called to pay their respects.
Judge Dart served for a number of years as justice of the peace and
he had occupied many other offices during his long residence in Brunswick, and
he had many friends who will be grieved to learn of his death.
Survivors include his wife, who is reported quite ill at the nursing
home where Judge Dart died; three children, Mrs. Jesse Dart Henderson, of this
city; Horace Dart, Jacksonville, Fla., and Lindwood Dart, Tallahassee, Fla.
[sic], a brother, Judge Edwin W. Dart, this city, and five grandchildren.
Judge Dart had been a lifelong member of the local Presbyterian
Church and had served in various capacities in that church.
Funeral arrangements had not been completed early this afternoon and
will be announced later.
DART, Edgar M.
The Brunswick News; Tuesday 11 July 1922; pg. 1 col. 6
E.M. DART DIES EARLY TODAY—One of Brunswick’s Oldest
Citizens and Newspaper Men Died Suddenly at His Home Early This Morning.
Mr. Edgar M. Dart, one of the oldest citizens
of Brunswick died very suddenly at his home on Bartow street at an early hour
this morning. Mr. Dart was stricken ill Sunday night, but rallied yesterday and
was not thought to be in any immediate danger, but death came as a distinct
shock this morning.
Mr. Dart was business manager of The Banner, and up to a year ago
had been business manger of the News for about fifteen years.
He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. J.S. Lambright and Mrs. W.C.
Wilkins of Brunswick.
The Brunswick News; Wednesday 12 July 1922; pg. 1 col. 6
FUNERAL E.M. DART THIS AFTERNOON—Will Take Place at 3
O’clock From First Methodist and Interment Will Be Held in Oak Grove Cemetery.
The funeral of E.M. Dart, who died at a very
early hour yesterday morning, will occur from the First Methodist church at 3
o’clock this afternoon, Rev. T.H. Thompson, officiating.
The sudden death of Mr. Dart coming with such suddenness was a
severe shock to his friends. In fact, very few people knew that he was even
confined to his home. He was stricken Sunday evening and, while seriously ill
all day Monday, physicians attending did not regard his case as being critical.
However, about 4 o’clock yesterday morning, he was seized with a violent heart
attack and died before medical aid could be called.
Mr. Dart was sixty-seven years old and has resided in Brunswick all
of his life. For many years he was engaged in the mercantile business and at
one time conducted one of the largest concerns of the kind in the city. Some
twenty years ago, however, he took up the newspaper work and has been constantly
engaged in it since that time. For fifteen of these years, he was at the head
of the business department of the News and just a year ago, left that service
for employment on the afternoon paper.
Mr. Dart was an indefatigable worker; was possessed of really a
wonderful energy and in the work in which he was engaged he always threw his
whole interest. He was a member of the First Methodist church, and for many
years was a leading figure in the local lodge of Woodmen of the World, to which
he was devoted.
The deceased is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Julia Lambright and
Mrs. W.T. Wilkins both of whom reside in Brunswick. He also leaves a large
circle of other relatives in this city.
The interment will be in Oak Grove cemetery and the pallbearers will
be W.F. Symons, Claude Dart, E.W. Dart, C.H. Leavy, J.C. Garwood and Dr. J.W.
Simmons.
DART, Edwin W.
The Brunswick News; Wednesday 24 December 1958; pg. 16 cols. 4 & 5 (photo)
JUDGE EDWIN DART, ILL MANY MONTHS, DIES EARLY TODAY
Judge Edwin W. Dart, who served as ordinary of
Glynn County for 41 years, passed away at his home on Glynn Avenue early this
morning after an extended illness.
Judge Dart was stricken ill shortly before he retired as ordinary in
1953 and since that time he had been confined to his home, and in recent months
his condition had been serious, therefore his death was not unexpected.
Judge Dart, 78, was born June 20, 1880, only 14 years after the War
Between the States was over, and two veterans of that war were his first and
only opponents for the position he held for so many years.
Judge Dart was serving as assistant to his father, the late Judge
Horace Dart, who was ordinary for 20 years ,when his father died in office and
the son filled the unexpired term in 1912; he later was elected and served in
that office until he retired. IN the election for ordinary to succeed his
father, Judge Dart received three times as many votes as the combined total of
his two opponents. He never again had opposition for the office.
Member of an old and prominent Glynn County family, Judge Dart was
born and reared in Glynn County in a home near the “Marshes of Glynn” and he had
stuck close to the marshes all of his life.
Besides serving so long as ordinary, Judge Dart had been active in
other capacities. He served for four years as chairman of the local draft board
during World War I.
If a correct record was available it undoubtedly would show that as
ordinary Judge Dart united more couples than any person in Glynn County’s
history. Many of Brunswick couples now residing here were joined in wedlock by
the popular official. It was he who was awakened late one night to perform the
ceremony in 1946 uniting Hank Greenberg, famous baseball player, and Carol
Gimble, New York heiress.
Judge Dart had been active in many ways in Brunswick and Glynn
County. He was a lifelong member of the First Presbyterian Church and had
occupied a number of positions of honor and trust.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Kathryn C. Dart; one daughter,
Mrs. Clifford Peters; and two grandchildren, Ensign John Edwin Peters, U.S.
Navy, and Joan Harriet Peters.
Funeral services will be held Friday morning at 11 o’clock at the
First Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Robert L. McBath, Jr., officiating.
The body will be placed in the church at 10 o’clock Friday morning.
Active pallbearers will be Bob Dart Brown, John F. Symons, Jr.,
Edward Burford, Robert Dart, Richard W. Peters, William R. Ralston, Hoyt Brown
and Horace Dart. Honorary: member of the Board of Elders and Deacons of the
First Presbyterian Church, members of the Brunswick Bar Association, members of
the Glynn Officers Association and members of the Glynn Board of Commissioners,
both past and present members. Interment will be in Palmetto Cemetery under
direction of the Edo Miller & Sons Funeral Home.
Ordinary Wesley Jernigan announced today that his office will be
closed Friday on account of the death and funeral of Judge Dart.
DART, Fannie Lou (Spears)
Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003; The
Atlanta Constitution; 24 October 1924
PALM TOLD WOMAN HER HOUR OF DOOM RELATIVES CLAIM
Brunswick, Ga., October 23—(Special)—Mrs.
Fannie Lou Dart, 68, prominent Brunswick woman, who died here today, was a
student of palmistry and foretold her own death more than a year ago, relatives
said tonight.
She is survived by a son, Ivan M. Dart, of Brunswick, and a
daughter, Mrs. Andrew Mood [sic], of Everett, Mass.
DART, Freddie
The Brunswick News; Wednesday 11 December 1985; pg. 3A col. 3
FUNERAL THURSDAY FOR FREDDIE
DART
Services for Freddie Dart of
Brunswick will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday at First Bryant Baptist Church
with the Rev. J.F. Mann
officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
Dart died Dec. 6 at
Glynn-Brunswick Memorial Hospital.
He
was a lifelong resident of Glynn County and a member of Frist Bryant
Baptist Church.
Surviving are a daughter, Edna D. Brooks of Brunswick; a brother,
Earl Dart Jr. of Brunswick; four sisters,
Aretha Lang, Ethel Baldwin
and Ernestine Riddley, all of
Brunswick and Norene Page of
Newark, N.J.; several nieces and nephews.
Active pallbearers will be Earl Dart Jr., Joseph Lang
Jr., Michael Dart,
Ned Daniels,
Buster Brinkley and Sven Dart.
Honorary pallbearers will be deacons of the church.
The
family will receive friends at the residence of
Mr. and
Mrs. earl Dart Jr., 3100 Lee St.
Collins’ Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
DART, Hariet P.W. (Ashcraft)
The Brunswick News; Friday 8 November 1907; pg. 1 col. 2 (paper badly
damaged)
DEATH OF MRS. HORACE
DART—Estimable Woman Passed Away Early Yesterday Morning
The
announcement yesterday morning of the death of
Mrs. Horace Dart, wife of Glynn
county’s popular ordinary, came as a great surprise and a severe shock to
hundreds and hundreds of friends in the city of this truly estimable
woman. While it was known that Mrs.
Dart was ill, the seriousness of her case, it seems, was not realized
by a [torn] number of her friends, then [torn] news that she has passed
[away came] as a great surprise.
Mrs. Dart had [torn] only a
short time. On [torn] suffered somewhat from [torn] cold and a physician
was [torn], who pronounced her [torn]. Since that time
Mrs. [Dart] [torn] been quite [torn] but her [the rest of this paragraph
is badly torn but speaks of how ill she was an how she “ebbed away” until]
the end finally came early yesterday morning.
There was not [torn] woman in all of Brunswick than
Mrs. Horace Dart. Her character
[torn] perfect, warm-hearted, [torn]always chartiale [sic], she was [torn]
esteemed by all who knew [torn] her loss will be felt in all [torn] the
city.
Mrs. Dart, originally
Miss Hattie Ashcraft, of
Newman, Ga., her marriage to Judge
Dart dating back during the time of the civil war, when they met,
their marriage being somewhat of a romance.
After the war Judge and
Mrs. Dart made Brunswick their
home and they have lived here [torn] since that time.
Besides her [torn] Dart leaves
two [torn] Claude Dart and
[torn].
The
funeral [torn] not being completed at a late [torn] last [torn] but it was
announced [torn] it would occur from the Presbyterian church [at] 10
o’clock this afternoon. A [torn] out of town relatives arrived in the city
last night to attend the funeral, among them being
Judge F.W. Dart, and
F.R. Dart, of Douglas,
Mrs. W.W. Sharpe and
Mrs. P.A. Hay, of Waycross, and
others.
In
the death of Mrs. Dart
Brunswick loses one of [her brightest] and best women and The News joins
the hundreds of other friends in extended condolence to the bereaved
family.
The Brunswick News; Saturday 9 November 1907; pg. 1 col. 2 (paper badly
torn)
[Title torn, basically
saying the funeral was held “yesterday” from the Presbyterian Church]
The
funeral of Mrs. Horace Dart,
whose sad death was chronicled in these columns yesterday morning occurred
from the Presbyterian church yesterday afternoon,
Rev. F.D. Thomas officiating.
The funeal [sic] cortege was one of the most imposing ever witnessed in
this city, a loving tribute to the memory of a truly good [torn] woman.
[Rest of paragraph torn, basically giving sympathy for the family].
The
pallbearers [were] Mayor W. F. Symons, [torn]
Judge F. Willis Dart, Captain
W.R. Dart, Captain D.B.
Stallings and Mr. Frank Dart.
The
tender condolence of a large circle of friends go out to
Judge Dart and the members of
the family in this hour of sorrow.
Macon Telegraph (Macon, GA); Sunday 10 November 1907; pg. 4 col. 7
The announcement of the death of Mrs.
Horace Dart, of Brunswick, was a great surprise to her many friends as
they did not know she was seriously ill. The deceased was the wife of the
ordinary of Glynn County.
DART, Herman Robinson
Advertiser & Appeal; Saturday 3 November 1883; pg. 6 col. 5
THE HOUSE OF MOURNING
Such indeed is the house of our townsman, Hon.
J.E. Dart. Death has entered there and taken one of the brightest jewels, and
so suddenly. Only last Thursday the subject of this article, Master Herman
Dart, aged 18 years, wrote home from Kirkwood Institute, near Atlanta, where he
was at school, a letter to his devoted mother. He was then well and hearty,
full of life and buoyant of sprit, but before that letter was read, he was taken
ill, and by Sunday grew worse, and at 9 o’clock that night was a corpse.
Imagine the feelings of his parents on receiving three telegrams within two
hours on Monday morning—first, announcing his illness; second, that he was
worse, and third, that he was dead. The disease was diphtheria, and it did its
work rapidly. The remains reached Brunswick Wednesday morning and was interred
from the Episcopal church, of which he was a member. To hearts so utterly
crushed as are these of this stricken household nothing from our pen could
lessen the poignancy of their grief.— We can only bid them remember, “The Lord
giveth and the Lord taketh away.” Thither they must look for comfort in this
their terrible bereavement. Speaking of the sad affair, the Constitution
says:
“The death of young Mr. Dart has cast a shadow over the entire
community in which he died. He was a bright boy and had many friends.
“The suddenness of his death and the terrible character of the
disease which ended his life have created great alarm in the neighborhood of
Kirkwood. It is feared that other cases will follow.
“To guard against any possibility of trouble, Prof. Neal has
dismissed his school for the present, and the boys have gone to their homes.
DART, Horace B.
The Brunswick News; Wednesday 24 January 1912; pg. col. 2
JUDGE DART IS CALLED TO REST—One of Brunswick’s Oldest and
Best Known Citizens Passed Away Yesterday.
Judge Horace Dart is dead. While this news
will not come as a surprise to his hundreds of friends throughout the city,
still it will be received with genuine sorrow.
Judge Dart’s condition has been serious for the past several weeks
and his death has been momentarily expected for the last two or three days. The
end came yesterday morning at 8 o’clock, when, at his home in Urbana, where many
years of his life had been spent, he breathed his last, surrounded by the
members of his family and others.
The death of Judge Horace Dart takes away one of Brunswick’s best
known and oldest citizens; a figure which has been conspicuous since Brunswick
was a mere village, and who was known and loved by probably more friends than
any other man in the city. Judge Dart was of that old type of citizen—the old
Southern gentlemen—which is so rapidly diminishing, and of which there are so
few now left among us.
The deceased was born April 17, 1837, and was therefore in his 76th
year. He was married on August 17, 1863, to Hattie Ashcraft, who passed away in
November, 1907. He is survived by two sons, Claude Dart and Edwin W. Dart, and
three brothers, J.E. and W.R. Dart, of this city, and Frank Dart of Douglas;
together with a large number of other relatives.
Judge Dart has served, during his life in Brunswick, many positions
of honor and trust. In 1892 he was elected to the office of ordinary of Glynn
county, which position he has ably filled ever since, never having been opposed
for reelection. He was commander of Camp Jackson, Confederate veterans, and the
members of this camp will attend his funeral in a body this morning. Judge Dart
was one of the remaining members of the old Brunswick Riflemen, [he] marched
away to fight for the South early in the 60’s. Though a full company left this
city when the call to arms was sent out, one by one they have passed to the
Great Beyond, until now there are only one or two still living. Judge Dart
served thru the entire war with his company, and, returning to Brunswick after
the conflict was over, engaged in business and has resided here continuously
ever since. He has always evinced great interest in the Confederate veterans,
and has occupied the position of commander of the local camp for many years.
The funeral will be held this morning at 10 o’clock, the services
being conducted by Revs. Loy Warwick and F.D. Thomas. The following gentlemen
will act as pallbearers: W.H. Berrie, J.T. Lambright, D.W. Krauss, R.S. Pyles,
H.F. duBignon and H.J. Read.
DART, Horace Leroy
Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003; The
Atlanta Constitution; 10 August 1904
LEROY DART, BRUNSWICK, GA.
Brunswick, Ga., August 9.—(Special.)—Leroy Dart a well known and
popular young man, son of ordinary Horace Dart, was found at an early hour this
morning on the railroad track with both his feet cut off. The young man was
removed to his home. Physicians were summoned and the feet were amputated. The
result of the operation proved fatal and he died a few hour(s) later. Mr. Dart
has been living here all of his life and he was popular among a large circle of
friends who were shocked to hear of his unfortunate accident.
DART, Jacob Edgar
The Brunswick News; Saturday 24 March 1917; pg. 1 cols. 1 & 2
J.E. DART, GLYNN’S REPRESENTATIVE, HAS BREATHED HIS LAST—HE
HAD BEEN IN ILL HEALTH FOR SEVERAL MONTHS—Friends Tried to persuade Him Not to
Attend Extra Session of Legislature—NO FUNERAL PROGRAM YET—Deceased Had Served
His City and County in Many Positions of Honor—Short Sketch of Life.
Information was received in the city last night
announcing the death of Hon. Jacob E. Dart, member of the Georgia legislature
from Glynn county, which occurred at the Georgia Baptist Hospital, Atlanta, last
night.
Yesterday morning a telegram was received by members of the family
stating that Col. Dart had been stricken and that little hope was held out for
his recovery. In answer to this telegram, Judge Edwin W. Dart, a nephew of the
deceased, left last night for Atlanta.
Col. Dart had not been in good health for several months, and only a
few weeks ago he was the victim of the malady touching the heart, which came
very near causing his death. Close attention on the part of family and
physicians, however, succeeded in bringing him to a state where he was enabled
to attend to official duties, but left him in a weakened and rather failing
condition of health.
When the call for the extra session was announced, Mr. Dart debated
for several days whether or not his physical condition would warrant his
attending the session. Devoted to his duties in the house, one of its most
prominent members, the father of the recently enacted pension laws, Col. Dart
felt that his first duty was to the state and to the people who had handed him
his commission. In the state election last fall he was chosen to the office of
justice of the peace for one of the city districts, and having qualified in that
office, close friends argued that this would give him an additional reason for
not attending the extra session. He had determined, however, to be present, and
he left Monday night suffering from physical exhaustion and against the advices
of physicians and friends. Nothing further was heard from him until the news
yesterday of his illness and death.
SKETCH OF HIS LIFE
Col. Dart was born July 4, 1483, and attended
the public schools of Brunswick and Glynn county. He became prominent
politically in his early manhood, and aside from a few years spent in the saw
mill business and in the service of the Brunswick and Albany railroad, of which
he was road master, almost his entire life has been given to the public
service. In turn he has served as mayor of the city of Brunswick, member of the
Georgia legislature on several occasions, collector of customs of the port of
Brunswick, and United States consul for several years at Guadeloupe, French West
Indies. Returning to his home city after his consulship came to a close, he
again became identified with the public service of the community and spent many
years at the head of the sanitary department of the city and in various other
public offices. When the present A.B. and B. railroad, at that time the B. and
B., was being constructed, Col. Dart, who had had experience years ago, was
called into service again and under his supervision the line was finally built
into this city. Completing this service, he was called from time to time to
offices of public trust, being elected a few years ago by an overwhelming
majority and in the last campaign having been elected to the office of justice
of the peace for a term of four years.
CONFEDERATE VETERAN
Col. Dart served for four full years as a
Confederate soldier, having been under the leadership of that gallant
Confederate chieftain, John B. Gordon. He entered the service of the
Confederacy when a mere youth, and followed its tattered legions to Appomattox.
Wounded several times in various engagements, he always came back to the charge
and commanding officers always pronounced him a brave soldier. Col. Dart was
among the rarely able orators of South Georgia and only a few days before his
death, in an impassioned speech, in behalf of the Confederate veterans,
succeeded in having the Glynn county commissioners appropriate a fund for
defraying the expenses of the veterans to the coming reunion in Washington.
While serving in the legislature in 1915, and in the advocacy of his own measure
for the benefit of the Confederate veterans, he electrified the house in an
address that has become famous as one of the rarely great speeches delivered in
Georgia in recent years. Col. Dart was a son of the late Major Urbanus Dart,
and was among the pioneer citizens of Glynn county. He is survived by many
relatives in this community, and in addition leaves a son, H.R. Dart, of
Alabama, and a daughter, Mrs. Leonard Boyd, of Atlanta. Capt. W.R. Dart, of
this city, and F.M. Dart, of Douglas, are brothers, and Mrs. W.F. Symons, of
this city, a sister of the deceased.
There were few more striking figures in Georgia politics than was
“Uncle Jake,” as his close friends called him, and his popularity in the
legislature is best evidenced by the fact that he was the only member of the
present house serving on four committees. Personally he was of a jovial
disposition; was liberal to a fault, and made warm friends of all whom he
succeeded in cementing unto himself in bonds that stood the test of years. His
sudden death will bring untold sorrow into many Brunswick homes, for it was one
of the attributes of his life that he felt deep sympathy for those who were
afflicted and the good hand of fellowship was always extended to those who were
burdened and oppressed.
No funeral arrangements have as yet been made, but it is expected
that the legislature will adjourn this morning out of respect to the memory of
Col. Dart, and that his body will be escorted here by committees named from both
houses of the Georgia legislature. Members of the family were so shocked last
night that none of them could discuss anything definite as to final
arrangements.
DART, Janey Cordelia
The Brunswick News; Monday 2 July 1945; pg. 8 col. 5
MISS JANEY DART, ILL MANY MONTHS, DIED YESTERDAY
Miss Janey Cordelia Dart, 59, beloved Brunswick
nurse, who had ministered in hundreds of Brunswick homes during the many years
she engaged in nursing, passed away at the family residence on Glynn avenue
yesterday. Miss Dart had been ill for many months.
Member of an old and prominent Brunswick family, Miss Dart had been
practically a lifelong resident of Brunswick. Except for a short period when
she resided in Waycross, she had made her home here.
A popular and efficient graduate nurse, Miss Dart practiced her
profession here for years as a private nurse, and later was associated with
hospitals, serving as night superintendent in hospitals in both Brunswick and
Waycross, an she was well known and popular among an unusually large number of
friends in these cities, who will be grieved to learn of her death.
Survivors include two sisters, Miss Sadie Dart and Mrs. S. Hadley
Brown, and a brother, M.E. Dart, all of this city.
Funeral services will be held at the First Methodist church this
afternoon at 5 o’clock, to be conducted by the Rev. John S. Sharp, and burial
will be in the family lot at Oak Grove cemetery. The following will serve as
pall bearers: A.C. Knight, Andrew Lorentzson, Ernest Odum, A.M. Drury, A.M.
Cowart, Russell Anderson. Arrangements are in charge of Mortician Edo Miller.
DART, Julia (Cummings)
The Brunswick News; Monday 5 November 1979; pg. 12A col. 1 & pg. 2A col. 6
MRS. JULIA C. DART DIES HERE SUNDAY
Mrs. Julia Cummings Dart, 93, a resident of 11
Glynn Ave. died Sunday at the Brunswick hospital.
She was a member of one of Brunswick’s oldest families and was the
widow of Charles Urbanus Dart. She was born in New York City and had been a
resident of Brunswick for the past 70 years.
Widowed early in her married life, she attended Massey Business
School in Jacksonville, Fla. and was, for many years, secretary to the late
Judge Frank Scarlett.
She was a member of First Presbyterian Church and was a Gold Star
Mother. Her only child, Maj. John P. Dart, U.S. Army Air Corps was missing in
action in 1944.
