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Obituaries
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newspapers, the majority
from Glynn, McIntosh and Brantley Counties.
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RAFFO, Clifford V.
The Brunswick News; Sunday 10 November 1912; pg. 12 col. 2
Funeral Notice, W. of W.—All members of Brunswick Camp,
320, Woodmen of the World, and visiting sovereign are requested to meet at the
camp room Sunday (today) at 1:30 p.m., and from there in a body to attend the
funeral of our late deceased sovereign, Clifford V. Raffo. J.E. Poore, Council
Commander.
[There could have been an obituary, an article was cut out
of the paper from 9 November 1912—ALH]
RAFFO, Ernest
The Brunswick Pilot; Friday 23 May 1930; pg. 1 col. 4
DEATHS
News was received in the city this week of the death of Ernest
Raffo, 49, which occurred in Australia. No details have been received. Mr.
Raffo was the oldest son of J.S. Raffo, well known citizen of Brunswick and was
born and reared in this city. He left Brunswick many years ago, going to the
Pacific Coast and about ten years ago, to Australia. He was unmarried and was
engaged in the automobile business in his adopted home.
RAFFO, Mrs. James S.
Advertiser & Appeal; Vol. 3, No. 5; Wednesday 25 July 1877; pg. 3, col. 1
Mrs. James S. Raffo, formerly of Wilmington, Delaware, died at her
home at St. Simons Mills, on the 18th inst. The bereaved husband and
motherless babe have our deepest sympathy.
RAFFO, Nellie (Walker)
The Brunswick Times Advertiser; Monday 15 June 1896; pg. 1 col. 3
MRS. RAFFO DEAD—A Noble, Pure and Gentle Woman Passes Away.
Mrs. Nellie Raffo, (nee Walker), wife of
Captain J.S. Raffo, engineer on the tug Inca, is no more. The Angel of Death
visited her home on St. Simon[s] early Monday morning and carried her from among
her loved ones to a fairer and happier home—a home where she will no more know
sorrow or pain.
She was ill only a short time, and the
announcement of her death was indeed a great shock to her legion of friends in
this city. The immediate cause of her death was a congestive chill. She had
been ill for a week, but on Thursday felt well enough to be up and but for the
rain would have come up from the island, but Friday she felt worse, and on
Saturday Dr. McCaskill, her attending physician, called in Dr. Branham, of this
city, and they did all that human skill could devise to save her, but it was of
no avail, as she passed away at 1:30 o’clock Sunday morning surrounded by her
family.
Her death was free from all pain, she being
perfectly conscious to the last, and as she realized that the end was drawing
near, she called all her children to her deathbed and gave each in turn a
goodbye kiss and kindly counsel as to what they should do when she was no more.
The funeral services took place this morning
from the Firs Baptist church, Rev. W.M. Gilmore officiating. Rev. Gilmore paid
a high tribute to the virtues of the deceased speaking of her Christian and home
life. He spoke of her long service in the Baptist church in behalf of the Lord,
and in a beautiful manner depicted her purity, nobility and gentleness of
character, bringing tears to the eyes of many. At the conclusion of the
services, which were very impressive, the remains were escorted to Oak Grove
cemetery, where the interment took place.
In the death of Mrs. Raffo the community has
lost one of its noblest and purest women. Her life has been an inspiration to
all who knew her and her Christian influence was felt by many. Her loss will be
keenly felt by the little ones she has left behind, who no more will know that
mother’s tender touch that has so gently and lovingly guided them in the past
and shown them the way they should go. The bereaved husband has the sympathy of
the entire community in his sad loss.
The following gentlemen acted as pall-bearers:
Messrs. H.J. Read, C.D. Ogg, D.W. Krauss, D. Devereux, L.D. Gale and Captain
Lomm.
As a mark of respect to the deceased all the
steamers in the harbor flew their flags at half-mast yesterday.
RAINEY, William H.
Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003; The
Atlanta Constitution; 12 January 1896
BURST A BLOOD VESSEL—SUDDEN DEATH OF W.H. RAINEY AT
Brunswick—While at His Desk He Had a Severe Spell of Coughing and Dropped Dead.