She is survived by nephews, Judge George Deluca, New York, Norman
Duncan, Foster, R.I., Harry Paeglow, Jacksonville, Fla., Jack Peters, Rock Hill,
S.C.; nieces, Mrs. Helen Herbert, Lowell, Mass., and locally by nieces, Mrs.
Clifford Peters, Mrs. William Lust, and Mrs. Russell Henderson.
The funeral will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the First Presbyterian
Church with Rev. Dan Thomas officiating. Interment will follow in Oak Grove
Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be Bill Brown, Robert Dart, Russell
Henderson, Ed Lambright, Don Peters, Richard Scarlett, and John F. Symons.
Honorary pallbearers will be Julian Bennet, Hoyt Brown, John
Gilbert, Fred Fain, Judge Wesley Jernigan, Karl G. Meschke, Lem Morgan, Sr.,
Judge Phil Ringel, Clyde Taylor Jr., Lucian Whittle, Pierce Thoit and John
Harvey.
The body will remain in the funeral home and will be placed in the
church an hour prior to services.
Edo Miller & Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
DART, Maurice St. Ivan
The Brunswick News; Saturday 21 December 1935; pg. 8 col. 1
IVAN DART, WELL KNOWN RESIDENT DIED EARLY TODAY
Ivan Dart, 52, well known Brunswick resident,
died at the City Hospital at an early hour this morning following an illness of
several weeks. Mr. Dart underwent an operation a few weeks ago, but did not
improve, and his condition became serious, a second operation being necessary
yesterday morning.
Mr. Dart, a marine engineer, had resided in Brunswick all of his
life and he was well known and popular among an unusually large number of
friends who will be grieved to learn of his death. He was a member of the well
known and prominent Glynn county Dart family.
He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Eyla Moodie, of Bookline, Mass.,
a sister-in-law, Mrs. Julia Dart, of this city, and a number of nieces and
nephews and other relatives.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock from the
residence on Glynn avenue, conducted by the Rev. L.A. Harrell, pastor of the
First Methodist church. Interment will be in Oak Grove cemetery. The
pallbearers will be Claude Dart, Horace Symons, John S. Symons, Robert Burford,
J.E. Lambright, M.E. Dart. Funeral arrangements are in charge of Mortician Edo
Miller.
DART, Opal
Aline (Clements)
The Brunswick News;
Monday 7 July 1997; pg. 3A col. 6
OPAL C. DART DIES
SATURDAY
Opal Clements Dart,
76, of Brunswick died Saturday at Southeast Georgia Regional Medical
Center.
The funeral will be 3 p.m. Tuesday at the
First United Methodist Church of Brunswick with the
Revs. Robert M. Malone
and Richard Varnell
officiating. Burial will follow at Palmetto Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 7 to
9 tonight at Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may
be made to a charity of the donor’s choice.
Pallbearers will be
Mike Hendley,
Stewart Pittman,
Glynn Youngner,
Mel Baxter,
John Howton,
Ronnie Bluestein,
Rob Wiles
and Mike Taylor.
Honorary pallbearers will be W.F. Symons,
J.F. Symons,
Ed Blanton,
Carlton Keene,
Vance McCall
and Floyd Gressel.
Surviving are her husband,
Robert Dart of
Brunswick; three sons, Robert E. Dart
of Vienna, Va., and William C. Dart
and Donald C. Dart,
both of St. Simons Island; two sisters,
Pat Taylor of Ray City and
Dorothy Nugent
of Pearson; six grandchildren; a nice and a nephew.
She was a native of Jeff Davis County and
had been a resident of Brunswick for 55 years. She was a graduate of the
University of Georgia and taught school for 33 years, retiring as a fifth
grade teacher from the Glynn County School System in 1983.
She was a member of the First United
Methodist Church of Brunswick. She was a charter member of the Urbana
Garden Club. She was a member of the Urbana Sewing Club and watched over
Urbana Park during the summer months.
DART, Robert Ernest
The Brunswick News; Saturday 7 June 1941; pg. 8 col. 5
MAJOR R.E. DART DIES EARLY TODAY IN JACKSONVILLE
Information was received in the city today of
the death in Jacksonville early this morning of Major R. Ernest Dart, former
prominent Brunswick attorney, who had made his home in the Florida city for a
number of years. Mr. Dart has been ill for the past several weeks and underwent
an operation in St. Vincent’s hospital in that city Tuesday.
Born in Brunswick, Mr. Dart spent all of his early life here. He
graduated from Glynn Academy and later attended the law school of Virginia
University, and after his graduation practiced his profession in this city for
many years, later moving to Jacksonville where for a time he was associated with
the late Col. Wm. E. Kay.
He took an active part in state military circles while in Brunswick,
and for a number of years was captain of the Brunswick Riflemen. He was later
made a major in the Georgia National Guard. He was also identified with various
other Brunswick organizations during his residence here. He was a member of the
well known and prominent Glynn county Dart family and has a large number of
relatives now residing here.
Mr. Dart is survived by his widow, and three children, by a former
marriage, Mrs. Bufort Finley, a teacher at the University of Florida in
Gainesville; Mrs. Jack Hottel of Trenton, N.J., and Robert Ernest Dart, Jr. of
Riverhead, N.Y., and one sister, Mrs. Russell Richards, of Atlanta. Burial will
be in Brunswick on Monday, but details were not known today. Mr. Dart’s parents
and a brother are buried in Oak Grove cemetery and it is expected he will also
be buried there.
The Brunswick News; Monday 9 June 1941; pg. 8 col. 6
FUNERAL TODAY OF LATE ERNEST DART
Funeral services were held here this afternoon
at 2 o’clock for the late Major R. Ernest Dart, former Brunswick attorney, who
died in a Jacksonville hospital Saturday after an illness of several weeks.
Services were held at St. Mark’s Episcopal church, conducted by the rector, the
Rev. Lee A. Belford. Mr. Dart was a member of St. Mark’s church for many years
during his residence in Brunswick. Following services at the church burial was
in the family lot in Oak Grove cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers were the following: Lloyd Layden of
Jacksonville, Edwin Dart, Claud Dart, M.E. Dart, E.L. Stephens, Judge D.W.
Krauss, H.F. duBignon, and B. Padrosa of this city.
DART, Sammie
Advertiser & Appeal; Vol. 3 No. 1; Wednesday 27 June 1877; pg. 3,
col. 1
Little Sammie, youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Dart, died on
Sabbath last. The stricken parents have our warmest sympathies.
DART, Sarah Ellen “Sadie”
The Brunswick News; Monday 27 April 1959; pg. 16 col. 3
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD TODAY FOR MISS SADIE DART
Miss Sarah Ellen (Sadie) Dart, 79, lifelong
resident of Brunswick, died yesterday at the Brunswick hospital after an illness
of several days.
Funeral services were held at the First Methodist Church this
morning with the Rev. Charles A. Jackson, Jr., pastor, officiating. Interment
was in the family plot in Oak Grove Cemetery under direction of the Edo Miller
and Sons Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were nephews Bill Brown, Bob Dart Brown, Robert Dart,
Charles Ratcliffe, Joe Schlosser, Harold Myers, and cousins Horace Dart and Hoyt
Brown.
Miss Dart was born in Colesburg, Camden County, but had resided here
since. She was a member of the First Methodist Church and was active in Girl
Scout work in her younger life, having organized one of the first troops in
Brunswick.
Survivors are one sister, Mrs. S. Hadley Brown; four nephews, Hall
Meyers [sic], Bill and Bob Dart Brown, and Robert Dart; five nieces, Mrs. Chas.
Ratcliffe, Mrs. Joe Schlosser, Mrs. Nick Drosos, Mrs. Ernest Robarts and Mrs.
James Hall; 15 great nieces and nephews.
DART, Sarah Ethel
Advertiser & Appeal; Saturday 26 April 1884; pg. 6 col. 5
DIED—On the 20th inst. Sarah Ethel, aged fifteen months,
only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Dart, of this city. The little one was
taken Sunday morning of congestion of the stomach and bowels, and died the same
evening. The little flower has been transplanted in the garden above, where,
freed from the chilling winds, it can bloom forever. Let this thought soothe
the bleeding hearts of the stricken parents.
DART, Urbanus
Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements,
1851-2003; The Atlanta Constitution; 1 March 1883
DEATH OF HON. URBANUS DART—One of the Oldest Members of the Georgia
Legislature—His Life and Services to the State.
Special to the Constitution.
BRUNSWICK, February 26.—Urbanus Dart is dead. He was the oldest
citizen of Brunswick; was born at a frontier station on the St. Mary’s river, in
the year 1800; lived on Cumberland island for many years, and during the whole
of his mature life has been identified with Brunswick and Glynn county—so deeply
identified with it that its history could not be written without frequent
mention of him during all the time since 1822. He was the projector of the
first railroad chartered in Georgia, the Brunswick and Altamaha railroad, which
was chartered while he was a member of the legislature in the year 1826, and was
graded before 1830 [or 39?] from Brunswick to the Altamaha river, a distance of
twelve miles.
AS A LEGISLATOR—He served in the legislature that y ear with Hon.
Hiram Warner, late chief justice, who delighted in the relation of Mr. Dart’s
efforts for the passage of this railroad charter. His unbounded enthusiasm, and
stated that his sympathies were aroused and he voted for the bill, not dreaming
that a railroad would ever be successfully operated in Georgia. Mr. Dart was
next connected with Hon. Thomas Butler King in an application for charter for a
combined canal and railroad company from Brunswick to Darien, and they were
mainly instrumental in procuring the grant of the charter and the moving spirits
in the work afterwards prosecuted toward opening the canal.
He is the father of Hon. J.E. Dart, our representative in the
legislature. Thus Glynn county was represented in the early part of the century
by him and in this latter portion by his son.
Advertiser & Appeal; Vol. 8, No. 35; Saturday 3 March 1883; pg. 6,
col. 3
DEATH OF HON. U. DART
Hon. U. Dart, of this city, died on Monday last in his 83 year. He was
buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, from the Methodist church, his sons acting as pall
bearers and followed to his last resting place by a throng of people. Of his
life among us we are all familiar having seen him and known him for years. Of
his public life we use the language of another:
He was the oldest citizen of Brunswick; was born at a frontier station
on the St. Mary's river, in the year 1800; lived on Cumberland Island for many
years, and during the whole of his mature life has been identified with
Brunswick and Glynn County--so deeply identified with it that its history could
not be written without frequent mention of him during all the time since 1822.
He was the projector of the first railroad chartered in Georgia, the Brunswick
and Alabama railroad, which was chartered while he was a member of the
legislature in the year 1826, and was graded before 1830 from Brunswick to the
Altamaha river, a distance of twelve miles.
AS A
LEGISLATOR
He served in the legislature that year with Hon. Hiram Warner, late
chief justice, who delighted in the relation of Mr. Dart's efforts for the
passage of the railroad charter, his unbounded enthusiasm, and stated that his
sympathies were aroused and he voted for the bill, not dreaming that a railroad
would ever be successfully operated in Georgia. Mr. Dart was next connected
with Hon. Thos. Butler King in an application for charter for a combined canal
and railroad company from Brunswick to Darien, and they were mainly instrumental
in procuring the grant of the charter and the moving spirits in the work
afterwards prosecuted toward opening the canal.
He is the father of Hon. J.E. Dart, our representative in the
legislature. Thus Glynn county was represented in the early part of the century
by him and in this latter portion by his son.
DAUTH, John Peter
The Brunswick News; Wednesday 4 May 1949; pg. 10 col. 5
TOURIST DIES AT LOCAL HOSPITAL
John Peter Dauth, a retired realtor
of Long Island, N.Y., died at the City Hospital late Tuesday afternoon after a
week’s illness.
Mr. Dauth was en route from Orlando, Fla., to his Long Island home
when he was stricken at a nearby tourist court, and he was brought to the
hospital for treatment.
Mr. Dauth is survived by his wife and two daughters, Mrs. Helen
Rust, Manhasset, Long Island, and Mrs. Lorraine Anderson, Boston.
Funeral services were held at Christ church, Frederica, this morning
at 11:30 o’clock and the body was then carried to Jacksonville, Fla., by the
Miller Funeral Home for cremation.
DAVENPORT, Ann Eliza (Harris)
The Brunswick Advertiser; Saturday 8 May 1880; pg. 3 col. 2
Mrs. J.W. Davenport, of this city, died of consumption on Saturday
last.
DAVENPORT,
Benjamin Wade Hampton
The Atlanta Constitution; Thursday 19 October 1876; col. 4
DEATHS AT BRUNSWICK
Mrs. Sally Hudson, Miss Sarah M. Roberts,
Mrs. Margaret E. Snow, Herbert L. Snow, Dosia Coston, sailor, name
unknown, Henry F. Black, Isaac Christian, Netty Cohen, Dr. B.H. Hampton,
Sam Chinaman, Henry Cox, Palmer Jones, Wm. R. Cozard, E.B. Courtney, Miss
Louisa Hicks, Joseph Goodbread, Stringfellow, steward brig “Laura
Gertrude,” sailor, name unknown, Fannie Waters, B.W.H. Davenport, E.W.
Kelly, Lizzie Floyd, E.W. Cox, Almander [Alexander?] Peters, Gustave
Peters, Mary Shrine, E. Moran, Katie Moran, Geo. Ray, E. Gatchell, Jno
Slian, Wm. Kraus, Salvaorn Saverese, sailor, name unknown, M. Bartlett,
Phillip Burchard, James Davis, Rosa C. Racetty, Alex A. Williams, Jno.
Powers, B.E. Tenniman, ?E Golding, C.A. Bunkley, S.E. Moore, John Peters,
Wm. Burns, J.T. Zeigler, C.L. Cole, Mrs. West, Seaborn Jones, C.E. Todt,
Oscar Dover, Mrs. Thos. Borne, Mrs. Tuthill, E.C. Tuthill, Mrs. P.N.
Blair, T.F. Smith, editor Appeal, Mrs. Margaret Hudson, Wm. Savage, A.J.
Smith, lawyer, Chas. Sperr, Anna Bryant, Dr. Taber, Pat Hawkins, Tom
Chinaman, Miss Lela Mason, Dr. R. Nobles, Mrs. Gray, W.F. Herzog, W.E.
Jones, Eddy Woodwin, sailor, sailor, Thos. Peters, Salson? Green, J.W.
Fowler, Mr. Morgan, Captain Roberts’ child.
DAVENPORT, Felicite (duBignon)
Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements,
1851-2003; The Atlanta Constitution; 23 January 1896
DEATH OF MRS. DAVENPORT
Brunswick, Ga.,
January 22—(Special)—Mrs. Felicite Davenport, widow of
Judge William Davenport
and sister of Colonel John E. duBignon, died this morning after several week’s
illness. She was a member of a distinguished family and a woman of many
rare virtues. She leaves a family of six children and many friends to mourn her
loss.
DAVENPORT,
Johnathan Waters
The Brunswick Weekly
Advertiser & Appeal; Friday 2 November 1888; pg. 8 col. 1
Mr. Jno. Davenport died
last evening at seven o’clock at his home in the upper part of the city.
He was an elder brother of Mr. Wm. Davenport, who died a short time ago.
DAVENPORT,
Lillian
The Duluth News-Tribune (Duluth, MN); Friday 1 March 1907; pg. 1 col. 1
WOMAN SHOT DEAD; MAN FATALLY WOUNDED
BRUNSWICK, Ga., Feb. 28.—Lillian
Davenport was shot and killed and W.H. Brown, a bartender, was probably
fatally wounded at Windsor Park. The woman’s husband, manager of the
Majestic theater was arrested, charged with the double crime, which he
denies. Windsor Park is an amusement resort near the city and it was to
this place that Brown and the actress went. They were seated on a bench
in a secluded spot when they were shot.
The Sun (New York, NY); Friday 1 March 1907; pg. 5
col. 6
ACTRESS AND COMPANION SHOT—Woman’s Husband Arrested,
but Rival Lover Is Believed to Be Guilty.
BRUNSWICK, Ga., Feb. 28.—Lillian
Davenport, an actress, was shot dead, and W.H. Brown, a business man who
was with her, was fatally shot in a secluded part of Windsor Park about 1
o’clock this morning.
R.L. Davenport, manager of the Majestic Theatre and husband of
the dead actress, is under arrest.
The indications are that the actress and the man were shot
while in a compromising position.
According to Brown’s ante-mortem statement the man who did the
shooting slipped up on them before Brown knew that he was being watched.
He says two shots were fired into his back. As Brown was writhing on the
ground Mrs. Davenport rose to a sitting posture and the man fired a bullet
into her breast.
Brown started toward the city and notified Assistant Chief of
Police Owens, who, with mounted officers and a physician, hurried to the
park. Mrs. Davenport was dead when they arrived.
Brown at first said the woman’s husband did the shooting, but
later was not so certain. Davenport was arrested, but he says he can
prove an alibi. There are some who will swear Davenport was at his
apartments engaged in a social game of cards during the evening.
It is rumored that another man who had become fascinated with
Mrs. Davenport and who had planned to elope with her committed the deed.
Mrs. Davenport was a very handsome woman and has been greatly
admired by men. She was 20 years old.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH); Sunday
3 March 1907; pg. 5 col. 6
MYSTERY IN HER DEATH—Husband of Murdered Actress Has
Been Released.
BRUNSWICK, Ga., March 2.—Official inquiry
into the murder of Lillian Davenport, the actress, and A.R. Brown, a
bartender, Wednesday night, has only deepened the mystery.
The coroner’s jury rendered a verdict last night, that the two
came to their death from bullets fired by some unknown party. R.L.
Davenport, husband of the actress, who was held as a suspect, has been
released.
The Biloxi Daily Herald (Biloxi, MS); Monday 4
March 1907; pg. 2 col. 5
MYSTERY OF MURDER IS STILL UNSOLVED—Brown Dies After
Exonerating Woman’s Husband—PUBLIC MIND IS DIVIDED—As to Who Killed
Lillian Davenport and A.R. Brown in a Park at Brunswick—Husband Was
Arrested, But Proved an Alibi.
Brunswick, Ga., March 2.—The shooting of
the actress, Lillian Davenport, and her companion, A.R. Brown, in a
secluded spot in a park at Brunswick, is still as great a mystery as ever.
A.R. Brown, the bartender, and companion of the actress, died
at the city hospital Friday. Before his death he made a statement in
which he exonerated the husband of the actress, and says Teddy committed
the crime. They dying statement of Brown is as follows:
“About 8 o’clock I went by the restaurant. I had an
engagement with the girl, Lillian, and met her by the postoffice [sic].
We were sitting out by the ditch and saw some one pass by with a slouch
hat on.
“She said: “There goes some one.”
“Ten or fifteen minutes later I heard a shot right over me.
He shot me in the back. I said: ‘Give me my pistol and I will shoot
him,’ but I had no pistol. He then stepped back and snapped again. She
started towards him, with a small hammer, and he shot and killed her.
“I believe it was Teddy. I don’t believe Davenport had
anything to do with it.
“Teddy was crazy over her. She begged him to let her alone.
Last Monday night I was out with the girl and Teddy followed me. I don’t
know what she said after she was shot. I had nothing to defend myself
with, not even a pocket knife.
“When I left the restaurant I was with a friend, Sam
Crenshaw. We went towards the postoffice [sic], and I said somebody, two
of them, were following me, and told me to watch out, and I believe one of
these men shot me.”
The party referred to as Teddy is a Greek, whose other name is
Mercatos. He was the former proprietor of the Metropolitan restaurant.
Teddy Mercatos was arrested in Savannah and proved he spent
Wednesday night in that city, hence he was later released.
The public mid is very much divided as to who committed the
double murder. As for Davenport, the husband, there is no longer any
doubt as to his innocence of the crime, as a complete alibi was proven
before the coroner’s inquest, and he was given his freedom.
Who the real murderer is is only a matter of conjecture. It
was said Teddy Mercatos, who is was claimed left the city Monday last for
Savannah, was the man wanted, hence his arrest.
It was stated at the Metropolitan restaurant, where Mrs.
Davenport worked, for several weeks as a waiter, that she met Mercatos.
She sought employment there, it is said, because she had no other means of
making a living. She and Davenport had separated.
The body of Mrs. Davenport was interred Friday. The Rev.
Frederick D. Thomas, of the Presbyterian church, officiated at the
ceremonies. A large concourse of friends attended the funeral, noticeable
among whom were all members of the Parker Amusement company, now wintering
here with whom she had been connected for a long time. They purchased the
finest casket that could be gotten, and her body was most becomingly
attired by the Daughters of the Maccabees, who with most commendable
spirit, had interested themselves in the winsome, but unfortunate little
woman, an still justice has so far been cheated, for the law has so far no
positive clew [sic] which can fasten the crime upon a single individual.
The Keowee Courier (Walhalla, SC); Wednesday 6
March 1907; pg. 8 col. 4
PRETTY ACTRESS KILLED
Brunswick, Ga. March 1.—R.L. Davenport,
manager of the Majestic Theater in this city, is under arrest charged with
the murder of his wife, Lillian Davenport, an actress, and with perhaps
mortally shooting W.H. Brown, who is a bartender. The terrible affair
occurred in a secluded part of Windsor Park, a pleasure resort of
Brunswick.
It is now rumored that there is another man who committed the
deed, and had planned to elope with the attractive wife of Davenport.
There are some who will swear that at the time of the tragedy Davenport
was in his room engaged in a game of cards.
STORY OF THE SHOOTING—Brown and the actress went Wednesday
night to Windsor Park together. They were seated upon a bench in a
secluded part of the park, and had been there only a short while, not
knowing they were being watched, when a pistol report sounded. Two shots
followed this. One of the bullets which struck Brown entered his
abdomen. The man who did the shooting was in full view when the second
shot was fired. This also struck Brown, and he cried to the actress to
shoot the would-be murderer.
The woman started, when the assailant fired once more, the
bullet striking her in the breast. Terribly wounded as he was, Brown went
to the assistance of the stricken actress. He placed her upon a bench,
and, staggering from loss of blood, started to Brunswick for assistance.
Brown returned with a physician and a number of mounted police, but they
were too late, for in the meantime the woman had died. On the ground
beneath the bench was a cluster of roses which had fallen from her hands,
her jacket and a book.
Brown fainted after his trying experience, and was taken to
the hospital. It is now thought he will die. He told the police that he
thought the shooting was done by R.L. Davenport, husband of the dead
woman, but was not positive. Davenport denied that he had done the
shooting.
Mortuary book listed A.R. Brown as a suicide and
Lillian Davenport murdered by A.R. Brown.
DAVENPORT, Malvina
Ruff
The Brunswick News; Tuesday 2 August 1932; pg. 8 col. 5
MISS DAVENPORT, AN AGED RESIDENT, DIES HERE TODAY
Miss Mallie R. Davenport, 85 years of age, one
of Brunswick’s oldest women, who has resided in this city practically all of her
life, died today after an illness of three or four weeks. Despite her advanced
age Miss Davenport had been in comparatively good health until recently, and
was, up to the time of her illness, almost a daily visitor to the business
section of the city. She was known by a wide circle of friends.
Miss Davenport was born in South Carolina, but moved to Brunswick
when a mere child and has resided here continuously throughout her life. She is
the last of a well known Brunswick family.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’clock from
the residence of T.D. Symmes, 1011 Grant street, a nephew of the deceased,
conducted by Royal K. Tucker, and interment will be in Oak Grove cemetery.
Mortician Edo Miller will be in charge of the funeral and the pall bearers will
be the following: C.M. Gowen, Clarence Gowen, E.C. Allen, A.O. Anderson, L.A.
Robinson, R.W. Ralston.
DAVENPORT, Thomas Eastland
Daily Enquirer-Sun (Columbus, GA); Wednesday 29 November 1876; pg. 2
col. 3
—Hon. T.E.
Davenport, the young Mayor of Brunswick who stood so nobly at his post
and acted so heroically during the prevalence of yellow fever was killed
by the cars of the Macon and Brunswick Railroad, Friday. As the train was
backing between the “arms” of two box cars and twisted round until he fell
to the track, and then the wheel of the car struck and mashed him,
receiving such internal injuries that he died.
Georgia Weekly Journal
and Georgia Journal & Messenger (Macon, GA); Friday 1 December 1876; pg. 1
col. 7
DEATH OF MAYOR DAVENPORT
The heroic
conduct of Mayor Davenport, during the prevalence of yellow fever
in Brunswick, won for him the admiration of all our people, and a deep
sense of pain will follow the melancholy announcement of his death. We
copy the following from the Brunswick Appeal, of Saturday:
It becomes our sad and painful duty to chronicle the death of
Hon. T.E. Davenport, Mayor of our city. His death was caused by
accident. Yesterday afternoon, at the Macon and Brunswick railroad depot,
as the train was backing in on the side track he was caught between the
“arms” of two box cars and twisted round until he fell to the track, and
then the wheel of the car struck and mashed him, receiving such internal
injuries that he died at 9 o’clock last night from its effects.
Mr. Davenport was a young man of many sterling
qualities, and his future very promising; but death, who is no respector
[sic] of persons, came this way and claimed him as its own, and blighted
fond hopes and expectations of a loving father, mother, brothers, sisters
and friends.
As Mayor of our city, he was prompt and faithful in the
discharge of all official duties, standing at his post of danger in the
late epidemic doing efficiently a noble work, until he was taken with the
fever. He had a severe attack and recovered slowly, but had again assumed
the roll of duty. As a lawyer, though not brilliant in oratory, yet he was
one of the most efficient and safest counselors at the bar. As a citizen,
he was unprecedentedly popular, bearing ever a high moral tone of
character. As a son, ah! who [sic] can compute his worth? None but a pure
hearted Christian mother, with whom are all our sympathies. The entire
community mourn with the family in this sad bereavement.
Advertiser & Appeal; Vol. 2, No. 24; Wednesday 6 December 1876; pg.
4, col. 1
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT--Whereas, in the mysterious workings of the Divine will, it
has seemed best for the Supreme Ruler of the Universe to remove from our midst
the late Mayor of our City, the Hon. Thomas E. Davenport, who was suddenly
removed from among us by an untimely and accidental death, on Friday evening 24
November 1876. And whereas it is meet and proper for us as individuals and as
members of the City Council of Brunswick to pay a proper tribute to the memory
of one who has shown through the late Epidemic in our city the spirit of one who
knows no fear, of one who by day and by night, with disease, danger and death
lurking on every side of him, laying aside all personal feelings of safety, was
always found at the post of duty, ready, willing, and competent to render aid,
comfort, and consolation to the afflicted of our city.
Therefore be it resolved by the members of Council assembled,
1st. That in the death of Thomas E. Davenport the City Council of Brunswick has
lost a presiding officer who was always courteous and kind as an associate,
zealous and firm in the discharge of his duty, and competent and qualified in
every particular to fill the position which he honored.
RESOLVED 2nd--That in the death of Thomas E. Davenport the citizens
of Brunswick have lost the services of one whose place they will long seek to
fill--a friend to all, a foe to none.
RESOLVED 3rd--That in the death of Thomas E. Davenport the County of
Glynn has lost one of her shining lights, and one from whom she expected many
years of usefulness.
RESOLVED 4th--That in his death the Bar of the Brunswick Circuit has
lost one of its brightest ornaments, and the legal talent of the State of
Georgia one who bid fair to take his stand among the most distinguished.
RESOLVED 5th--That we tender to the family of our deceased friend
and Mayor the heartfelt sympathy of the members of Council and all the city
officials, and trust that He who "tempereth the wind to the shorn lamb" may
teach them to regard this visitation as the work of Him "who doeth all things
well, who is glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonder."
RESOLVED 6th--That while to our finite mind the untimely death of
our friend seems unjust, unkind, and untimely, yet in humble submission we bow
to the will of Him who "doeth all things well," trusting that ere this he has
received the welcome invitation "Come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the
kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world."
RESOLVED 7th--That this preamble and resolutions be spread upon the
minutes of Council and published in the Seaport Appeal, Brunswick ADVERTISER,
Savannah News, Telegraph and Messenger, and Atlanta
Constitution, and a copy be furnished the family of our deceased friend and
Mayor.
RESOLVED 8th--That the Council Chamber be draped in mourning, and
the city officials wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days.
RESOLVED 9th--That a page be left upon the minutes, with the name
and age of our deceased Mayor inscribed thereon.
Unanimously adopted.
True extract from the minutes of 29 November 1976. E.C.P. Dart,
Cl'k of Council.
The Georgia Weekly
Telegraph and Journal & Messenger (Macon, GA); Tuesday 26 December 1876;
pg. 8 col. 4
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT
At a regular
communication of Ocean Lodge, No. 214, F. & A.M., held at Brunswick, Ga.
On the 4th day of December, A.L. 5876, the following preamble
and resolutions were unanimously adopted:
“Thomas E. Davenport, a worthy member of our Order and
W.M. of our Lodge, is dead. The full meaning of this announcement ot our
lodge, and to the community in which he lived cannot be spoken in words or
written with pen. Our worthy brother lost his life by a railroad accident
at the Macon and Brunswick railroad depot, in this city, on the 24th
day of November, 1876. He was born in Newbury [sic], S.C. on the 19th
day of November, 1842, and was, therefore, thirty-four years of age at the
time of his death. His family came to Brunswick in 1852, and he was a
constant resident of our city from that date to the time of his death,
except while absent at College and with the army of the Confederacy.
When the late civil war came upon us in 1861, Brother
Davenport, then in his eighteenth year, promptly enlisted and
faithfully served the Confederacy, until wounded in one of the many
engagements in front of Richmond in the year of 1864. The war over, he
came home and went resolutely to work to build up the shattered fortunes
of his family; and no labor was too humble for him, if only honorable. He
was engaged during the years of 1868-9 in the study of law under B.F.
Harris, Esq., the leading member of our Bar at that time, and was
admitted to practice in the Spring of 1870, after an examination, which
did great credit, both to himself and tutor. He immediately engaged in the
practice, as a partner of Capt. Harris, and remained with him until
1872, when the partnership was dissolved by the removal of Captain
Harris to Florida on account of ill health. He continued the practice
alone, except during a portion of the present year, when W.E. Jones,
who died during the recent epidemic, was his partner. He was a member of
our city council during the past year, and was elected Mayor of the city
for the present year without opposition. He was a careful, prudent, and
conscientious member of council, and became an able and efficient Mayor,
earnestly striving, so far as lay in his power, to build up our city and
develop her material interests. When the yellow fever made its appearance
among us in September of the present year, he manfully and nobly did his
duty as a brother of our order, as Mayor of the city, and as a member of
our Relief Association, until he was himself stricken down with the
epidemic. Upon recovery he resumed his duties as Mayor of the city and as
member of our Relief Association, and continued actively engaged in work
for the people of our city up to the day of his death. By his death a
loving family have lost a faithful and devoted son and brother; our Order
a worthy, consistent and faithful member; the city of Brunswick and county
of Glynn a devoted and earnest champion of their interests, and the bar of
our city and circuit a learned and able lawyer. Death, from any cause, is
a serious and sad matter, but when it strikes down one whose future seemed
so full of promise as that of our beloved brother and one around whom so
many interests centered, it seems difficult to understand and believe that
it is well, yet we are assured that, even though we are unable to
understand the mysterious dispensation of Diving Providence, it is all for
the best. Therefore,
Resolved, That by the death of brother Davenport,
our Order has lost a faithful and consistent member; our city, an upright
and able Chief Magistrate; our bar, a learned and safe counsellor and
advocate; our county and State, a faithful and valued citizen and his
family a fond and devoted son and brother.
Resolved, That the earnest sympathy of each member of
our Lodge is extended to his family in this hour of their great sorrow—may
they be comforted in their affliction by the assurance, that his brief
life has been one of earnest consecration to duty, of faithful, patient
and intelligent labor, and of earnest devotion to the interests of his
family, city, county and State.
Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing preamble and
resolutions be furnished the family of the deceased, and that the same be
published in the TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER of Macon, Georgia.
J.M.
CONNOLLY,
G.A. DUN [sic],
I.H. McCULLOUGH
Committee.
A true extract from the
minutes. JAMES HO [missing letters] ON, Secretary.
DAVENPORT, Walter “Boisy” Orlando
The Brunswick News; Sunday 20 March 1904
WHITE MAN WAS BADLY MANGLED—“Boisy” Davenport Crushed Almost to Death Last
Night—BOTH LEGS WERE CUT OFF—Physicians Stated That He Could Not Live Through
the Night—Man was Probably Asleep on the Track.
“Boisy” Davenport, a well known white man, was terribly mangled by a
flat car of the Atlantic Coast Line near the foot of Gloucester street shortly
after 12 o’clock last night, and doctors who arrived on the scene announced that
he could not recover from the injuries received.
It seems that Davenport was intoxicated, as the night watchman
stated that he saw him shortly before the accident occurred on Bay street, going
toward the track. Others also reported that they had seen him early in the
night and that he was drinking.
Engineer Eugene [illegible] was in charge of the shifting engine
which was backing a number of cars. As soon as the first one struck the
unfortunate man, who was evidently asleep on the track, his screams were heard
and the train stopped.
Dr. G.W. Blanton, the A.C.L. surgeon, arrived in a few mintues and
stated that the man could hardly live until morning. Both his legs were cut off
at the knee, his arm appeared to have been also broken, while he received a
number of other injuries.
He was removed to the city hospital and all of the attention
possible was given, but he will hardly live more than a few hours.
“Boisy” Davenport has been living in Brunswick all of his life, and
there are but few people who do not know him. Lately he has [illegible] by the
city [illegible] he has no family or close relatives.
DAVIDSON, David (Capt.)
Advertiser & Appeal; Saturday 12 July 1884; pg. 6 col.
DEATH OF CAPT. DAVIDSON
Capt. D. Davidson died this week after a very
short illness. He was taken ill on Friday. On Sunday evening he seemed so much
brighter that Mr. Joe Davidson, his son, who had been summoned to his bedside,
left on the 6 o’clock train for Waresboro. At 8 o’clock he grew worse, and died
shortly after. He was escorted to his last resting place by Bnai Brith Lodge,
the Brunswick Riflemen, the brass band and a number of friends. Captain
Davidson was the commanding officer of the Ware County Guards during the late
war, and did valiant service, being ever ready to respond when duty called. The
Guards and Riflemen were attached to the same command. The 26th Georgia and the
survivors of the old company speak in highest terms of Capt.
Davidson as a
soldier.
DAVIS, Augustus R.
The Brunswick News; Monday 9 August 1954; pg. 12 col. 5
FUNERAL IS HELD TODAY FOR LATE AUGUSTUS DAVIS
Funeral services for Augustus R. Davis, one of Brunswick’s oldest
residents, were held this afternoon at 3 o’clock at the graveside in Oak Grove
Cemetery in St. Marys.
Mr. Davis, who would have been 96 years of age in November, died in
the Brunswick hospital Saturday afternoon as the result of injuries sustained in
a fall at the home of his son, Sam E. Davis, several days ago. He received a
broken hop and complications resulted, causing his death.
The funeral cortege, in charge of the Miller Funeral Home, left here
at 1:30 this afternoon, and the services were conducted by the Rev. Talbert
Morgan, rector of St. Marks Episcopal Church. Active pallbearers were grandsons
of Mr. Davis and honorary pallbearers were Marion Pacetti, Andrew Godley, Ben
Godley, T.M. Mroczkowski, Mack McGinnis, B. Kennedy, E.C. Corren, Paul Brantley,
Walter Haven, S.W. Popwell, Johnny McGee, Joe Rudolph, Wyche Jones, Harrell
Bessent, R.J. Churchill, Louis Smith, Sam Bruand, Harry Frohock, Harry Peeples,
Hal Myers.
Mr. Davis removed here a few years ago to reside with his son.
Other survivors are another son, E.C. Davis, Jacksonville; 10 grand children and
11 great grand children.
DAVIS, Carrie Reddick (Drury)
The Brunswick News; Friday 12 January 1968; pg. 3 col. 6
MRS.
CARRIE DAVIS DIES IN HOSPITAL
Mrs. Carrie Drury Davis, 81, a resident of the Brookman community,
died this morning at the Brunswick hospital after an extended illness. A native
of Glynn County, she had lived here all of her life. She was a member of the
New Hope Congregational Methodist Church.
She is survived by a son, John Childs Davis, Jr., Brunswick; four
daughters, Mrs. Madeline Shiver, Mrs. Verla Loper and Mrs. Winnie Edgy all of
Brunswick and Mrs. Lucile Warren of White Oak; 19 grandchildren, a number of
great grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren; a brother, Layton Drury
of Brunswick and a sister, Mrs. Blanche Bell of Brunswick.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by
the Gibson-Hart-Durden Funeral Home.
The Brunswick News; Saturday 13 January 1968; pg. 3 col. 1
DAVIS RITES SCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Funeral services for Mrs. Carrie D. Davis, 81, who died yesterday,
will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of the Gibson-Hart-Durden Funeral
Home.
The Rev. Calder Kinny and the Rev. Julian Walker will officiate, and
burial will be in the Drury cemetery. Grandsons of Mrs. Davis will serve as
pallbearers.
The body will be taken to the residence in Brookman this afternoon
and will remain there until noon tomorrow.
DAVIS, Clifford Ancil
The Brunswick News; Tuesday 15 October 1968; pg. 5 col. 4
C.A. DAVIS, 72, ATLANTA NATIVE, DIES YESTERDAY
Clifford Ancil Davis, 72, 922 Union Street, died at the Brunswick
hospital yesterday afternoon following a long illness.
Davis was born in Atlanta and lived in Brunswick for 32 years,
coming here from Lumber City. He was retired from the Glynn County Board
of Health and was a member of the Jehovah Witness Church.
Survivors include his widow, the former
Louise Yearty, Brunswick; a
son, Home Davis, Brunswick;
three daughters, Mrs. Louise Smith,
and Mrs. Ida Mae Hall, both of
East Point, and Mrs. Pauline Brown,
Savannah; two stepdaughters, Mrs.
Annie Mae Davis and Mrs. Louise
McCullough, both of Brunswick; a stepson,
Grady Kersey, Brunswick; twelve
grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the graveside
in Palmetto Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be
James Stewart, Johnny Stewart,
Jesse Music and
David Walker.
The body will be taken to the residence and remain there until 1:30
p.m. tomorrow.
Gibson-Hart-Durden Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
DAVIS, E.A.
The Savannah Tribune; 1 May 1915; pg. 5 col. 1
DEATH
Brunswick, Ga., April 17, 1915 Editor of The
Savannah Tribune:
Please allow me place upon the pages of your paper to inform the
brethren of the Masonic craft of the death of our friend and brother, E.A.
Davis, which occurred Tuesday April 6th. Brother Davis, who was a
member of Corner Stone Lodge No. 8 had been sick for quite a while. Bro. Davis
was both a Mason and Pythian. To know Bro. Davis was to love him. And in the
Masonic field, a true Mason has departed from the field of labor and has gone
into the realms of the Most High to enjoy the refreshments prepared for the
final faithful. Bro. Davis leaves a host of friends to mourn his demise and
more especially among the members of Corner Stone Lodge No. 8 A.F. and A.M., he
being the secretary for many years. Bro. Davis was buried from the Shiloh
Baptist Church, of which he was a deacon. The Rev. S.C. Roberts officiated.
Yours,
Corner Stone Lodge No. 8
E.W. Johnson, acting sec’y
DAVIS, Earl Peter
The Brunswick News; Saturday 17 May 1997; pg. 3A col. 3
EARL P. DAVIS SERVICE MONDAY
The
funeral for Earl P. “Shorty” Davis, 73, of Brunswick will be 2 p.m. Monday in
the chapel of Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home with the Rev. Martha Grice
officiating. Burial with full military honors will follow at Palmetto Cemetery.
He died Friday at Southeast Georgia Regional Medical Center.
The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the
funeral home.
Surviving are his wife, Irma Jean Davis of Brunswick; a son, Peter
D. Davis of Brunswick; four daughters, Barbara J. Knight of Yulee, Fla., Donna
K. Hord of Darien, and Sue C. Lemmond and Patricia L. Embery, both of Brunswick;
15 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
He was a Glynn County resident for 36 years and was a lifetime
member of Woodman of the World. He was a disabled veteran, having served in the
U.S. Army during World War II.
DAVIS, Edna Mae
(Polite)
The Brunswick News; Friday 29 September 1995; pg. 3A col. 4
SERVICE SATURDAY FOR EDNA MAE DAVIS
The funeral for Edna Mae Polite Davis, 85, of Brunswick will
be 1 p.m. Saturday at the Zion Rock Baptist Church with the Rev. James
Edwards officiating. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery.
She died Monday at North Macon Health Center in Macon.
Pallbearers will be friends of the family.
Honorary pallbearers will be senior deacons of the church.
The body will be placed in the church one hour prior to the
service.
Surviving are her daughter, Sonja Drake of Bonaire; a
stepson, John Davis of Gainesville; six grandchildren, six
great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
The Glynn County native was a member of the Zion Rock Baptist
Church and a housewife.
Hall, Jones and Brown Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
DAVIS, Enola (Neel)
Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, AR); Friday 22 June 1979; pg. 12A
col. 4
MRS. ROY DAVIS DIES AT AGE
OF 83
Mrs. Eola Neel Davis, aged 83,
of 1 Forest Heights Drive, wife of
Roy C. Davis, died Thursday. Born at Little Rock, she was the
daughter of Ralph and
Lila Ward Neel, members of the
Arkansas pioneer families. At one time she lived with her grandfather,
Sam Neel, in the brick house
known as the Stage Coach House on state highway 5 west of Little Rock. She
was a charter member of Wesleyan Service Guild at the First United
Methodist Church.
Other survivors are a son, Michael B. Davis of New York; two daughters,
Mrs. William M. Mooney
of Little Rock and Mrs. William B.
Thompson of Albuquerque, N.M., six grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Griffin
Leggett Healey and Roth by Rev.
Alvin C. Murray. Burial will be at Mount Holly Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Methodist Children’s Home.
DAVIS, Gilbert
The Brunswick News Tuesday 14 February 1995; pg. 3A col. 3
GILBERT DAVIS FUNERAL WEDNESDAY
The funeral for Gilbert Davis, 84, of Brunswick will be 1
p.m. Wednesday at Zion Rock Baptist Church with the Rev. James Edward
officiating. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery.
He died Friday at Southeast Georgia Regional Medical Center.
Pallbearers will be Albert Williams, Charlie F. Brown,
Reuben Grovenor, Sheldon Johnson, Russell Charles,
and Thomas Ramsey Jr.
Honorary pallbearers are the senior deacons of Zion Rock Baptist
Church and retired and active employees of Hercules Inc.
The body will be placed in the church an hour prior to the service.
Surviving are his wife, Edna Mae Davis of Brunswick; a son
John O. Davis of Gainesville; six grandchildren, two
great-grandchildren, and other relatives.
The lifelong Glynn County resident retired from Hercules Inc. after
39 years of employment. He was a senior member of Zion Baptist Church,
having served as superintendent of the Sunday school, chairman of the
deacon board, chairman of the trustee board, and a member of the senior
choir.
Collins Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
DAVIS, James
The Atlanta Constitution; Thursday 19 October 1876; col. 4
DEATHS AT BRUNSWICK
Mrs. Sally Hudson, Miss Sarah M. Roberts,
Mrs. Margaret E. Snow, Herbert L. Snow, Dosia Coston, sailor, name
unknown, Henry F. Black, Isaac Christian, Netty Cohen, Dr. B.H. Hampton,
Sam Chinaman, Henry Cox, Palmer Jones, Wm. R. Cozard, E.B. Courtney, Miss
Louisa Hicks, Joseph Goodbread, Stringfellow, steward brig “Laura
Gertrude,” sailor, name unknown, Fannie Waters, B.W.H. Davenport, E.W.
Kelly, Lizzie Floyd, E.W. Cox, Almander [Alexander?] Peters, Gustave
Peters, Mary Shrine, E. Moran, Katie Moran, Geo. Ray, E. Gatchell, Jno
Slian, Wm. Kraus, Salvaorn Saverese, sailor, name unknown, M. Bartlett,
Phillip Burchard, James Davis, Rosa C. Racetty, Alex A. Williams, Jno.
Powers, B.E. Tenniman, ?E Golding, C.A. Bunkley, S.E. Moore, John Peters,
Wm. Burns, J.T. Zeigler, C.L. Cole, Mrs. West, Seaborn Jones, C.E. Todt,
Oscar Dover, Mrs. Thos. Borne, Mrs. Tuthill, E.C. Tuthill, Mrs. P.N.
Blair, T.F. Smith, editor Appeal, Mrs. Margaret Hudson, Wm. Savage, A.J.
Smith, lawyer, Chas. Sperr, Anna Bryant, Dr. Taber, Pat Hawkins, Tom
Chinaman, Miss Lela Mason, Dr. R. Nobles, Mrs. Gray, W.F. Herzog, W.E.
Jones, Eddy Woodwin, sailor, sailor, Thos. Peters, Salson? Green, J.W.
Fowler, Mr. Morgan, Captain Roberts’ child.
DAVIS, Jamitra
The Brunswick News; Friday 14 January 2000 pg. 4A cols. 3-4
JAMITRA DAVIS: EDUCATOR
The funeral for Jamitra N. Ector Davis, 30,
will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. John Baptist Church in Darien. Burial will
be in Hudson Cemetery in Meridian.
Mrs. Davis died Saturday from injuries sustained from a gunshot
wound.
The family will receive friends at Darien Funeral Home 2 to 8 pm.
Today and Saturday at St. John Baptist Church from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m.
The family requests that those wishing make memorial contributions
to the Bank of America for her daughter, JaKayla Nibet Davis.
Surviving in addition to her daughter of Carneghan, are her parents,
Bettye Scott Ector of Carneghan and James Ector of Huntsville, Ala., two
sisters, Tashera[?] Ector and Candice Ector, both of Huntsville, three brothers,
Derek Stanley and Frankie King, both of Atlanta, and Cedrick Ector of
Huntsville, her grandmother, Lizzie Mae Scott of Carneghan, uncles, aunts and
other relatives.
A member of St. John Baptist Church, Mrs. Davis was a 1987 graduate
of Hershel V. Jenkins High School and a 1991 graduate of Spellman College. She
worked for the Glynn County Board of Education for the past five years and was
formerly an educator in the Chatham County public school system, teaching at
Myers Middle and Eli Whitney Elementary. She served on the Education Committee.
DAVIS, Jerry Edward
The Brunswick News; Monday 2 April 1951; pg. 10 col. 4
INFANT VICTIM OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH BY SUFFOCATION
A two-month-old baby was pronounced dead at
City Hospital at 1 a.m. Sunday after being accidentally smothered at a residence
near Sterling while lying in bed with his mother and an older brother, Glynn
Coroner L.M. Harrison said today.
The victim was Jerry Edward Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grover L.
Davis.
Coroner L.M. Harrison said the child had not been ill, and there is
little doubt that death was caused by suffocation. It was clearly an accident,
he added, and no inquest was necessary.
The coroner said the mother had gone to sleep in the same bed with
the infant and his older brother, G.L. Davis, Jr., who is 2 ½ years old. The
baby was lying between his brother and mother. Mrs. Davis had put G.L., Jr. in
the same bed because he had been ill, and she wanted to keep him under close
observation.
Mr. Harrison said the mother awoke about midnight and noted that her
youngest son appeared lifeless. She took the infant into her arms and rushed
out into the night, running approximately a mile to a sister’s house in search
of help.
Soon afterwards an ambulance was called, and Jerry Edward was sped
to City Hospital only to be pronounced dead upon arrival.
The father was working at the time of the accident and went to the
hospital as soon as he was notified.
While there is little question but that the child was smothered,
Coroner Harrison said, the exact manner in which he was suffocated could not be
established.
Several of the children reportedly had been ill for about a week,
and Mrs. Davis was near exhaustion from caring for them.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at the chapel of
Gibson-Hart Funeral Home, and burial followed in Palmetto Cemetery. The Rev. O.
Pittman officiated.
Survivors beside the parents are two brothers, G.L., Jr. and Kinston
Davis and two sisters, Barnetta Patricia and Maxine Davis.
DAVIS, John Childs Jr.
The Brunswick News; Monday 25 January 1988; pg. 3A col. 4
JOHN C. DAVIS DIES EARLY TODAY
John Childs Davis Jr., 68, of Brunswick died early today in the
Glynn-Brunswick Memorial Hospital after a short illness.
The
funeral will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Edo Miller and
Sons Funeral Home with the Rev. Ben Rainey officiating. Entombment
will follow in Davis Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be L.E. Chapman, Keith Flanagan,
Buddy Hunter, Jimmy Carter, Eldred Edgy and Jack
Livingston. Honorary pallbearers will be members and congregation of
New Hope Methodist Church.
The
family will receive friends at the funeral home tonight from 7 to 9. The
family asks any memorial contributions be made to a charity of the donor’s
choice.
Survivors include his wife, Arnette Davis of Brunswick; a daughter,
Lynette Adams of Brunswick; two sons, John C. Davis III and
Terry Davis both of Brunswick; a sister, Winnie Edgy of
Brunswick, five grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
A
lifelong resident of Glynn County, he was a charter member and deacon of
New Hope Methodist Church. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in
the U.S. Army, and was retired from the Georgia Department of
Transportation.
Edo
Miller and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
DAVIS, John Child Sr.
The Brunswick News; Tuesday 8 January 1946; pg. 8 col. 3
COUNTY RESIDENT DIED LAST NIGHT
John C. Davis, 67, a resident of this county for 40 years, died
unexpectedly last night at his home at Brookman.
Mr. Davis served during the entire time he resided at Brookman as
section foreman of the Seaboard Air Line, having been retired two years ago
because of his health.
He is survived by his wife, four daughters, Mrs. R.T. Shiver, Mrs.
S.E. Looper [sic] and Mrs. Woodrow Edgy, of this city, and Mrs. W.M. Warren, of
White Oak, and one son, J.C. Davis, Jr., of Brookman.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock at
Emanuel church, to be conducted by the Rev. Lynwood Jordan, and burial will be
in Drury cemetery. Arrangements are in charge of the Gibson-Hart Funeral Home.
DAVIS, L.B. (Rev)
The Columbus Enquirer-Sun; Saturday 9 February 1907; pg. 8 col. 5
REV. L.B. DAVIS IS ILL AT BRUNSWICK—The Columbus friends of
Rev. L.B. Davis will learn with regret that he is seriously ill at Brunswick,
Ga. Rev. and Mrs. Davis recently spent several weeks in the city, the guest of
their daughter, Mrs. C.L. Groover.
DAVIS, Leanora (Barnes)
The Brunswick News; Saturday 6 September 1980; pg. 2A col. 5
DAVIS FUNERAL TO BE MONDAY
The funeral for
Mrs. Leanora Barnes Davis
will be held Monday at 4 p.m. at the St. Paul Baptist Church with burial
to follow at King Cemetery. The Rev. E.L.
Brogsdale will officiate.
He [sic] was a native of St. Simons
Island and a member of St. Paul Baptist Church.
Survivors include two daughters,
Mrs. Araminta Palmer
of St. Simons and Mrs. Ila Williams
of Trenton, N.J.; three brothers, George
Baines [sic] of Brunswick,
Jasper S. Baines
[sic] of St. Simons, and William Baines
[sic] of Frederick, Md.; one sister, six grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be
Herman Osborne,
G.L. Buchamah
[sic], Lestis
[sic] Cobb,
Julian Stevens,
Mozell Biddings,
James Jackson,
Honorary [sic] pallbearers will be the deacons of the church.
The body will be placed at the church one
hour before services. The Hall and Jones Funeral Home is in charge of
arrangements.
The Brunswick News; Tuesday 9 September 1980; pg.
2A col. 4
DAVIS FUNERAL HELD ON MONDAY
The funeral for
Mrs. Leanora Barnes Davis
was held yesterday at St. Paul Baptist Church. Interment was at King
Cemetery.
Among her survivors are three brothers,
George Barnes
of Brunswick, Jasper Barnes
of St. Simons Island and William Barnes
of Frederick, Md., and a sister, Mrs.
Creola Barnes Belton.
DAVIS, Rhoda Arnette
(Edgy)
The Brunswick News; Wednesday 22 October 1997; pg.
3A col. 4
ARNETTE E. DAVIS DIES TUESDAY
Arnette Edgy Davis, 72, of Brunswick died Tuesday at her residence.
The
funeral will be 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Edo Miller and Sons
Funeral Home with the Rev. Ben Rainey officiating. Burial will
follow at Davis-Drury Cemetery near Brunswick
The
family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the New Hope Methodist Church
building fund.
Pallbearers will be Junior Chapman, David Edgy, Larry
Edgy, Johnny Edgy, Harry Warren and Lou Ficarelli.
Honorary pallbearers will be members of Brookman New Hope Methodist
Church.
Surviving are two sons, John C. Davis III and Terry W. Davis,
both of Brunswick; a daughter, Lynette D. Adams of Brunswick; a
sister, Jo Rowe of Florence, S.C.; an aunt; five grandchildren; a
great-grandchild; and several nieces and nephews.
She
was a native of Brantley County and had been a resident of Glynn County
for the past 63 years. She was a charter member of Brookman New Hope
Methodist Church.
DAVIS, Sarah A.
Elizabeth (Lowman)
The Brunswick News; Thursday 14 February 1924; pg. 1 col. 2
MRS. L.B. DAVIS DIES AT HOME OF DAUGHTER IN ATLANTA
YESTERDAY
News was received in Brunswick this morning of
the death in Atlanta of Mrs. L.B. Davis, former resident of this city, who has
been residing with her daughter, Mrs. H.D. Butler, for several years.
Mrs. Davis was the wife of the late Dr. L.B. Davis, who was at one
time one of this city’s leading physicians. She was eighty-six years of age.
Surviving are four children; Rev. G.A. Davis, of Parrish, Fla.; Mrs. H.D.
Butler, of Atlanta; Mrs. T.H. King, of Pensacola, and John A. Davis, of
Brunswick, and several grand-children and great-grandchildren.
The deceased was a devoted mother, a devout Christian and a loyal
friend. She was greatly beloved by all who knew her on account of her lovable
personality, her interest in the welfare of others. The funeral services will
be conducted from the home of her son, J.A. Davis, 1519 Lee street, Friday
afternoon at 3 o’clock, Rev. T.H. Thomson officiating. The burial will take
place in Oak Grove cemetery, the following acting as pallbearers: J.J. Vickers,
J.W. Simmons, Roy C. Davis, W.F. Symons, John M. Davis and T.K. Mroczkowski.
DAVIS, Thomas Junior
The Brunswick News; Monday 1 November 1982; pg. 3A, col. 3
Services for Thomas Junior Davis, 58, 3307 Treville Ave., Brunswick,
who died Friday at an Athens hospital, were held today, 2 p.m., at Sumner
Baptist Church, Sumner. Burial was at Sumner Cemetery.
Mr. Davis, a native of Fayette County, had lived in Brunswick for
the past 15 years. He was employed as an appliance technician and was a veteran
of World War II. He was a member of Pleasant Hill Primitive Baptist Church,
Sycamore.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Janie Florence Howell Davis,
Brunswick; a daughter, Mrs. Dale Aschenbach, Jacksonville, Fla.; three brothers,
James M. Davis, Poulan, Roy H. Davis, Ashburn, W.E. Davis, Woodstock, Ill.; two
sisters, Mrs. E.W. Collins, Ocilla, and Mrs. Lois Nix, Atlanta; three
grandchildren.
Banks Funeral Home in Sylvester was in charge of arrangements.
DAVIS, William
“Bill, Sarge” Jr.
The Brunswick News; Friday 17 February 1984; pg. 3A col. 1
SERVICES FOR WILLIAM DAVIS TO BE SATURDAY
Services for William “Bill, Sarge” Davis Jr., a former Emery
Enterprises employee, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at St. Andrews CME
Church. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
Davis died Feb. 10 at the V.A. Medical Center hospital in
Lake City, Fla.
A native of Baker County and a resident of Brunswick since 1951, he
was an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Earlene G. Davis of
Brunswick; a son, William Davis III of Brunswick; three
stepdaughters, Mrs. Sabrina L. Grovner, Mrs. Joyce G. Walker
and Mrs. Angelia M. Grovner, all of Brunswick; two sisters, Mrs.
Missie Bolden of Newton and Mrs. Hattie Broughton of Brunswick;
five brothers, Clifton Davis, Marcus Davis, Ulysses
Bailey, Cleo Shinard and C. James Johnson, all of
Brunswick; and five stepgrandchildren [sic].
Services will be conducted by the Rev. Leroy Dumas and
pallbearers will be the Davis’ nephews.
The family will be at the residence of Mrs. Earlene G. Davis,
2319 Cleburne St.
Collins’ Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
DAVIS, Zoreda Rebecca (Davis)
The Brunswick News; Monday 22 December 1952; pg. 12 col. 5
MRS. REBECCA DAVIS
Mrs. Zoreda Rebecca Davis, widow of the late
Capt. Samuel Davis, who died last May, passed away at the City Hospital early
Sunday morning, after a short illness.
Mrs. Davis was born in Brunswick on August 8, 1886, and had spent
her entire life in this city, where she was well known by many friends.
She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Davis Cate, well known
island resident, and Mrs. Ida Davis Osterhout of this city, and a brother, John
B. Davis of Brunswick. Three nieces and two nephews also survive.
Funeral services were held at 3 o’clock this afternoon at the chapel
of the Miller Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. E.E. Wright of the Church of
Christ. Burial was in the family plot in Palmetto Cemetery. Serving as
pallbearers were H.P. McDonald, Hilton Thomas, John B. Sinkhorn, A.M. Coward,
W.T. Diestal and J.T. Bennett.
DAWSON, Welton
The Brunswick News;
Tuesday 28 April 1992; pg. 3A col. 4
WELTON DAWSON
RITES WEDNESDAY
The funeral for
Welton Dawson
of Brunswick will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Bright Star Baptist Church
with the Rev. S.T. Thomas
officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
Dawson
died April 22 at Liberty Manor Nursing Home.
Pallbearers will be
Leroy Dawson Jr.,
Trogie W. Kennedy,
Hollis Ross,
Creg L. Kennedy,
Julian Kennedy
and Willie Reed.
Honorary pallbearers are deacons of the
church.
The body will be placed in the church an
hour prior to the service.
Surviving are a son,
Leroy Dawson of
Deland, Fla.; two daughters, Gussie Ross
and Etta Mae Kennedy,
both of Deland; two brothers, Thomas
Dawson of
Brunswick and Ernest Dawson
of Kingsland; five sisters, Elnora Kelley,
Ella Mae Harold,
Reitha Taylor,
Lilla Jane Pate
and Charity Dunham,
all of Kingsland; 19 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and three
great-great-grandchildren.
The Camden County native was a member of
Bright Star Baptist Church and was a painter for Badcox and Wilcock [sic]
Co.
Brunswick Funeral Home is in charge of
arrangements.
DAY, Charles
The Brunswick Advertiser & Appeal; Saturday 30 May 1885; pg. 3 col. 1
DEATH OF MR. CHARLES DAY
Mr. Chas. Day died at the home of his son, Mr. H.C. Day, of this
city, on Thursday night last. Mr. Day was well known, both in Macon, his former
home, and elsewhere, being for years one of the active cotton merchants of
Georgia. If we mistake not he owned the first steamer that run the Ocmulgee.
For many months past his failing strength gave evidence that he would last but a
little while longer, so his death was not unlooked for. His furneral [sic] took
place yesterday afternoon at 5 o’clock from Episcopal church.
DAY, Thomas
Fletcher
Daily News (Greensboro, NC); Wednesday 2 April 1941; pg. 12 col. 6
Funeral service will be held at 10:30
o’clock this morning at Hanes chapel for Thomas Fletcher Day, following
which the body will be sent to Savannah, Ga., for a graveside service at 4
o’clock tomorrow afternoon. The service here will be conducted by Rev.
Kenneth Goodson, assistant pastor of West Market Street Methodist church.
Mr. Day, who was 66 years old, lived at 1118 Caldwell street
and was engaged in the real estate business. His death yesterday morning
at 2 o’clock at Wesley Long hospital followed a brief illness. He was a
native of Savannah, coming to Greensboro from there in 1923, and as a
member of College Place Methodist church and of Ireland Bible class at
West Market Street Methodist church.
Mr. Day is survived by his wife; a daughter, Miss Edith Day,
Washington; two sons, Thomas G. Day, Greensboro, and John A. Day, Erie,
Pa., and one sister, Mrs. S.E. Couch, Savannah.
DEAVER, Martha N. (Lester)
Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003; The
Atlanta Constitution; 20 November 1912
MRS. A.S. BEAVER, BRUNSWICK
Brunswick, Ga., November 19—(Special)—Mrs. A.S.
Beaver [sic], one of the oldest and most prominent residents of this city,
passed away late last night, after an illness of several months. Mrs. Beaver
was born in Hartford county, Maryland, in 1851, and was married in 1869. The
family moved to St. Simons Island in 1876, where she resided 33 years. Since
when, she has been a resident of Brunswick. She is survived by a husband and
ten children, including Mrs. G.H. Meadle, of Jacksonville, while all the other
children reside in this city. The funeral services will be held tomorrow
afternoon and interment will take place at the old Frederick, a burial grounds
[sic] on St. Simons.
DEAVER, Rexford N.
The Brunswick News; Sunday 7 March 1915; pg. 8 col. 3
R.N.
DEAVER TO BE BURIED AT FREDERICA
R.N. Deaver’s funeral will be conducted from the residence of his
father, corner of Johnston and Albermarle streets, at 10 o’clock this morning.
Rev. C.A. Jackson of First Methodist church officiating.
Immediately after the funeral his body will be taken to St. Simon’s
and interred at Frederica cemetery and the commitment service will be conducted
by Rev. Mr. Wynn.
The following gentlemen will act as pallbearers: Sidney Nathan, E.
C???, Joseph Owens, LaGatte Burns, Livingston Everett and Staff Burney.
DeBRUHL, Stephen C.
Advertiser & Appeal; Wednesday 7 August 1878; pg. 3 col. 1
A letter from Florida brings the sad news of the death of Col. S.C.
DeBruhl, our quondam citizen, which event took place at his home in Marion
county, in that State, on the 16th ult. In behalf of numbers of our citizens,
we extend to the widow and orphans our heartfelt sympathy.
DELANO, Emma (Mrs.)
The Brunswick News; Friday 22 May 1942; pg. 8 col. 1
DEFENDANT INDICTED; PLAINTIFF IS DEAD—UNUSUAL DEVELOPMENTS
IN DAMAGE SUIT CASE RECENTLY FILED HERE
The plaintiff in an unusual damage suit filed
in Glynn superior court died in a local hospital yesterday afternoon, while the
defendant in the case was arrested on an indictment returned by a Glynn county
grand jury charging larceny after trust.
It was announced only a few days ago that Mrs. Emma Delano,
86-year-old Glynn county woman, had filed suit against Mrs. Ella Dean Moore,
also of this county. The suit seeks to recover approximately $5,000 which the
plaintiff alleged she had as a life saving and “at the urgent request and under
deceptive and misleading statements made by defendant, placed in the custody of
said defendant all of said sum of money.” The petition further alleges that the
money was used by the defendant “for her own use and for her own benefit,’ ‘and
that her actions represented a “rank fraud that was perpetrated upon the
petitioner.”
At the time the suit was filed Mrs. Delano was reported to be
seriously ill in the City Hospital. However, the case was brought to the
attention of the grand jury, and, while Mrs. Delano was not able to appear as a
witness, it was reported that other witnesses were called before the jury and
questioned, and a true bill was returned.
Yesterday afternoon, just a short time before the death of Mrs.
Delano, the papers were served by a sheriff’s deputy, and Mrs. Moore posted bond
in the sum of $1,000. Her trial, as well as the hearing of the damage suit, is
scheduled to come up at the next session of the superior court.
Meanwhile, C.J. Cogdell, Mrs. Delano’s attorney, said today that the
death of his client would in no way interfere with the case. It will be
continued, he said, in the name of the estate of an administrator who will
probably be appointed.
A temporary restraining order, preventing Mrs. Moore from disposing
of any property she is alleged to have purchased with money belonging to Mrs.
Delano, was granted by Judge Gordon Knox at the time the damage suit was filed,
and a hearing on the permanent injunction has been set for June 15, the hearing
to be in this city.
It is reported that the particular case upon which the true bill was
returned was in connection with a transaction involving $3,400.
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MRS. EMMA DELANO DIED YESTERDAY
Mrs. Emma Delano, 86, a resident of Brunswick
and Glynn county for the past 20 years, passed away at the City Hospital late
yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Delano had been in bad health for some time and was
carried to the hospital for treatment about two weeks ago.
It is understood Mrs. Delano is survived by a few relatives, who
have been notified of her death and who are expected here to attend the funeral,
which will be held Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the parlors of the
Gibson-Hart Funeral Home, to be conducted by the Ref. Elijah Scott. Burial will
be in Palmetto cemetery.
DeLAUGHTER, Jasper
The Brunswick Times-Advertiser; Monday 22 April 1895;
pg. 1 col. 3
BURIED THIS AFTERNOON—The funeral of Mr. Jasper DeLaughter occurred this
afternoon at 2 o’clock, from the First Baptist Church, and was largely
attended. Rev. W.M. Gilmore conducted the services. The remains were interred
in Oak Grove Cemetery.
DeLETRE, Eva (Way)
The Brunswick Times-Advertiser; Tuesday 28 May 1895; pg. 4 col. 5
MRS.
DeLETRE DEAD—Mr. J.P. Shelley received a telegram today from Savannah announcing
the death of Mrs. John C. DeLetre, of that city, which occurred last night.
Mrs. DeLetre was formerly Miss Eva Way of Flemington, and has a number of
relatives here. She leaves a mourning husband and one little daughter, one year
old. Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Shelley leave tonight for Flemington to attend the
funeral, which occurs there tomorrow.
DELEVETT, Dorothy (Rowe) Willis
The Brunswick News; Saturday 7 May 2005; Online Article
Dorothy Rowe Delevett, loving wife and mother, returned to the
Father's house on May 4, 2005, at Peachtree Christian Hospice in Atlanta,
Georgia at the age of 79.
Dorothy Delevett was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1925, to John Joseph
Rowe Sr. and Marie Catherine Homann. She was a resident of Brunswick since 1929,
moving to Atlanta this past year to be close to family and to receive medical
treatments.
Following the death of her husband, Alvin James Willis, Dorothy
married Dr. J. Allen F. Delevett, who preceded her in death.
She attended Glynn Academy and retired from Rentavision as office
manager. She was a devout Methodist and a loyal member of the First United
Methodist Church of Brunswick where she had served on the administrative board.
She attended the John Wesley Sunday school class, was chairman of Fellowship No.
4, and a member of Fellowships No. 48 and No. 3. Dorothy, and her husband Allen,
served as medical missionaries to Zimbabwe, Jamaica and Bolivia. She was also on
the Board of Directors of the YWCA and the MAP International Auxiliary, and was
a longtime member of TOPS.
She is survived by her children and their spouses, John and Debbie
Willis, Susan and Thomas Byrd, A. James Jr. and Martine Willis, Cheryl Willis,
John Collins, Allen and Celia Delevett, Philip and Nancy Delevett, Dr. Peter and
Molly Delevett, Bowen and Lesley Delevett, Nowell Delevett, Shellie and Ed
Raquet, Beryl and Richard Lombard and Barbara Fay; 23 grandchildren; and 7
great-grandchildren.
Her daughter, Catherine Willis Collins, her son, Robert Willis, her
sister, Ruth Rowe Specht, her brother, John Joseph Rowe and her stepson, Edward
Fay, preceded her in death.
Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 15, 2005, at
the First United Methodist Church with the Revs. Rick Turner and Carlton Carruth
officiating. A reception will follow in the church fellowship hall.
Honorary pallbearer will be the John Wesley Sunday School Class and
Fellowship No. 3.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to The Allen and
Dorothy Delevett Mission Fund, First United Methodist Church of Brunswick, Post
Office Box 1415, Brunswick, GA 31521.
Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
DEMERE,
Raymond III
The Georgian (Savannah, GA); Wednesday 15 February 1832; pg. 2 col. 5
On
the 9th ultim., departed this life, RAYMOND DEMERE, Esquire, of St.
Simons Island, in his 59th year, the grandson of Captain Raymond
Demere, a Cotemporary of General Oglethorpe, at the settlement of Georgia. Mild
and benevolent in disposition and of unassuming manners.
Mr. Demere, was distinguished as a tender husband, kind father, and
humane master. Has left a widow and seven children to lament their irreparable
loss.
Mr. Demere was a sincere christian, a member of the Presbyterian
Church—and a strenuous advocate of the Temperance Society. He died happy, in
the humble hope of Salvation, through the merits of Christ.
DENNARD, Mrs. Shirley Leola
The Brunswick News
Mrs. Dennard, 61 is Taken by Death
Mrs. Shirley Leola Dennard, 61, 144 Lake Dr., died Saturday
afternoon in a local nursing home after an extended illness.
She was born in Erwin County and had been a resident of Brunswick
since 1938, coming here from Waycross. She was a member of the Pine Ridge
Baptist Church.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Ellis E. Braddock of Brunswick;
five sisters, Mrs. T.J. Whitley of Ocilla, Mrs. Mary Cannon of Jacksonville,
Mrs. T.R. Smith and Mrs. Oden James, both of Atlanta, and Mrs. Frank Parson of
Brunswick; four brothers, Joel Harper of Charleston, South Carolina, Meeks
Harper, D.J. Harper, and Harold Harper all of Ocilla; and one grandson.
Funeral services were held today at 2 p.m. at the Pine Ridge Baptist
Church with the Rev. Robert H. Freeland officiating. Burial was to follow in
Palmetto Cemetery. The Gibson-Hart-Durden Funeral Home was in charge.
Nephews of Mrs. Dennard served as pallbearers.
DENNARD, V.D.
The Brunswick News
V.D. Dennard Taken by Death
Vernnie Dewey Dennard, 61, died today at the Brunswick Hospital.
Mr. Dennard had been a resident of Brunswick for the past 21 years,
living on the Jacksonville Highway.
Besides his wife he is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Ellis Braddock
of Brunswick; one brother, Kermit Dennard of Readick, Florida; one sister, Mrs.
W.C. Clark of New Smyrna Beach, Florida; and one grandchild.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock at the
Pine Ridge Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. H.K. Neal. The body will be
placed in the church at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in Palmetto Cemetery. The
body will remain at the chapel of the Gibson-Hart Funeral Home until placed in
the church.
DENT, Eleanor
Lavinia (Jones)
The Brunswick News;
Friday 3 July 1970; pg. 12 col. 2
MRS. ELEANOR DENT DIES AT
HOSPITAL
Mrs. Eleanor Jones Dent, 1717 Albany St., widow of the late Samuel
Dent Sr. died last night, at the Brunswick hospital after an extended
illness.
A
native of Savannah, she was a member of the St. Athanasius Episcopal
Church.
Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Mildred Jones Grinage of
Philadelphia, Penn, 12 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren all of
California.
Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday from the St. Athanasius
church with the Rev. T.P. Martin officiating. Interment will be in
the Greenwood Cemetery.
The
Brunswick Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
DENT, Emma Horry
Advertiser & Appeal; Vol. 1, No. 21, Wednesday 25 August 1875; pg. 4,
col. 2
Miss Dent, a maiden sister of Capt. Geo. Dent of this county, died
on Sabbath last (Aug. 22, 1875), and was buried from the Episcopal Church of
this city on Monday evening (Aug. 23, 1875).
DENT, George Columbus
Advertiser & Appeal; Saturday 9 March 1884; pg. 6 col. 3
Mr. Geo. C. Dent, an old and respected citizen
of this county, died on Wednesday last of rheumatism of the heart. His remains
were brought to the city for interment. Mr. Dent was at one time Treasurer of
Glynn county, and in ante-bellum days was a man of considerable wealth.
DENT, Henry
Ernest Jr.
The
Brunswick News; Wednesday 12 February 1975; pg. 10A col. 1
HENRY DENT DIES SUNDAY
Henry Ernest Dent Jr., 77, died Sunday at the Brunswick hospital.
A
native of Brunswick, Dent was a member of Grace United Methodist
Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Virginia L. Dent.
The
funeral will be held Thursday at 4:30 p.m. at Grace United Methodist
Church with the Rev. William Ashley officiating, assisted by the
Rev. S.S. Robinson of Jacksonville. Interment will follow in Greenwood
Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Thomas P. Williams, Nathaniel Kennedy,
Willie Moore, J.B. Bens, Willie Chavers, and
Douglas Bailey.
The
body will be placed at the church two hours prior to the services.
Brunswick Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
DENT, James
The Brunswick News; Saturday 14 March 1914; pg. 1 col. 4
DEATH OF PIONEER RESIDENT—James Dent Passed Away Yesterday Afternoon—Funeral
Sunday.
James Dent, a pioneer resident of Brunswick, passed away at his home
2212 Newcastle street, yesterday afternoon.
Mr. Dent has been ill for some weeks past, the past few days he had
shown considerable improvement, but yesterday his condition took a turn for the
worse and he died at 5 o’clock.
He was 71 years of age and had lived in this vicinity most of his
life, a cabinet maker by trade, of late years he engaged in the boatbuilding
business with his sons.
Mr. Dent was a member of the Knights of Pythias, which order will
have charge of the funeral arrangements. The funeral will take place on Sunday
morning at 10 o’clock at St. Judes’ Episcopal church, Rev. S.J. French
officiating.
DENT, James
Troup Jr.
Savannah Morning
News (Savannah, GA); Wednesday 6 April 1887; pg. 2 col. 5
FUNERAL INVITATIONS
DENT.—Died, at Hofwyl plantation, Glynn county, Ga., on Monday night,
April 4th, of membraneous [sic] croup, JAMES TROUP, aged
4 years and five months, son of James Troup and Mainne [sic]
C. Dent. The friends and acquaintance of the family are invited to
attend the funeral at the residence of Mrs. Salomon [sic] Cohen
THIS (Wednesday) AFTERNOON at 5:30 o’clock.
DENT, James
Troup
The Atlanta Constitution; Wednesday 15 October 1913; pg. 16 col. 5
Brunswick, Ga., October
14.—(Special.)—The funeral of James T. Dent, who passed away at his
country home, Howfyl, twelve miles from Brunswick, Saturday night,
occurred in this city this morning, the interment being in Oak Grove
cemetery. The deceased is survived by his wife, who was Miss Miriam Gratz
Cohen, of Savannah, and three children, Misses Miriam and Ophelia Dent and
Mr. Gratz Dent.
DENT, Lula
Ernest
The Brunswick News;
Wednesday 15 November 1944; pg. 8 col. 1
COLORED TEACHER PASSES
SUDDENLY
While seated at the piano conducting her music class, Luda [sic] D.
Holmes, colored, teacher of music and history at Risley High School,
became suddenly ill. Removed to the City Hospital for treatment, she died
shortly after arriving. Her death cast a shadow of gloom over the campus
of this well known Brunswick colored school. She had taught at the school
for a number of years and had established a splendid record.
She
was the wife of Wenell Holmes and the daughter of Henry Dent,
both well known colored residents of the city. The body will lie in state
at the school auditorium Sunday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Funeral services
will be held at Grace Methodist church Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock.
DENT, Samuel George Sr.
The Brunswick News; Tuesday 13 November 1962; pg. 12 col. 5
SERVICES HELD FOR SAMUEL G.
DENT
Funeral services were held this afternoon at the Frist African Baptist
Church for Samuel G. Dent who retired 11 years ago after 45 years
as a letter carrier.
Dent, prominent Negro leader, died Friday. Some years ago he was a
trustee serving with the Board of Education in the interest of educational
facilities. He was a member of the state central committee of the
Republican Party.
DENT, Samuel George Jr.
The Brunswick News; Tuesday 16 October 1951; pg. 8 col. 5
DR. S.G. DENT, NEGRO
CHEMIST, DIES IN N.Y.
Dr. Samuel G. Dent, colored, son of Brunswick letter carrier S.G.
Dent, died in Rochester, N.Y., yesterday. He had been a research
chemist for the Eastman Kodak Company since he left the Navy in 1915.
A
native of Brunswick, Dr. Dent graduated from Risley High School and
attended Dillard University in New Orleans. He received his PhD from the
University of Cincinnati in 1944.
Funeral services will be held from St. Athanasius Episcopal Church at 4:30
Thursday afternoon.
DENT, Virginia (Long)
The Brunswick News; Thursday 2 December 1993; pg. 3A col. 6
SERVICE FRIDAY FOR VIRGINIA
LONG DENT
The
funeral for Virginia Long Dent of Brunswick will be 4 p.m. Friday
at Grace United Methodist Church with the Rev. Earl S. James
officiating. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery.
She
died Nov. 27 at Southeast Georgia Regional Medical Center.
Pallbearers will be the men of Grace United Methodist Church. The body
will be placed in the church two hours before the service.
Surviving locally is a niece, Sharon Owens of Brunswick; and three
other nieces and three nephews.
The
Greensboro, Ala., native was a retired school teacher for the Glynn County
School System, a member of Grace United Methodist Church Women’s group,
and a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
Brunswick Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
DENTY, Joshua Wilson
The Brunswick News; Monday 8 July 1929; pg. 8 col. 5
JOSHUA W. DENTY DIED YESTERDAY
Joshua Wilson Denty, of 1317 Egmont street, 65 years of age, passed
away in the City hospital yesterday after an illness of some time. He had been
ill at his home and was carried to the hospital several days ago for treatment.
Mr. Denty, a carpenter by trade, had been a resident of Brunswick
for three years. He is survived by his widow and seven children, four boys and
three girls. Funeral services will be held at Miller’s chapel Tuesday afternoon
at 5 o’clock, Rev. W.P. Blevins, of the First Methodist church, conducting the
services. The following friends will act as pall bearers: C.O. Dart, S.L.
Eason, Harry Hummell, J.P. Palmer, T.L. Ricks, and Sam Martin. The interment
will be in Palmetto cemetery.
DEPPISH, John H.
The Darien Timber Gazette; Friday 20 October 1876; pg. 3 col. 4
John H. Deppish, Esq., of the firm of Palmer
and Deppish, Savannah, and well known in this city, died at Thunderbolt recently
of yellow fever.
DePRATTER, Harry Lamar
The Brunswick News; online Thursday 19 January 2006
Harry DePratter, 76, of Atkinson died Tuesday from injuries
sustained in an automobile accident.
A native and lifelong resident of Brantley County, Mr. DePratter was
a retired Teamster's Union member and had owned and operated the DePratter
Garage and Wrecker Service for 25 years. At the time of his death, he was the
maintenance supervisor for Paige's Minit Markets. Mr. DePratter was a charter
member and deacon of Southside Baptist Church in Nahunta. He was preceded in
death by his first wife, Faye Lewis DePratter.
The funeral will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Southside Baptist
Church.
Interment will follow in Rob Lewis Cemetery.
Honorary pallbearers will be the deacons of the church.
Mr. DePratter's body will be placed in the church two hours prior to
the service.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the
Pearson-Treadwell Funeral Home in Blackshear.
Survivors include his wife, Yvonne Sellers DePratter of Hortense;
three sons, Lamar DePratter and Franklin DePratter, both of Nahunta, and Darrell
Dixon of Hortense; two daughters, Debbie McCarthy and Donna Adams, both of
Hortense; a sister, Alice Sue Crews of Woodbine; a brother, Alton DePratter of
Brunswick; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; several nieces and
nephews; and other relatives.
The family requests memorials be made to the Southside Baptist
Church Building Fund, 104 School St., Nahunta, GA 31553.
DEVEREAUX, Maj. C.B.
Advertiser & Appeal; Vol. 3 No. 22; Wednesday 28 November 1877; pg.
3, col. 2
Sudden Death
Our community was shocked on Monday morning last by a dispatch from
Darien announcing the sudden death of Maj. C.B. Devereaux, which took place on
Butler’s Island the night previous. The Major had just returned from a
pleasant trip North, and gone over on Friday last to look after the affairs of
the Island, for which he is agent. He retired, in perfect health, on
Sunday night, and was found cold and lifeless in his bed the following morning,
having been suddenly snatched away during the night by paralysis of the heart.
This sudden stroke has bereft us of one marked for integrity and uprightness of
character, a perfect gentleman, beloved by all who knew him. His circle of
friends will miss him at their social gatherings, and there will be a vacant
chair in the home circle.
DEVINE, Abraham
Leviticus
The Brunswick News; Thursday 6 April 1972; pg.
5 col. 4
A.L. DEVINE, 48, SUCCUMBS HERE
Abraham L. Devine, 48, of Brunswick died Monday at the Veterans
Hospital in Lake City, Fla.
Devine, a barber and brick-mason, was a native of Brunswick.
He
is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eva Mae Devine; his step-mother,
Mrs. Emma Devine; four sisters, Mrs. Ann L. Bryan of Darien,
Mrs. Janie C. Watson of Miami, Mrs. Orneida C. Phillips, and
Mrs. Merline D. McCloud, both of Detroit, Mich.
Funeral services will be held Friday, 4 p.m., at the Brunswick Funeral
Home Chapel with interment to follow in Greenwood Cemetery, the Rev.
W.C. Robinson officiating.
Pallbearers will be Nathaniel Cohen, Joe Fussel, Cecil
Grovner, George Grovner, Horace Jones, and Ricky
Mathis.
The
body will not be viewed following the services.
Brunswick Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
DEXTER, Daniel S.
Darien Gazette; Vol. 1 No. 4; Monday 16 November 1818; pg. 3 col. 3
Died, at Erie, (Penn.) on the 10th instant, commodore Daniel S.
Dexter, commander of the United States' naval force on Lake Erie, at the age of
about 35 years.
DEZERN, Valeria Mae (Smith)
The Brunswick News; Friday 18 August 1995; pg. 3A col. 6
VALERIA MAE DEZERN DIES THURSDAY
Valeria Mae Smith Dezern, 70, of Brunswick died Thursday at her
residence.
The funeral will be 10 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Edo Miller and
Sons Funeral Home, Glynn Avenue, with the Revs. Joe Guthrie and Spencer Johnson
officiating. Burial will follow in Palmetto Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Jim Haddon, Jesse Haddon, Lamont Shell, Frankie
Ogii, Donnie Harrison and John Moore.
Honorary pallbearers will be George Pryor, B.R. Spivey, Ray Halligan,
Harvey Burney, Robert Cox, Jerry Rose, Drs. Lana Skelton and Slim Osta, the
oncology staff of St. Luke’s Hospital and the staff of Hospice of the Golden
Isles.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at the funeral
home and requests memorials to the Leukemia Society.
Surviving are her husband, Alvin George Dezern Sr. of Brunswick; two
daughters, Nell Marie Nelson of Townsend and Connie Ringle of Brunswick; a son,
Alvin Dezern Jr. of Brunswick; a brother, Leslie Smith of Brunswick; four
grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
The Wheeler County native had lived in Glynn County for 53 years.
She was a retired manager of Corsair Restaurant on Jekyll Island. Mrs. Dezern
was a member of the North Brunswick Christian Church and the Glynn Roadrunners
Camping Club.
DICKEY, Thomas Jefferson
The Brunswick News; Friday 28 February 2003; pg. 4A col. 2
Thomas Jefferson Dickey, 88, of St. Simons Island died Thursday at
the Brian Center Inn.
A memorial service will be held at Christ Church Frederica, at a
later date.
Surviving are his wife, Mary Lois Dickey of St. Simons Island; a
daughter, Frances Dickey Blott of Gaithersburg, Md.; two sons, Thomas Jefferson
Dickey of South Lake Tahoe, Colo., and Edward Dickey of San Rafael Calif.; a
stepson, James William Newman of St. Simons Island; four grandchildren; and
several nieces and nephews.
A native of Fitzgerald, Mr. Dickey moved to Brunswick as a young
child and lived most of his life on St. Simons Island. He was a graduate of
Glynn Academy and received a law degree from the University of Georgia. Mr.
Dickey served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He practiced law in Glynn
County for more than 50 years, retiring from the Dickey Whelchel, Brown and
Readdick law firm in the early 1990s. Mr. Dickey was a member of the American
Legion and a lifetime member of the American Bar Association. He was a member
of St. William’s Catholic Church.
Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
DICKSON, William
Advertiser & Appeal; Saturday 20 December 1884; pg. 7 cols. 1-2
Sam Jones, a rather prominent daykey [sic] before the St. Simons
public as a man of “off color,” always with plenty of ready cash without work,
struck a mulatto boy by the name of Dickson on the head with a twenty-ounce
billiard cue, last Saturday evening. The attending physician pronounces the
skull fractured, and has but little hope of his recovery. Sam was arrested, but
gave the officer leg bail, and, in all probability, is off the Island, gone to
some other place to perpetrate a similar deed. Sam is said to have come to St.
Simons from Americus several years ago under a bad name.
Saturday 27 December 1884; pg. 7 col. 1
William Dickson, the boy whose skull was
fractured by Sam Jones, has been removed to Brunswick to undergo the operation
of trepanning. Dr. Burford, assisted by competent experts, will perform the
operation.
LATER—Since the above was received from our St. Simons editor, the
boy alluded to died. As was stated in our last, the murderer has escaped. ED.
AD. AND AP.
DIGGS, Edna (Alexander) Stevens
The Brunswick News; Monday 19 August 1985; pg. 3 col. 4
EDNA DIGGS FUNERAL TO BE HELD TUESDAY
Services for Edna Alexander
Diggs, who died Aug. 15 at the Glynn-Brunswick Memorial Hospital, will
be held at 3 p.m. on Tuesday at the Good Sheppard Episcopal Church in
Pennick with Father Herman Stone officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood
Cemetery.
She was a native of Glynn County and a member of the Good Sheppard
Episcopal Church.
She is survived by one son,
J.D. Diggs; two daughters,
Ethel Moore and Roseberta Wylie, both of Brunswick; one sister,
Elizabeth Bates of Pennick; and
18 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Active pallbearers will be
Willie Moore Jr., Walter Moore,
Lawton Moore, Elmore Moore,
Bernard Diggs and
Kenneth Diggs.
Hall & Jones Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
DIGGS, John Delano
The Brunswick News; Wednesday 26 October 1994; pg. 3 col. 2
SERVICE THURSDAY FOR JON DELANO DIGGS
The funeral for John Delano
Diggs of Brunswick will be 4 p.m. Thursday at Grace United Methodist
Church with the Rev. Earl S. James officiating. Burial will follow in Greenwood
Cemetery.
He died Friday at Southeast Georgia Regional Medical Center.
Pallbearers will be the men of Grace United Methodist Church.
Honorary pallbearers will be members of the church Trustee Board.
The body will be taken to the church one hour before the service.
Surviving are his wife,
Minniola R. Diggs of Brunswick, and a daughter,
Algertha E. Diggs of Kansas
City, Kan.
The Brunswick native was a member of Grace United Methodist Church.
Brunswick Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
DILLARD, James R.
The Brunswick Daily News; Sunday 1 July 1904; pg. 1 col. 4
AN AGED CITIZEN PASSES AWAY—J.R. Dillard Passed
Away Early Yesterday Morning.
J.R. Dillard
one of the oldest residents of Glynn county passed away at his home on
Amherst street, near the corner of Third avenue at 2 o’clock yesterday
morning.
Mr. Dillard
has been in bad health for some time and his death was momentarily
expected. He was 77 years of age. The deceased has only been residing in
Brunswick since January last, but previous to that time he lived at Oak
Grove, this county, where he has been farming for the past twenty-five or
thirty years. The funeral will occur today.
DILLON, D. James
Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003; The
Atlanta Constitution; 13 February 1908
DEATH COMES TO D.J. DILLON—One of the Most Prominent
Business Men in South Georgia
News has been received in Atlanta of the death
of one of Georgia’s most prominent business men, D.J. Dillon, of Brunswick, Ga.
Mr. Dillon was 83 years of age at the time of his death, and had
been connected with all of the important moves toward progress by the south
Georgia city, where he had been living since 1870. He was born in Savannah in
1825, and moved from there to Screven county, where he married Miss Martha A.
Williamson. In Brunswick he took great interest in public affairs, being
alderman for several terms, and a member of the board of education.
The deceased leaves seven children.
Funeral services will be held today in the First Methodist church,
Brunswick.
DIXON, Charles
The Brunswick News; Tuesday 5 February 1935; pg. 8 col. 3
YOUNG BOY DIES—Charles Dixon, 3-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. M.C. Dixon, 2028 Reynolds street, died at the home of his parents at 9
o’clock this morning. Besides the parents the child is survived by a sister,
Catherine, and one brother, H.M., all of Brunswick. Funeral arrangements will
be announced later by the Gibson-Hart Funeral Home.
The Brunswick News; Wednesday 6 February 1935; pg. 8
col. 1
FUNERAL IN FITZGERALD—The remains of Charles Dixon, the
3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. M.C. Dixon, who died Tuesday morning at the
residence, 2028 Reynolds street, was carried by private conveyance this morning
to Fitzgerald, where funeral services and interment will be held Thursday
morning. Gibson-Hart Funeral Home was in charge.
DIXON, Christopher W.
The Augusta Chronicle; Wednesday 9 October 1861; pg. 1A col. 1
MURDER—We learn that a difficulty occurred in Brunswick
last week between Wm. Williams and Chris. W. Dixon. in which the latter lost his
life. We could gather no particulars of the affair.
DIXON, James Emory
The Brunswick News; Monday 28 December 1987
(Title cut off of my copy)
James Emory Dixon, 55, of Hortense, died unexpectedly Sunday.
Services will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday in Little Memorial Baptist
Church with the Revs. J.W. Nails and Hazanna Grady officiating. Interment will
follow in Whitaker Hill Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be Johnny Leggett, Jessie Hampton, J.B.
Willis, Perry Drury, Otha Murkerson, and Brantley Webb.
Honorary pallbearers will be J. Roy Duggan, Robert Brubaker, Hugh
Paladino, Ed Fleming, Jack Williams, Jimmy Ward, Richard Armstrong, Owen Greene,
Don Black, Dom Broce, Ed Burch, Clint Poppell, Don O’Quinn, Tommy Hall, Lamar
Davis, Caroline Chinn, Paul Kalb, and all supervisors of King and Prince
Seafood.
The body will be taken to the residence this afternoon and will be
placed in the church one hour prior to services.
Dixon is survived by his wife, Mildred J. Dixon of Hortense; a
daughter, Dianne Fountain of Hortense; two sisters, Isabelle Murkerson of
Hortense and Jewel Adell McKinney of Baxley; three brothers, Henry Earl Dixon of
Jacksonville, Fla., Willie Gene Dixon of Hortense and William Harvey Dixon Jr.
of Baxley; a grandson and several nieces and nephews.
He was a native of Appling County and had been a resident of
Brantley County for the past 15 years. He was a plant superintendent with King
and Prince Seafood. He was of the Holiness faith.
Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
DIXON, Joseph
The Brunswick News; Friday 5 March 1999; pg. 2A col. 1
The funeral for Joseph Dixon, 85, of St. Simons Island will be noon Saturday at
Emanuel Baptist Church with the Rev. R.J. Leggett officiating. Burial will
follow at Union Memorial Cemetery on St. Simons.
He died Tuesday at Hospice of the Golden Isles.
The body will be placed in the church an hour before the service.
The funeral procession will depart from 1115 George Lotson Ave. on St. Simons.
Surviving are his wife, Katie Mae Dixon of St. Simons; two
daughters, Evelyn Alexander of Somerset, N.J., and Caroline Bass of Brunswick; a
stepson, Charles Porter of St. Simons; eight grandchildren; five
great-grandchildren; a niece; and several other relatives.
Collins Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
DIXON, Lula M. (Johnson)
The Brunswick News; Saturday 23 October 1993; pg. 3A col. 3
LULA
M. DIXON FUNERAL MONDAY
The funeral for Lula M. Dixon of Sapelo Island will be at 11 a.m.
Monday at St. Luke Baptist Church with burial in Behavior Cemetery.
She died Wednesday at Southeast Georgia Regional Medical Center.
The family will receive friends from 3 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the
funeral home and the boat will leave Meridian dock at 9:30 a.m. Monday.
Surviving are four daughters, Carolyn Lewis, Peggy Jones and Mary
Ann Palmer, all of Brunswick, and Deborah Dixon of Rockville, Md.; two sons,
Samuel L. Dixon of Brunswick and Daniel L. Dixon of Fayetteville; two sisters,
Ruth Wilson of Sapelo Island and Dorothy Murry of Savannah; five brothers,
Ronester Johnson and Fred Johnson, both of Sapelo Island, Isaac Johnson of Fancy
Bluff, Joseph Johnson of New York and Lloyd Johnson of Brunswick; 10
grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
The Sapelo Island native was a homemaker and a member of St. Luke
Baptist Church, where she served as church clerk.
Darien Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
DIXON, Mary Eugenia (Moore)
The Brunswick Times; Wednesday 22 May 1901; pg. 1 col. 2
Mrs. Nicholas Dixon Dead. Expired in Tampa, Florida, Yesterday Morning
A telegram from Tampa to Dr. A.C. Blain announced the death of Mrs.
Nicholas Dixon which sad event occurred yesterday morning.
The telegram did not tell of the particulars of Mrs. Dixon's death.
The deceased resided in Brunswick the greater part of her life and had
hundreds of friends who will be shocked to hear the sad news of her death.
Mrs. Dixon was formerly Miss Mary Eugenia Moore and was born and spent
her girlhood days here.
The body will reach this city at 2:35 this afternoon and the funeral
will be held from St Mark's Episcopal church at 3. Interment in Oak Grove
cemetery.
DIXON, Thomas
Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003; The
Atlanta Constitution; Monday 29 March 1886
Mr. Thomas Dixon, for many years a citizen of Darien, died at
Brunswick in the beginning of the week of dropsy.
D’LYON, Leonora
Darien Gazette; Vol. 1 No. 16; Monday 8 February 1819; pg. 3 col. 4
Died, at Savannah, on the 29th inst. Mrs. Leonora D’Lyon, consort of
Levi D’Lyon, attorney at law, in her nineteenth year.
DOCK, Bessie C.
The Brunswick News; Friday 14 January 2000 pg. 4A cols. 3-4
BESSIE DOCK: GODMOTHER
Bessie C. Dock, a retired seafood worker, died
Sunday in Darien.
The funeral will be Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at the Darien Funeral
Home. Burial will be in Upper Mill Cemetery.
Surviving are her godchildren Jerry Bradley and Cornelius Heidt,
both of Darien.
A member of St. John Baptist Church in Darien, Mrs. Dock was born in
Hardeeville, S.C., and educated in Jasper County, S.C.
DODGE, Anson Greene Phelps Jr. (Rev.)
Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003; The
Atlanta Constitution; 20 August 1898
REV.
MR. DODGE DYING—Distinguished Episcopal Preacher at Death’s Door.
Brunswick, Ga., August 19.—(Special.)—News comes from St. Simon’s
tonight that Rev. A.G.P. Dodge, one of the most prominent and wealthy
Episcopalians in the south, is lying seriously ill at his home near the mills.
Rev. Mr. Dodge is a noted worker in the Episcopal church, and is regarded as the
most prominent man in the Georgia diocese next to the bishop. He has devoted
his life, fortune and his talents toward doing good, and has accomplished more
for the cause of humanity than many men of his age, who are interested in
similar work. At the last meeting of the church officials he was unanimously
elected a delegate from Georgia to the general conference, which meets in
Washington this year. At his home on St. Simon’s Mr. Dodge has established an
orphans’ home of this [sic] own, and there cares for and educates fourteen
little children. His philanthropy is noteworthy, and he is generally regarded
as one of the best men in this country. Personally he is very wealthy and has
spent fortunes in building churches, contributing to church funds, establishing
schools and doing good in like manner.
DODGE, Anson Greene Phelps III
The Brunswick Times-Advertiser; Thursday 15 March 1894; pg. 1 col. 7
PARTICULARS OF THE TRAGEDY—How Little Anson Dodge Was
Killed at Frederica.
The way in which the most deplorable accident
at Frederica, which was reported in yesterday’s T-A, occurred, is as follows:
After service at Christ’s church Tuesday evening, which is about
one-fourth mile from the residence of Mr. Dodge, the four children, Mr. Dodge’s
little son and adopted daughter, and Mrs. Cantwell’s two little girls were put
in the buggy for a ride home, a negro boy leading the horse. They got safely
home, and into the barn yard when one of the children shook the reins, which
made the horse trot. This frightened the children and they screamed, when the
horse became frightened and dashed between a tree and a shed, dragging the negro
boy with him and, and who held on manfully and was himself nearly killed. The
buggy struck some obstacle and threw all the children out, little Anson Dodge
being thrown against a tree and killed. Mr. Dodge’s adopted daughter and Mrs.
Cantwell’s eldest daughter were both badly bruised and cut about the face, but
are up and about now. The youngest child of Mrs. Cantwell’s was uninjured. The
occurrence was one of those unfortunate incidents that can not well be provided
against. Funeral service was read at Christ’s church by Rev. H.E. Lucas,
assisted by Rev. D. Watson Winn yesterday evening.
DOERFLINGER, Amelia
The Brunswick News; Wednesday 8 May 1963; pg. 12 col. 3
FORMER RESIDENT DIES IN CHATHAM
Miss Amelia Doerflinger died at her residence
in Savannah early today after a brief illness.
Miss Doerflinger was a native of Brunswick but had resided in
Savannah for many years. She was a member of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church here.
Survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Emory D. Evans, Jacksonville,
Mrs. W.B. Scott and Mrs. W.H. Leopold, both of Savannah.
Funeral services will be held at the graveside in Oak Grove Cemetery
here at 11 o’clock tomorrow with the Rev. Talbert Morgan officiating.
Edo Miller & Sons Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.
DOERFLINGER, Mr. & Mrs. Joseph
Advertiser & Appeal; Vol. 1, No. 30; Wednesday 27 October 1875; pg.
1, col. 3
We are pained to announce the death of Mrs. and Mr. Joseph
Doerflinger, Sr., of this city-the former seventy-two and the latter seventy
years of age. They have lived happily together for many, many years, and now in
ripe old age have "crossed the river" in five days of each other. Their
separation was indeed short. The stricken children and friends have our
sympathy.
DOERFLINGER, Louise Caroline (Warnke)
The Brunswick News; Thursday 26 March 1936; pg. 8 col. 4
FORMER RESIDENT DIES IN SAVANNAH
Mrs. Louise Carolyn Doerflinger, former
prominent resident of Brunswick, who died in Savannah yesterday afternoon, was
buried in Oak Grove cemetery here today at noon. Mrs. Doerflinger was the widow
of the late F. Joseph Doerflinger, who for many years was a prominent Brunswick
business man. She was 82 years of age and was born in Germany. She spent most
of her life in Brunswick, but made her home in Savannah after the death of her
husband here many years ago. She was a communicant of the Episcopal church.
Funeral services were held at 9:00 o’clock this morning at the
chapel of Fox & Weeks, in Savannah, conducted by the Rev. Geoffrey H. Horsfield,
rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal church. The funeral cortege left Savannah
immediately after the services, and proceeded to this city. At the cemetery
services were conducted by the Rev. royal K. Tucker, the following acting as
pallbearers; Judge D.W. Krauss, Julian Bennet, J.T. Powell, H.F. duBignon, Jack
Lissner, Colon J. Cogdell, Geo. A. Krauss, Lee Krauss. Local arrangements were
in charge of the Gibson Hart Funeral Home.
Mrs. Doerflinger is survived by four daughters, Mrs. W.H. Leopold,
Mrs. W.B. Scott and Miss Amelia Doerflinger, of Savannah, and Mrs. E.D. Evans of
Jacksonville.
DOUGLAS,
George Tillman
The Macon Telegraph (Macon, GA); Monday 22 July 1889; pg. 1 col. 3
TWO MEN COLD IN
DEATH—FEARFUL WRECK ON THE EAST TENNESSEE NEAR BRUNSWICK—Engineer Douglass
and Fireman Ames Instantly Killed—Conductor Robinett Fatally Scalded and
Two Negroes Badly Hurt.
BRUNSWICK, July 21.—[Special.]—This morning near 12 o’clock a terrible
accident occurred on the East Tennessee road about four miles from the
city, by which two men were killed, three badly injured, one fatally, and
a passenger engine and four freight cars completely demolished.
THE
KILLED AND INJURED.
The
killed are:
Hostler GEO. DOUGLASS.
Fireman JOSEPH AMES.
The
injured are:
Yard Master ROBINETT.
Car
Cleaner A.J. ANDERSON.
DAN
SCOTT.
The
two latter are negroes.
The
news of the occurrence reached the city about 1 o’clock and spread like
wildfire. Agent
Ogg and
Conductor D.C.
Smith of the road were soon at
work making up a special train to dispatch to the scene of the disaster.
Your correspondent attempted to go out with the officials and
Drs. Dana and
Botford, road physicians, but
was denied permission to board the train. He was not to be foiled,
however, and securing a livery team drove to the four mile crossing.
A
SCENE NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN.
Walking back about 500 yards he came upon a scene not soon to be
forgotten. Across the track and lying on its side was engine No. 206, with
the left driving-wheels in the air and the smoke-stack buried some three
feet in the earth. Behind it, and three or four feet from the track, the
coal box was turned bottom up with a flat box car piled across.
TWO
MEN COLD IN DEATH.
Beneath these two men were cold in death. One, the engineer, lay beneath
the ponderous wheels of the engine and only his head and shoulders could
be seen through the debris.
A
few feet back lay the fireman, crushed and bleeding, though he had
evidently died from suffocation by the steam.
In
the woods just a few feet from the wreck another man lay on a stretcher
uttering fearful groans while the doctor was carefully bandaging the limbs
that were scorched and bleeding.
HIS
FLESH SLOUGHED OFF.
Even while he worked the flesh would slough from the bones on his lower
extremities. This was Yardmaster Robinett. The two bodies under the wreck were those of Engineer
George Douglass and Fireman
Joseph
Ames. The two negroes had been brought to town.
While the wounded man was being made as comfortable as was possible
wreckers were at work digging out the dead. This was at last accomplished,
and the special started back to Brunswick with hits ghastly load.
Facts were hard to learn in regard to the cause of the accident, but as
near as can be obtained are as follows:
CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT.
The
track from the four-mile crossing, the scene of the disaster, to town, is
laid with chair-iron rails, so-called on account of the peculiar clamp
with which they are fastened to the track. The engine was being backed to
town tender forward, with seven flat cars attached. One of the chairs was
broken, and this caused the tender to climb the rails. This rarely happens
when the engine is going forward, as the heavy pressure of it keeps the
rails down, but the tender being forward and very light, jumped on top of
the rails and from there to the ties.
THE
TRACK WAS ROUGH.
Another reason was given for the accident is that the track was rough and
the swaying of the water in the tank over-balanced the tender, which had
nothing in front of it to support it on the track. Three engines were at
the crossing coaling up when the accident occurred. As No. 206 pulled down
the East Tennessee track, No. 14, Engineer
Grubb, and No. 19, Engineer
Simmons, were on the Brunswick and Western track headed for town. When
the accident occurred Engineer
Grubb saw it and, as engine 19 was the most convenient, sent it to
learn the particulars. Grubb
pulled out for town and notified the officials.
Simmons reached the scene and
his fireman, Ed
Owens, hastened to the injured.
AMES DIED PRAYING.
Ames was still alive and was
praying. He called Owens and
requested him to tell his mother that he tried to die a Christian. He
commenced praying after he spoke those words and died in a few minutes
after with prayers on his lips.
Douglass never uttered a word
after he fell, having evidently died immediately.
John
Jacobs (colored) was on the
last car when the accident occurred and, happening to see the tender leap
the track, sprang from his seat. When he recovered from the fall he saw
Yardmaster Robinett running
through the woods. He caught him, but
Robinett implored him to leave
him and help the men under the engine.
“MY
POOR BOYS.”
His
first thought was for them, and he often asked for them, muttering as he
did so:
“My
poor boys, my poor boys.”
A
sad feature of Robinett’s case
is the fact that he was doing conductor duty for Conductor
Smith, his room mate, who asked
him to work for him to-day. His case to-night was pronounced hopeless. All
the white men are single.
No
inquest was held, as it was not thought necessary.
[Robinette died later that same night from his injuries; his wife
lived in DesMoines, Iowa where his remains were taken—ALH]
DOVER,
Catherine (Mrs.)
The Georgian (Savannah, GA); Wednesday 1 July 1829; pg. 2 col. 6
DIED—At Dover
Hall, Glynn County, on the morning of the 26th inst. Mrs. DOVER,
consort of Thomas Dover, Esq. much esteemed by all who knew her, and deeply
regretted by all her friends.
DOVER, Oscar
The Atlanta Constitution; Thursday 19 October 1876; col. 4
DEATHS AT BRUNSWICK
Mrs. Sally Hudson, Miss Sarah M. Roberts,
Mrs. Margaret E. Snow, Herbert L. Snow, Dosia Coston, sailor, name
unknown, Henry F. Black, Isaac Christian, Netty Cohen, Dr. B.H. Hampton,
Sam Chinaman, Henry Cox, Palmer Jones, Wm. R. Cozard, E.B. Courtney, Miss
Louisa Hicks, Joseph Goodbread, Stringfellow, steward brig “Laura
Gertrude,” sailor, name unknown, Fannie Waters, B.W.H. Davenport, E.W.
Kelly, Lizzie Floyd, E.W. Cox, Almander [Alexander?] Peters, Gustave
Peters, Mary Shrine, E. Moran, Katie Moran, Geo. Ray, E. Gatchell, Jno
Slian, Wm. Kraus, Salvaorn Saverese, sailor, name unknown, M. Bartlett,
Phillip Burchard, James Davis, Rosa C. Racetty, Alex A. Williams, Jno.
Powers, B.E. Tenniman, ?E Golding, C.A. Bunkley, S.E. Moore, John Peters,
Wm. Burns, J.T. Zeigler, C.L. Cole, Mrs. West, Seaborn Jones, C.E. Todt,
Oscar Dover, Mrs. Thos. Borne, Mrs. Tuthill, E.C. Tuthill, Mrs. P.N.
Blair, T.F. Smith, editor Appeal, Mrs. Margaret Hudson, Wm. Savage, A.J.
Smith, lawyer, Chas. Sperr, Anna Bryant, Dr. Taber, Pat Hawkins, Tom
Chinaman, Miss Lela Mason, Dr. R. Nobles, Mrs. Gray, W.F. Herzog, W.E.
Jones, Eddy Woodwin, sailor, sailor, Thos. Peters, Salson? Green, J.W.
Fowler, Mr. Morgan, Captain Roberts’ child.
DOWD, Frank
The Darien Timber Gazette; Friday 20 October 1876; pg. 3 col.
Frank Dowd, well known in this city, died of yellow fever in
Savannah recently. Mr. Dowd was a soldier in the Mexican war.
DOWLING, Olin J.
The Brantley Enterprise; 15 April 1998; pg. 7 col. 1
Olin J. Dowling, 75, of Brunswick, died
Tuesday, April 7 at the Southeast Georgia Regional Medical Center in Brunswick.
A native of Brantley County he had been a resident of Brunswick for
the past forty-six years. He was a retired electrician having worked with
Bennett Electric Service for twenty-one years. He was a veteran of World War II
having served with the U.S. Army. He was a member and Deacon of the Sterling
Church of God of Prophecy.
Survivors include his wife, Hester Mae Dowling, Brunswick; a son
Charles J. Dowling, Brunswick; two daughters, Marilyn Clayton and Annette
Tucker, Brunswick; two sisters, Cecile Bukkila, Brunswick and Loretta Robison,
Waycross; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren and several nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 9, from the
Sterling Church of God of Prophecy with the Rev. Bobby Musgrove the Rev. James
Spence and the Rev. Eldridge Willis officiating.
Interment followed in the Palmetto Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were grandsons and nephews.
Honorary pallbearers were the Men of the Sterling Church of God of
Prophecy.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Sterling Church of God of
Prophecy.
Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
DOWNS, Anna Thelma
The Brunswick News; Saturday 28 January 1989; pg. 3A col. 4
ANNIE T. DOWNS DIES EARLY TODAY
Annie
Thelma Downs, 85, of Brunswick died early today at the Glynn-Brunswick
Memorial Hospital after an extended illness.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the chapel of Edo
Miller and Sons Funeral Home with the Rev. Julian Gornto
officiating. Interment will follow in Palmetto Cemetery.
Miss Downs is survived by a brother, Bill Downs
of Atlanta; and two sisters, Lucille Glisson of Brunswick and
Leona Gornto of Fort Worth, Texas.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to
9 p.m. Sunday.
She was a native of Dufuniak Springs, Fla. And had been a
resident of Brunswick since 1918. She had been an employee of the
telephone company before working for Glynn Cleaners and later with Arrow
Cleaners as a counter attendant.
She was a member of McKendree Methodist Church where she had
taught the adult Sunday School class.
Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
DOWNS, Arthur
Mitchell
The Brunswick News; Wednesday 19 October 1966; pg. 13 col. 1
BRUNSWICK MAN DIES IN VIET NAM
The Associated Press today carried a Department of Defense report
that Pfc. Arthur M. Downs of Brunswick has been killed in Viet Nam
as the result of hostile action.
The son of Mrs. Eloise Downs, 1916 Cleborne [sic] St.,
Downs was a 1965 graduate of Risley High School.
He was 22 years old.
No further details were available.
DOWNS, Elouise
(Allen) Wesley Holland
The Brunswick News; Friday 12 March 1993; pg. 3A col. 3
ELOUISE A. DOWNS FUNERAL SATURDAY
The funeral for Elouise Allen Downs will be 2 p.m. Saturday
at Holy Band of Inspiration Church in Brunswick. Burial will be in
Greenwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Downs died March 3 at Southeast Georgia Regional
Medical Center.
The body will be placed in the church one hour prior to services.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 tonight at the funeral
home.
Surviving are a daughter, Hattie C. West of Brunswick; two
sons, Robert E. Down of Brunswick and Michael Ellison of
Crescent; two sisters, Annie R. Stevens and Julietts Snead,
both of Brunswick; six grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
The Brunswick native was a housekeeper and member of Holy Band of
Inspiration Church.
Darien Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
DOWNS, Ida Mae
(Pinkney)
The Brunswick News; Wednesday 26 September 1973; pg. 9A col. 6
RITES FOR MRS. DOWNS TO BE ON THURSDAY
Mrs. Ida Downs, died Monday at her residence after an
extended illness. A life long resident of Glynn County, she resided at
2024 [number hard to read] Amherst St. and was a member of Grace Methodist
Church.
Survivors are a son, Joe Downs, a daughter: Miss Pearl
Downs; a grandson and four great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at Grace Methodist Church at
4 p.m. with the Rev. W.M. Ashley officiating.
Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
Hall’s Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
The body will be placed in the church one hour prior to service
time.
DOWNS, Pearl
Virginia
The Brunswick News; Friday 23 November 1984; pg. 9A col. 2
FUNERAL SATURDAY FOR MISS DOWNS
The funeral for Miss Pearl Virginia Downs, who died Nov. 19
at Sears Manor Nursing Home, will be held at noon Saturday at Grace United
Methodist Church with the Rev. Robert Reeves officiating. Interment
will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
Miss Downs was a native of Brunswick, a member of Grace
United Methodist Church and a beautician.
She is survived by a brother, Joseph Downs of Brunswick.
Pallbearers will be Elzie Clark, Lewis Goodwill,
Nathaniel Kennedy, T.D. Pickens, Frank Walker and
Thomas P. Williams. Honorary pallbearers will be United Methodist Men.
The body will be taken to the church an hour before services.
Brunswick Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
DRAKE, Katie Lorene (Miller)
The Brunswick News; Friday 2
December 1988; pg. 3A col. 3
KATIE M. DRAKE DIES THURSDAY
Katie Lorene Miller Drake, 72, died Thursday at Sears Manor Nursing
after an extended illness. Funeral arrangements and survivors will be
announced by Chapman Funeral Chapel.
The Brunswick News; Monday 5
December 1988; pg. 3A col. 3
MEMORIAL RITES FOR MRS. DRAKE TO BE IN FLORIDA
Memorial rites for Katie
Lorene Drake, 72, who died last week at the Glynn-Brunswick Memorial
Hospital, will be held at a later date in West Palm Beach, Fla.
Survivors are two sons,
Frederick Drake and Robert
Drake; a daughter, Donna
Costner of West Palm Beach; and a brother,
Devon Vann of Bay City, Texas.
Mrs. Drake had been a resident of Glynn County for a number of
years.
Chapman Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
DRAKE, Thomas Douglas
The Brunswick News; Saturday 30
April 1983; pg. 3A col. 1
THOMAS D. DRAKE DIES EARLY TODAY
Thomas Douglas Drake, 71, of Brunswick died early today at the local
hospital after a brief illness.
A native of Lyons, he had been residing here for the past 50 years.
He was employed by Lewis Crab Factory for 43 years.
Surviving are his wife,
Lorene Drake of Brunswick, three sons,
James Douglas Drake of
Brunswick, Linton Devon Drake
of West Palm Beach, Fla. and
Frederick Vann of Rayford, Fla., a daughter,
Donna Joyce Paul of Baton
Rouge, La., several nieces, nephews and grandchildren.
Services will be announced later by Chapman Funeral Chapel.
The Brunswick News; Monday 2 May
1983; pg. 3A col. 1
DRAKE SERVICES TO BE ON TUESDAY
Services for Thomas Douglas
Drake, 71, who died Saturday at the Glynn Brunswick Memorial Hospital
after a brief illness, will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Chapman Funeral
chapel with the Rev. Clarke Wiggins
officiating. Interment will be at Palmetto Cemetery.
Survivors include a sister,
Mrs. Bill Cowman of Brunswick, and a brother,
James W. Drake of Brunswick.
Active pallbearers will be
David Lewis, William Lewis, Jimmy Sloan,
Larry Moore,
Kenny McKinney, and Ernest
Miller.
Honorary pallbearers will be employees of Lewis Crab Factory.
Chapman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
DRAWDY, Anna Louise
(Rowe)
The Brunswick News; Wednesday 6 June 1990;
pg. 3A col. 3
DRAWDY FUNERAL TO BE THURSDAY
The funeral for
Anna Louise Rowe Drawdy
will be held Thursday. Mrs. Drawdy,
66, of Blythe Island, died Monday at the Glynn-Brunswick Memorial Hospital
after an extended illness.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. in the
chapel of Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home with the
Rev. Gordon B. Dukes
officiating. Interment will follow in Palmetto Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be
Grover Drawdy III,
Donnie Drawdy Jr.,
Robert Drawdy,
Tony Morgan,
Joey Crews
and Mike Burch.
The family will receive friends and
relatives at the funeral home tonight from 7-9 o’clock.
Mrs. Drawdy
is survived by three sons, R.A. Drawdy,
D.N. Drawdy
and G.A. Drawdy,
all of Brunswick; a sister, Inez
Bloodworth of Louisville, Ky.; seven
grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.
She was a native and lifelong resident of
Glynn County. Mrs. Drawdy
was a former nurse at the Glynn-Brunswick Memorial Hospital and had
attended Blythe Island Baptist Church.
Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
DRAWDY, Frances Erline
The Brunswick News; Tuesday 15 April 1941; pg. 8 col. 5
DEATH OF INFANT—Frances Erline, three month old infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
G.T. Drawdy, of Thalmann, died at the City Hospital last night, after an illness
of a few days. Funeral services were held this afternoon at 4 o’clock at the
Arnett cemetery, near Thalmann, conducted by the Rev. Mr. Littles. The funeral
was in charge of the Gibson-Hart Funeral Home.
DRAWDY, Grover
Elexander Jr.
The Brunswick News; Tuesday 29 January
1991; pg. 3A col. 3
FORMER LOCAL RESIDENT GROVER E. DRAWDY JR. DIES
EARLY TODAY
Grover E. Drawdy Jr.,
66, of Pinellas Park, Fla., and formerly of Glynn County, died early today
in Largo, Fla., after an extended illness. Funeral arrangements and
survivors will be announced later by Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home.
The Brunswick News; Thursday 31 January 1991; pg.
3A col. 3
SERVICES FRIDAY FOR FORMER RESIDENT GROVER E.
DRAWDY
Graveside services for
Grover E. “Bill” Drawdy Jr.,
66, of Pinellas Park, Fla., and formerly of Brunswick, will be held at 11
a.m. Friday at Palmetto Cemetery with the
Rev. Kenneth Wilbanks
officiating. The Masons are asked to meet at Ocean Lodge at 10 a.m.
Friday.
Honorary pallbearers will be
Reggie Holtzendorf,
Houston Hall,
Tommy Courson,
Bill Hicks,
Judge William Killian
and Judge Ronald F. Adams.
The family will receive friends at Edo
Miller and Sons Funeral Home from 7 to 9 tonight.
The family requests that those wishing
make memorial contributions to the Shriners Hospital for Crippled
Children, 2900 Rocky Point Drive, Tampa, Fla., 33607.
Drawdy
died at the Tierra Park Convalescent Center in Largo, Fla., Tuesday
morning after an extended illness.
He is survived by three sons,
Ronnie Drawdy,
Grover Drawdy
and Donnie Neal Drawdy,
all of Brunswick; three sisters, Beverly
Dutton of Pinellas Park;
Doris Gunter of
Winnsboro, S.C., and Christine Sims
of Unionville, Tenn.; seven grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
A native of Great Falls, S.C.,
Drawdy had
lived in Pinellas Park the past year, prior to which he had lived in
Brunswick since 1943. He was a retired electrician with Brunswick Pulp and
Paper (Georgia-Pacific) and had owned and operated Turtle River Nursery on
Blythe Island for many years.
He was a member of Blythe Island Baptist
Church, a Master Mason of Ocean Lodge No. 214, Brunswick chapter No. 66 of
Royal Arch Masons, Ballard Council No. 16, St. Elmo Commandery No. 21. He
was also a member of Alee Shrine Temple of Savannah, Brunswick Shrine Club
and Scottish Rite Bodies.
Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home is in
charge of the arrangements.
DRAWDY, Meldrim Akin
The Brunswick News; Friday 18 September 1987; pg. 3A, col. 2
Meldrim
Akin Drawdy, 78, of Brunswick died Thursday evening after an
extended illness.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Chapman
Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Charles Green and George
Clary officiating.
Interment will follow at the Whitaker Hill (Harrison) Cemetery in Thalmann.
Visitation will be at the chapel from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. tonight.
Pallbearers will be
Gary Nail, Billy Freeman, Travis Bridges,
Ricki Miller, John Yonkosky and Joe Cranshaw.
Honorary pallbearers include
Charles Kilby, N.W. Spell, Greg Gibbs,
Richard Parker, Ed Liles, DeWayne Underwood,
Gerald Arnett, Ed Long, Jimmy Sears,
Grover Hope, Clint Poppell, Woodrow Gale,
Sammy Hope, Calvin Hope, Tom Howard,
Rodney Harrison, Wilmer Drury, Dr. Salem Osta, and all the Hospice
personnel.
The family will be at 101 Oak St. in Highland Park and requests that
those wishing to make contributions make them to the Hospice Society of Glynn
County.
Survivors include his wife
Naomi Spell Clary Drawdy of Brunswick;
two sons, Rene Drawdy of Brunswick and Ronald Clary of Springfield; three
daughters, Jeanett Nail Clark of Thalmann, Laurie Cauldwell of Savannah, and
Francis Josey of Augusta; a brother, Col. Frederick
W. Best, U.S. Army Retired,
Fayetteville, N.C.; two sisters, Minnie Bridges of Jacksonville, Fla., and
Emma Jean Gale of Brunswick; 12 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Drawdy was a life-long resident of Glynn County, and a retired
contractor and developer. He developed Highland Park subdivision. He was also
a member of the Buckingham Church of God.
Chapman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
DRURY,
Amorett Lita (Holmes) White
The Brunswick News; Saturday 1 September 1979;
pg. 2A col. 1
FUNERAL MONDAY FOR MRS. DRURY
Funeral services for
Mrs.
Amorett Holmes Drury,
86, who died early this morning at the local hospital following a long
illness, will be held Monday at 11 a.m. from the chapel of Chapman Funeral
Chapel. The
Rev. Clarke Wiggins
will officiate and interment will follow at Palmetto Cemetery.
A housewife
and life long resident of Glynn County, she lived at 2507 Reynolds Sr.
Survivors include one son,
Luther M. White,
and one brother,
C.G. Holmes Sr.
There are also two nephews surviving.
Pallbearers
will be
Johnny Davis,
Louis Pye,
J.D. Smith,
Wayne Smith,
Mack
Haskins, and
Lindsey
Shaddix. The family will receive
friends from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral chapel.
Chapman Funeral Chapel is in charge of
funeral arrangements.
DRURY, Barbara Ann (Bibbs)
The Brunswick News; Monday 15
April 1963; pg. 14 col. 4
PNEUMONIA FATAL TO WOMAN, 25
Mrs. Barbara Bibbs Drury, 25, died of pneumonia at the Brunswick
hospital yesterday. She recently had undergone surgery.
Mrs. Drury had lived here all her life and attended Glynn Academy.
Survivors include her husband,
Ronald Drury, Brunswick; three
daughters, Dian,
Sandra and
Ronda Drury, all of Brunswick; her mother and father,
Mr. and
Mrs. John Bibbs, Brunswick; one sister,
Mrs. Jeanette Fouce, Wilmington, Ohio, one brother,
John R. Bibbs, Brunswick;
grandmother, Mrs. Lucille Moffett,
Brunswick.
Funeral services, under the direction of the Edo Miller & Sons
Funeral Home, will be held tomorrow at 3 p.m. at the Morningside Baptist
Church, with the Rev. J.A. Adkins officiating. Interment will be in Palmetto
Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be
Tom Horton, Norman W. Strickland, James
C. Dickerson, Russell Coy,
Bill Bushoan and
Nolen Drury. Honorary: T.R.
Owens, John R. Waters,
Sammy Jones,
Ronnie Bowen, George Cowart,
Ellis Harris,
W.W. Branch, John Hamilton,
and L.P. Langford.
DRURY, Cecil Eugene
The Brunswick News; Saturday 7 January 1967; pg. 12 col. 5
C.E. DRURY FOUND DEAD YESTERDAY OF GUN WOUND
A
34-year-old Glynn County man was found dead from a gunshot wound yesterday
afternoon at a U.S. 84 residence. The deceased was identified as Cecil
Eugene Drury, 34, of Route 1, according to county police.
Sgt. L.J. Peeples and officers Johnny Purvis, J.C. Harris
and E. Peters were called to the home of Walton O’Quinn on
U.S. 84 around 5:15 p.m. yesterday where they found Drury lying in
a bed fully clothed.
First to discover Drury was Mrs. Walton O’Quinn, Peeples
said. She came home around 5 o’clock and discovered Drury in a back
bedroom. Mrs. O’Quinn ran next door and got a neighbor, Thomas
Kahler, according to Peeples.
Kahler told police he went into the bedroom and found a shotgun
pointing toward the dead man’s face, Peeples reported. The 12-gauge
shotgun was resting under Drury’s arms as he lay on the bed.
Drury was a lifelong resident of Brunswick. He was a welder, and
had been employed by the Babcock-Wilcox company for 14 years.
Survivors are two children, Diane and Guy Drury, Brunswick;
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.H. Drury, Brunswick; four
sisters, Mrs. Hazel Readick, Mrs. Isla O’Quinn, Mrs. Edna
Kahler, and Mrs. Alma Wilkes, Brunswick; three brothers,
William L. and Thomas S. Drury, Brunswick, and Ronald L.
Drury of Douglas.
Funeral services under the direction of the Edo Miller & Sons Funeral Home
will be held Sunday at 4 p.m. at the Amanuel [sic] Methodist Church, with
the Rev. Larry S. King officiating. Interment will follow in the
Drury Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be: D.L. Sloan, Arthur Bennett,
Marvin Thomas, M.H. Pegram, Ted Alexander and L.S.
Harper. Honorary will be: W.W.W. Cave, Steven Szwast,
Dr. Herbert Kirchman, L.D. Thompson, Wilbur Watson,
Leon Wilson, William Kahler, Bunt Tolbert, Conrad
Tipton, Albert Geiger, Denny H. Barwick and D.W.
Franks.
The
body will remain in the chapel of the funeral home until 3:30 p.m. Sunday,
when it will be placed in the church to await the hour of service.
DRURY, Edward Findley
The Brunswick News; Saturday 29 February 1936; pg. 8 col. 3
EDWARD DRURY, 17, DIES EARLY TODAY
Edward Drury, 17 years of age, passed away at his home at Fancy Bluff
at an early hour this morning. Ill for some time, pneumonia developed and
his condition became critical a few days ago. The youth was well known and
popular among many friends in the vicinity in which he resided.
He
is survived by his mother and two sisters, Arline and Carrie
Drury.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon from the home
of Harry Bell at Fancy Bluff conducted by the Rev. J.A. Cook,
of Chapel Crossing. Interment will be in the Drury burial ground. Baldwin
& Edge are in charge of funeral arrangements.
DRURY, Faye (Drawdy)
The Brunswick News; Wednesday 23 August 2017; pg. 6A col. 2
Faye Drawdy
Drury, 80, of Brunswick, passed away Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, at her
residence.
She was born March 14, 1937, in Thalman, to Clarence T.
Drawdy Sr. and Edna Chapman Drawdy.
Survivors include her children, Diane Hayes (Malcolm)
of Bennettsville, S.C.; Vickie DeVille (Les) of Callahan,
Fla., and George Drury (Patty) of Charlotte, N.C.; brother,
Glen Drawdy (Dianne) of St. Marys, Ga.; five grandchildren;
11 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her parents, named above; her husband,
Morris E. Drury; and several brothers and sisters.
Faye was a devoted wife and mother and always the
caregiver. She enjoyed gardening, canning and camping. She was a member of
Golden Isles Baptist Church.
The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 25,
2017 at Chapman Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Shane Phillips
officiating. Interment will follow in Arnett Chapman Cemetery in
Thalman.
Visitation for family and friends will be held from 10 a.m.
until service time at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are requested to
Golden Isles Baptist Church, Heartland Hospice, or, a charity of your
choice, in memory of Faye Drawdy Drury.
Chapman
Funeral Chapel & Crematory is in charge of the arrangements.
DRURY, Gene McNeil
The Brunswick News; Saturday 7 January 1967; pg. 3 col. 4
GENE M. DRURY, 28 SUCCUMBS HERE TODAY
Gene McNeil Drury, 26, 2180 Atkinson St., died this morning after a
long illness. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the chapel
of Gibson-Hart-Durden Funeral Home. The Rev. Marion Mayo will
officiate and burial will be in Palmetto Cemetery.
He
was born in Glynn County and had lived h ere all of his life. He attended
the Norwich Street Baptist Church.
Survivors are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Leighton Drury;
four sisters, Miss Donna Drury, Mrs. Polly Overstreet,
Mrs. Elaine Henderson and Mrs. Carole Kirkland, all of
Brunswick; a grandfather, Leighton H. Drury, of Brookman.
DRURY, Harriet Winneford
(Myers)
The Brunswick News; Tuesday 6 March 1928; pg. 8
col. 3
AN OLD RESIDENT OF GLYNN COUNTY DIED EARLY TODAY
Mrs. L.H. Drury, an old and well known resident of Glynn county,
passed away at 1:30 o’clock this morning at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. H.A. Bell, near Bladen. She had been in ill health for many years
and for the past two or three weeks her condition has been serious.
The
deceased was born and reared in Camden county, and came to this county
shortly after her marriage to Mr. Drury in 1877. Since the death of
her husband in 1900 she has resided at the old home near Brookman. She was
a life long member of the Methodist church and was well known among many
friends, throughout the county.
Mrs. Drury is survived by seven children as follow: Mr. Steve
Ferrell and Mrs. F.A. Smith of the city; Mrs. A.L. Little
of Atkinson, Mrs. J.C. Davis, of White Oak; Mrs. H.A. Bell
of Bladen; Leighton Drury, of Brookman, and Julian Drury, of
Miami. A son and a grandson of the deceased passed away only a few weeks
ago.
The
funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, the interment to
be in the old family cemetery. Rev. J.W. Patterson and Rev. C.J.
Johnson will have charge of the service and Undertaker Baldwin
will conduct the funeral.
DRURY, LeBaron
Advertiser & Appeal; Saturday 16 December 1882; pg. 7 col. 3
OBITUARY—It is our painful duty to record the death of our
esteemed townsman, LeBaron Drury, who for twelve years has been one of the
leading business men of our city, ever active in all efforts to develop our
business, and an intelligent and zealous representative of the English
government at this port as British Consul. He died peacefully at 12:30 A.M. on
the 11th inst., after a protracted illness and much suffering, at the age of
sixty-nine years. Unaccustomed to illness and pain, he bore them with Christian
resignation, and of him all can say with propriety, he was honest, tried and
true.
He was for many years High Sheriff of St. Johns county, in the
Providence of New Brunswick, where his family have for generations held high
position and exercised influence, and was for many years engaged in the cotton
compress and forwarding business, first in Galveston and then in Norfolk, from
which last named city he moved to our port, fondly hoping to build up such a
business here, and working against obstacles well nigh insurmountable, he
accomplished this result with partial success, and was looking earnestly for
full and complete success up[on the re-organization of the B. & A. R.R. company,
and the development of business by the E.T.V. & G. R.R. company, when, just on
the eve of such re-organization and development, death claimed him as a victim.
He will be sadly missed by many friends who had learned to love him
for his many attractive qualities of head and heart, and by the whole community
for which he has worked with a faith which knew no wavering.
He leaves a
wife, two sons and a daughter to mourn his loss, who have, we are assured, the
heartfelt sympathy of all our people.
DRURY, Lee Ola
(Arnett)
The Brunswick News; Tuesday 12 May 1992; pg. 3A
col. 6
LEE DRURY DIES MONDAY
Lee Ola Arnett Drury, 94, of the Georgetown community died Monday
afternoon in the Southeast Georgia Regional Medical Center after an
extended illness.
The
funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Emanuel United Methodist Church
with the Revs. James Duvall and Harold Brinson officiating.
Burial will be in the Drury Cemetery.
Grandson will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be men of
the church.
The
family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at the funeral home.
The
body will be placed in the church an hour prior to the service.
The
family requests memorials to Emanual United Methodist Church’s building
fund.
Surviving are two sons, Ronald L. Drury of Haines City, Fla., and
Bill Drury of Brunswick; four daughters, Hazel Reddick,
Isla O’Quinn, Edna Kahler and Ala Thompkins, all of
Brunswick; 38 grandchildren, 56 great-grandchildren, 40
great-great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
The
Glynn County native was a member of Emanuel United Methodist Church.
Chapman Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
DRURY, Leighton
Hazlehurst
The Brunswick News; Monday 8 April 1974; pg. 2
col. 3
LEIGHTON DRURY OF BROOKMAN DIES EARLY TODAY
Leighton H. Drury, 84, died early today at the Brunswick hospital. A
life-long Glynn County resident, he resided at Rt. 1 Brookman.
He
was a retired farmer and a member of the Emmanuel [sic] United Methodist
Church where he served as an honorary trustee.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Leola Arnette Drury; four
daughters: Mrs. Hazel Reddick, Mrs. Isla O’Quinn, Mrs.
Edna Kahler and Mrs. Alma Tompkins, all of Brunswick; three
sons: William L. Drury and Tommy Drury of Brunswick and
Ronald L. Drury of Douglas; a sister, Mrs. H.A. Bell of
Brunswick; 34 grandchildren; 40 great grandchildren and several nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Emmanuel United
Methodist Church with the Rev. Ralph Spivey and Dr. Basil
Ossipoff officiating. Interment will be at Drury Cemetery on Emmanuel
Church Road.
Grandson will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr.
Hurley Jones, Dr. A.W. Jones, Dr. Arthur Hagan, Dr.
Don R. Roberts and trustees of Emmanual [sic] Church.
The
family will be at Chapman Funeral Chapel from 7 to 9 p.m. today to receive
friends. The body will be taken to the Drury home at 3 p.m. Tuesday
and will be placed at the church an hour prior to services.
Chapman Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
DRURY, Margaret Mae (Ellis)
The Brunswick News; Saturday 19 June 1971; pg. 3 col. 4
MRS.
AM. DRURY DIES LATE FRIDAY
Mrs. A.M. Drury Sr., 81, died at the Brunswick hospital late Friday
following an extended illness.
She had been a resident of Brunswick for the past 50 years, coming
here from Macon, and was a member of the First United Methodist Church.
Survivors are her husband, A.M. Drury Sr.; a daughter, Mrs. E.E.
Amos; two sons, Ernest Drury of Jesup and A.M. Drury Jr., of Brunswick; 15
grandchildren, one great-grandchild and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the First United
Methodist Church with the Rev. McCoy Johnson officiating, assisted by the Rev.
Earl Garbutt. Interment will be in Palmetto Cemetery.
The body will be placed in the church one hour prior to services.
Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
The Brunswick News; Monday 21 June 1971; pg. 5 col. 3
PALLBEARERS NAMED—Active pallbearers at this morning’s funeral service for Mrs.
A.M. Drury Sr. were J.T. Bennett, William H. Brown, W.W. Anderson, Ralph Graves,
Clarence Dasher and C.J. Dubs. Honorary pallbearers were S. Hadley Brown, W.T.
Livingston, J. Alf Brown, R.O. Clark and I.J. Davis.
DRURY, Thomas Shelton
The Brunswick News; Saturday 11 May 1985; pg. 3A cols. 5-6
RITES FOR TOMMY DRURY SET MONDAY
Services for Tommy Drury, 45, will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at
Drury Cemetery on Emmanuel Church Road, with the Rev. Monroe Bennett
officiating.
Drury, 45, died from injuries received in an auto accident in
Orangeburg, S.C.
A
lifelong resident of Brunswick, he was a veteran of the U.S. Navy.
Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Layton Drury of Brunswick; a
son, Max Drury of Nahunta; four daughters, Vanessa Daniels
and Tina Morgan, both of Waynesville, Christine Chorba of
Adkinson [sic] and Lynn Drury of Nahunta; two brothers, Ronald
Drury of Haines City, Fla., and Bill Drury of Brunswick; four
sisters, Hazel Reddick, Isla O’Quinn, Edna Kaler
[sic] and Alma Thomkins [sic], all of Brunswick; four grandchildren
and several nieces and newphews [sic].
The
family will be at the funeral home Sunday from 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Chapman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
DUBBERLY, Annie Myrle R.
The Brunswick News; Saturday 9 November 1968; pg. 12 cols. 1 & 2
THREE KILLED IN TWO AUTO MISHPAS HERE LAST NIGHT
Three persons were dead today as the result of two automobile
accidents last night and this morning.
Two elderly Negro pedestrians were killed just prior to 7 p.m.
yesterday when they were struck by an automobile on highway U.S. 84 ten miles
north of Brunswick.
A North Brunswick housewife, Mrs. Annie Myrle R. Dubberly, 26, was
killed early today when her automobile crashed into a ditch within the city
limits on Altama Avenue.
The three fatalities brought to 16 the number of traffic deaths in
Glynn County thus far this year. In the same period of time, the Georgia State
Patrol post here said traffic deaths in its area stand at 45, as opposed to 26
for the same period last year.
County police investigating the U.S. 84 accident said Mrs. Clara
Joyner, 60 of Hill Cabin Road, and Willie Thomas, 60, of Rt. 1, were killed
instantly when struck last night by an automobile operated by Harold Glynn Cope,
18, of Rt. 1, Brunswick.
In a report filed by Lt. A.L. Lokey and patrolmen McDowell and Buck,
Cope was said traveling north on the highway when the two Negroes were struck
and killed. The two were said to have been in the northbound traffic lane.
Police reported the two were decapitated and torsos of each cut into
two sections, strewn along some 400 feet of the highway.
Young Cope, driving a 1968 model automobile, was charged with
driving 70 miles an hour in a 50-mile-an-hour zone, and with two counts of
involuntary manslaughter.
He reportedly told police he did not see the couple, but heard and
felt the impact as his vehicle struck them.
The Dubberly death occurred at 4:20 a.m. today as the automobile the
young mother was driving crossed Altama Avenue from Townsend Street and crashed
into a ditch.
The car came to rest in the ditch on its right side in approximately
one foot of water. The 1966 model car received some $1,700 damage. City
patrolmen H.G. Guinn and R.L. Yawn investigated.
Mrs. Dubberly, a resident of 1750 Townsend Street, was pronounced
dead on arrival at the Brunswick hospital. She had been a resident of Brunswick
for the past 12 years.
She is survived by her husband, Charles E. Dubberly and a daughter,
Susan Beth Dubberly, of Brunswick; her mother, Mrs. Grace R. Reynolds, Uvalda; a
sister, Mrs. Betty Kinchen, Uvalda; four brothers, Billy, Bobby, Elbert and
Jimmy Reynolds, all of Uvalda; several nieces and nephews.
Funeral arrangements, under the direction of Edo Miller and Sons
Funeral Home, are incomplete and will be announced later.
duBIGNON,
Charles Fleming
The Macon Daily Telegraph (Macon, GA); Saturday 5 March 1864; pg. 2 col. 4
OBITUARIES.
Died, on the 11th of February, 1864, in Camp, near Dalton, Ga.,
Lieut. CHARLES FLEMING DuBIGNON, of the 26th Ga. Battlion
[sic], Walker’s Division, in the 19th year of his age.
Thus has another young life been offered upon the altar of our
country. Alas, how many of our firesides tell the tale, of the cost of
liberty and right, in the sacrifice of the loved and lost. In this
ruthless invasion of our altars and our homes, how many of our young and
brightest have offered up their lives for their country. Charlie, too,
even before sixteen summer suns had shone upon his head, buckled on his
armor, and with a soldiers [sic] pride and courage, freely faced the
dangers, privations and sufferings of the campaign in Western Virginia,
and returned out to qualify himself in the school of the soldier for
further duty to his country. When the war burst upon our own border,
Charlie again buckled on his sword and hastened to seek the camp and the
invader. And how well he did his duty, let his commander tell: “During
his illness we watched him as fondly as I would a brother; but all to no
purpose, for death claimed him as her own. And no nobler victim could he
claim [sic]. His death has created a void which cannot be easily
filled.” And how his generous and kindly nature told upon his fellow
soldiers, let them tell: “He was kind and generous to the troops under
his command, ever ready to hear and redress their wrongs, and by the
uniform attention to the wants of his Company, had the love and confidence
of his entire command, who all deplore his loss.”
But Charlie has gone; he died in the service of his native
land; another of the costly sacrifices of liberty and right.
We may not invade the sad domain of sorrow—nor can we offer
mere words of consolation for a loss that wholly desolates the heart. We
know that from the cold mansion of the tomb, the radiance of those dark
eyes, and the light of that gentle, playful smile, which so often shone on
the countenance of the high-hearted boy, will often—Oh, how often shine on
those sad hearts, and lighten even the darkness of the night. Many, many,
now far away, on the field of strife, and even in the gloom of the
captive’s cell, will see, too, the light of that face, and shed the tear
for their departed friend. But though we may not speak consolation or
comfort, thanks to God, there is a voice that may and has done so. Who,
afflicted friends, may improve the words of God?—“Let not your hearts be
troubled, ye believe in God, believe also in ME. In my Father’s house are
many mansion [sic]. I go to prepare a place for you—that where I am,
there ye may be also.”
Farewell, gentle, high-hearted, kindly boy! You have died in
the service of your native land, for which you wished to live, and for
which you feared not to die. Peace to the dead.—Charlie, Farewell!
march4—dit*
duBIGNON,
Christophe Anne Poulain
The Evening Post (New York, NY); Friday 7 October 1825; pg. 2 col. 5
On
the 15th Sept. on his Island of Jekyl, in Glynn county, (Georgia)
Captain Christopher Poulain Du Bignon, aged eighty-seven years, a native of
France, and an officer in its marine both royal and commercial for thirty
years. He left his country and embarked for the hospitable and calm shores of
America, and arrived with his family in Savannah, in the year 1793, and has ever
since resided as a Planter on the sea coast of Georgia.
The National Gazette (Philadelphia, PA); Thursday 13 October 1825; pg. 1 col. 5
On
the 15th ult. on his Island of Jekyl, in Glynn county, Georgia,
Captain CHRISTOPHER POULAIN DU BIGNON, aged 87 years. This venerable and
respectable gentleman was a native of France, and an officer in its marine both
royal and commercial, for upwards of thirty years. He principally served his
country in the East, where he acquired honour and distinction under the command
of the chivalric and bold Admiral Suffrein, who beat and baffled the maritime
power of Great Britain in the East Indies. The deceased retired from the Navy
after the Peace of 1783, and lived on his patrimonial estate in Britanny, the
beloved province of his birth, with all the privileges of the “Ancien Regime”.
In this cherished abode of peace and plenty, the storm of the Revolution
overtook him, and his feudal prejudices; and the man who had weathered so many
tempests with courage and indifference, was not proof against this great moral
irruption; he therefore left his county and embarked for the hospitable and calm
shores of America, and arrived with his family in Savannah in the year 1793, and
has ever since resided as a Planter on the sea coast of Georgia.
The deceased was the true representative of an honourable son of
Neptune. He feared nothing; loved his new birth and adopted country without
forgetting the descendants of good Henry the Fourth. Candour, integrity,
hospitality, and a determined spirit, formed his character. He had visited the
principal commercial cities of the four quarters of the globe, and had acquired
extensive and useful information, which made him an agreeable and instructive
companion. He died sincerely regretted by children and grand children, and a
numerous and respectable acquaintance.
duBIGNON, Elmira (Price)
The Brunswick News; 26 May
1978; pg. 3A cols. 3 & 4
duBIGNON RITES SET SATURDAY
Funeral services for Mrs.
Elmire Price duBignon, who died Wednesday, will be held at 4 p.m.
Saturday at the Frist Jordan Grove Baptist Church with the
Rev. S.T. Thomas officiating.
Interment will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery.
She was a native of Ocala, Fla. and a member of First Jordan Grove
Baptist Church. She is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. Willie Mae Washington of
Brunswick; one brother, John Price
of Miami, Fla.; one sister Mrs.
Pearl Bland of Petersburg, Va., and nine grandchildren, 11 great
grandchildren and one great, great grandchild.
Pallbearers will be officers of the church and friends of the
family.
The body will go to the church one hour before services.
Brunswick Funeral Home is in charge of funeral arrangements.
duBIGNON, Frances C. (Schlatter)
Westmorland
The State (Columbia, SC); Sunday 25 September 1910; pg. 1 col. 3
GEORGIA WRITER DIES
Brunswick, Ga., Sept. 24.—Mrs. John E.
DuBignon, well known in Georgia as a writer, and wife of Col. John E. DuBignon,
died here this afternoon at her residence. She was a prominent church worker.
Her husband and daughter survive her.
duBIGNON, Hannah Gertrude (Adams)
The Brunswick News; Saturday
8 April 1978; pg. 2 col. 2
FUNERAL SET MONDAY FOR MRS. duBIGNON
The funeral for Mrs. Hannah
duBignon of Brunswick who died Thursday, will be held Monday at 4 p.m.
at St. Athanasius Episcopal Church with
Father Marion S. Potter
officiating.
Interment will be at Greenwood Cemetery. Pallbearers will be men of
St. Athanasius Episcopal Church.
Mrs. duBignon, a native of Brunswick, was a member of St.
Anthanasius [sic] Episcopal Church.
Brunswick Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
duBIGNON, Henry Charles
Darien Timber Gazette; Saturday 7 February 1885; pg. 3 col. 1
Henry DuBignon, a prominent citizen of Jekyl Island, is dead. He
was an uncle of Solicitor General DuBignon.
duBIGNON, Henry Francis
The Brunswick News; Monday 1 July 1957; pg. 12 cols. 1 & 2 (photo)
H.F. duBIGNON DIES SATURDAY; FUNERAL TODAY—Well Known
Native Resident Passes At His Home
Harry F. du Bignon, 89, native Brunswickian,
popular among a wide circle of friends, and a member of one of Glynn County’s
oldest and most prominent families, passed away at his home, 716 Union Street
Saturday night.
Mr. du Bignon and [sic] been in ill health for a long time, but only
for the last three months has he been quite ill. He was in the local hospital
for a time returning to his home when he was somewhat improved.
Mr. du Bignon had spent his entire life in Brunswick. For 54 years
he was clerk of the Glynn Superior Court, where he made an outstanding record.
He was considered one of the best superior court clerks in the state. He
retired in 1952 because of ill health.
Before becoming court clerk, Mr. du Bignon was associated with the
old Brunswick Grocery Company, a wholesale company which did a large volume of
business. He entered the clerk’s office to spend more than a half century and
during all of those years he seldom had opposition for the office.
Mr. du Bignon was a member of the Brunswick Kiwanis Club and up to
the time of his illness he had a perfect attendance record. He served in the
Naval Reserve during the Spanish-American War. He had been a lifelong member of
St. Xavier’s Catholic Church and in his younger days he was active in church,
social and other circles of the city.
Mr. duBignon probably was better known than any Brunswick resident.
Among his hundreds of friends were people of every walk of life, all of whom
held him in the highest esteem.
He is survived by six nieces, Mrs. Leonard Hayes, Mrs. Charles Van
Gilder, Mrs. Frank Woodcock, Mrs. Frank Vogel, all of this city; Mrs. Lee
Howard, Savannah, and Mrs. J.H. Brown of Jacksonville, and one nephew, Harry du
Bignon Parker of this city. Several grand nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral services were held at 10:30 o’clock this morning at St.
Frances Xavier Church with the Rev. James M. Cummings officiating. Interment
was in Oak Grove Cemetery under the direction of Edo Miller & Sons Funeral Home.
Active pallbearers were seven grand nephews, John Stiles, Wright
Parker, Eddie Parker, Frank Woodcock, Jr., John Howard, Dr. Lee Howard, Jr.,
Savannah, Lt. Harry du Bignon Howard, Camp LeJeune, N.C., and Dr. Robert Howard,
Athens; honorary, the Brunswick Bar Association, the personnel of the Glynn
County courthouse, Solicitor Glenn Thomas, Judge Douglas Thomas, Fred Pfeiffer,
and Dr. Albert Galin.
duBIGNON,
Margaret S.
The Savannah Georgian (Savannah, GA); Wednesday 18 January 1826; pg. 2
col. 5
DIED—At Jeykl
[sic] Island, on the 29th ult. Mrs. MARGARET S. DUBIGNON, aged
77.
duBIGNON, Mary Delora (Aust)
Advertiser & Appeal; Vol. 2, No. 13; Wednesday 28 June 1876; pg. 1,
col. 2
Mrs. Mary DuBignon, wife of Col. DuBignon, died last week at her
residence in the country.
duBIGNON, William
The Brunswick News; Monday 30 June 1975; pg. 2A col. 6
duBIGNON FUNERAL IS TUESDAY
William duBignon, 99, who was born on Jekyll Island before the
Millionaires’ Club was established there, died June 25 at the Brunswick
hospital.
The funeral will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Jordan Grove Baptist
Church with the Rev. S.T. Thomas officiating. Interment will be at Greenwood
Cemetery.
duBignon was a member of Jordan Grove Church and the Beautiful Light
Charity Club and was retired operator of a grocery store.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Elmira duBignon of Brunswick; a daughter,
Mrs. Willie Mae Washington of
Brunswick; nine grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
The body will be placed at the church an hour prior to services.
Pallbearers will be deacons of Jordan Grove Baptist Church.
Brunswick Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
DUCKWORTH,
Willie Deloris (Norman)
The Brunswick News; Monday 11 August 1986; pg. 3A col. 6
DUCKWORTH RITES TO BE HELD TUESDAY
The funeral for Willie Deloris Duckworth of Brunswick will
be held Tuesday.
She died Aug 5 at the Glynn-Brunswick Memorial Hospital.
The Rev. T.L. Davis will officiate at the 4 p.m. rites at
Jordan Grove Baptist Church. Interment will be at Greenwood Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be friends of the family. Honorary pallbearers will be
officers of the church.
The body will be taken to the church an hour prior to the time of
the service.
Survivors are her mother, Josephine Powell, four sons,
Tim Woods Jr., Ralph Woods, Joseph Norman, Nathaniel
Duckworth; two daughters Carol Duckworth and Tina Miller,
a brother, Thomas Norman, a sister, Mary Francis Norman, a
grandmother, Lillie Magwood, several nieces and nephews.
Hall and Jones Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
DUNHAM, Freddie
Sr.
The Brunswick News; Saturday 23 August 1975; pg. 2 col. 2
FREDDIE DUNHAM FUNERAL SUNDAY
Funeral services for Freddie Dunham Sr., 60, a Brookman
resident who died recently in the local hospital, will be held Sunday at
3:30 p.m.
The services, to be held at the Springfield Baptist Church, will be
conducted by the Rev. Nolan Harris. Interment will be at the Miller
Track Cemetery in Brookman.
Active pallbearers will be Freddie Dunham Jr., Sgt.
Andrew J. Dunham, Arnold Grant, Beauford Grant Jr.,
Washington Grant, and David L. Grant.
Honorary pallbearers will be Willie Mathis, Baker
Stafford, Joseph Demery Sr., and James E. Clinch Sr.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Anna Lee Dunham; and two
sons, Freddie Dunham Jr., Brunswick, and Sgt Andrew J. Dunham,
Washington, D.C.
Collins Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
DUKE, Bertha Coulter
The Brunswick News; Thursday 4 December 1986; pg. 3A, col. 1
The funeral for Bertha Coulter Duke of Jekyll Island was held
Monday.
Mrs. Duke, 82, died Saturday in Glynn-Brunswick Memorial Hospital.
The funeral was held at 2 p.m. in Williams Memorial Chapel in
Milledgeville with the Rev. Larry Glover officiating. Interment was at Baldwin
Memorial Gardens in Milledgeville.
Survivors are a daughter, Joyce Farnell of Brunswick; two sons,
Clarence E. Duke, Jr., of Milledgeville, Harold "Bubba" Duke of Havana, Fla.,;
eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
She was a native of Columbus and made her home in Milledgeville for
several years before moving to Jekyll.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Jekyll Island.
Williams Memorial Chapel of Milledgeville was in charge of
arrangements.
DUNN, Donald Mark
The Darien News; 11 December 1974; pg. 2 col. 3
Funeral services for Donald Mark Dunn, 11, were
held at Graham Methodist Church in Hazlehurst on Dec. 2. Interment followed in
the church cemetery.
He drowned Nov. 30, in Harris Neck Creek. His parents had moved to
Harris Neck two weeks previously from Jeff Davis County. He was a Baptist.
Surviving are his father, Charles M. Dunn and stepmother, Mrs.
Dorcas Dunn, Harris Neck; his mother, Mrs. Clara Dunn of Orlando, Fla.; four
brothers, Dennis, Steve, Danny and Bryant Dunn, all of Harris Neck; a
stepbrother, George Davis of California; a sister, Miss Michele Dunn of Harris
Neck; a stepsister, Miss Diane Smith of Dublin, and several nieces and nephews.
DUNN, Eliza
Advertiser & Appeal; Saturday 23 August 1884; pg. 6 col. 4
DEATH OF MRS. ELIZA DUNN—The Mother of Our Townsmen Messrs.
D.T. and H.T. Dunn
A telegram on Sunday evening last announced the
death of Mrs. Eliza Dunn, of Elmyra [sic], N.Y., the aged mother of our
townsmen, D.T. & H.T. Dunn. Mr. Henry T. Dunn fortunately was North at the
time, but his brother, D.T. Dunn, was here in his Southern home, and was not
permitted to hear her last words. We make the following extracts from the daily
Elmyra Advertiser:
“Another life has gone out from the midst of those who loved and
cherished it. Another spirit has passé from the joys and sorrows of this world,
to receive the reward promised the faithful in the haven of rest beyond. At
7:30 o’clock last evening, Mrs. Eliza Dunn, widow of the late Judge Dunn, passed
away quietly and peacefully at the residence of her son-in-law, Frank H.
Atkinson, 756 Park Place. Mrs. Dunn’s maiden name was Eliza Thompson. She was
born in Goshen, Con., on the 8th of May 1808, and was therefore at the time of
her death in her 76th year. When she was eighteen years of age Miss Thompson
came to Elmira to teach school. Here she met Mr. Dunn, a prominent young
lawyer, practicing before the Tioga county bar. Mr. Dunn sought her hand and
they were married in Goshen, Conn., April 27th, 1827.
“A noble Christian, she did her work quietly, earnestly, and without
show or ceremony. Generous and charitable, she proved a blessing to all with
whom she came in contact. Ever ready with a kind word and a helping hand for
those in need; a tender word of sympathy for those in distress, and always
engaged in some quiet work of charity, she made hundreds of friends who will
mourn her loss as that of a mother or a near relative. Mrs. Dunn had five
children, three sons and two daughters, all of whom survive her: D. Thompson
and Henry T. Dunn, who now reside at Brunswick, Ga.; Isaac B. Dunn, of Elmira,
and Mrs. Thomas Root, and Mrs. Frank H. Atkinson, also of this city.”
DUNN, James
Advertiser & Appeal; Vol. 2 No. 45; Wednesday 2 May 1877; pg. 3, col.
2
The wires brought the sad news yesterday morning of the death of
Hon. James Dunn, of Elmira, New York, father of our fellow townsmen, D.T. and
H.T. Dunn. He had been in ill health for many months, and while he had attained
the 74th year of his age, some hopes were entertained of his recovery; but
death, who "loves a shining mark," claimed him as its own. We tender the
bereaved our heartfelt sympathies in this dispensation of an all wise Being.
DuPREE, Ann
(Mrs.)
The Georgian (Savannah, GA) Saturday 3 December 1825; pg. 2 col. 6
DIED—At her
residence, near Brunswick, Glynn County, on the 21st ult. after a
painful illness of nine days, Mrs. ANN, relict of Dr. Dupree.
DURRENCE, James P.
The Brunswick News; Thursday 13 November 1997; pg. 3A
JAMES P. DURRENCE DIES WEDNESDAY
James P. Durrence, 69, of Brunswick died Wednesday at Southeast
Georgia Regional Medical Center.
A graveside service will be 10 a.m. Friday at Chapel Park Cemetery
with the Rev. B.E. Hannah officiating.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight at Edo Miller
and Sons Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to the American
Cancer Society or the American Lung Association.
Honorary pallbearers will be James Brady, Lloyd Pittman, Bill
Harden, Kenneth Harden and Vince Yacutas.
Surviving are a daughter, Linda Pittman of Lincolnton; three sons,
Jimmie Durrence and Larry Durrence, both of Brunswick, and Darrell Durrence of
Australia; two sisters, Sue Nell Colbert of Winter Park, Fla., and Jackie
Durrence of Townsend; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and several
nieces and nephews.
He was a native of Glenville and had been a resident of Glynn County
for the past 12 years. He was a member of American Legion Post No. 137. He
retired from Winn-Dixie Food Stores after 34 years of service.
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