Brunswick, Ga., January 11—(Special)—W.H. Rainy
[sic], ex-deputy clerk of the superior court, dropped dead in the clerk’s office
today while standing at his desk writing. His death was due to the bursting of
a blood vessel while in a fit of coughing. His body is being cared for by
friends and will receive a nice burial. He left no family, but has relatives
elsewhere, who have been notified.
RAMSEY, Leroy
The Brunswick News; Friday 23 February 1990; pg. 3A col. 2
RAMSEY FUNERAL TO BE TOMORROW
The funeral for Leroy Ramsey will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. in the
First A.B. Church on St. Simons Island with the Rev. James J. Hill officiating.
Interment will follow in Village Cemetery.
Pallbearers are Robert Atkinson Jr., Joe C. Odom, Phillip Odom,
James Trottie, Arthur Richon Bradley and nephews.
Honorary pallbearers are deacons of the First A.B. Church.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 tonight at the Brunswick
Funeral Home.
The St. Simons Island native died Feb. 15 at his home.
He is survived by his wife, Alice Ramsey of St. Simons; four
brothers, Virthus Ramsey Jr., Johnny Ramsey, Raymond Ramsey and Shedrick Ramsey,
all of St. Simons Island; three sisters, Eva Bradley of Washington D.C., Carrie
Ramsey of New Brunswick, N.J. and Sallie Mae Gulley of Brunswick.
Ramsey was a landscape gardener and was a member of the First A.B.
Church of St. Simons Island.
Brunswick Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
RANDOLPH, Ludina
(Harris)
Advertiser & Appeal; Saturday 26 April 1884; pg. 6 col. 2
Mrs. D.B. Randolph, daughter of Mr. Lewis
Harris, of this city, died this week after a protracted illness. She leaves a
husband and little infant to mourn her loss.
REBELLO, Frank
The Brunswick News; Tuesday 1 February 2000; pg. 4A col. 3
FRANK REBELLO
Frank Rebello, 55, of St. Marys died Sunday in St. Marys.
The funeral will be 7 p.m. Friday at Allison Memorial Chapel with
the Rev. William Leahy officiating. Burial will be held at a later date.
The family will receive friends at 6 p.m. Friday at the chapel.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of Southeast Georgia.
Surviving are his wife, Cynthia T. Rebello of St. Marys two sons,
John Rebello of Charlottesville, Va. And Jeremiah Russell of St. Marys and a
granddaughter, Alexa E. Babbin of St. Marys.
A native of Columbia, Conn., Mr. Rebello lived in St. Marys for the
past 12 years. He was retired from civil service as a quality assurance
specialist and was a member of Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served in Vietnam.
REDDICK, Amos Nichols
The Brunswick News; Tuesday 5 February 1935; pg. 8 col. 3
ILLNESS IS FATAL TO AMOS REDDICK
Amos Nichols Reddick, 34, 2406 Newcastle
street, died at his home here today following an extended illness. He is
survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Reddick; five brothers, Richard
J., William T., Osbourn, Willis James and one sister, Mrs. Isom Glover, all of
Brunswick.
Funeral services will be announced later and will be in charge of
Baldwin and Edge, morticians.
REICHENBACH, Mary Jean (Strickland)
The Brunswick News; Wednesday 17 December 2003; pg. 4A col. 1
Mary Jean Strickland Reichenbach, 77, of Brunswick died Tuesday at
the Hospice of the Golden Isles.
Mrs. Reichenbach, a native and lifelong resident of Brunswick, was a
member of Taylors United Methodist Church. She retired from Woolworth after 16
years of service. Mrs. Reichenbach was a 1943 graduate of Glynn Academy and a
member of the Glynn Academy Alumni Association. She was a wonderful mother,
grandmother, great-grandmother, mother-in-law and friend.
The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 19, 2003,
at Taylors United Methodist Church with the Rev. Jim Emery officiating.
Interment will follow in the churchyard.
Pallbearers will be Mitch Dutka, Johnny Dutka, Byron Fields, Mike
Strickland, Roy Fraser and Donnie Fraser.
Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. A.W. Strickland, Dr. Salim Osta,
Dr. Huitt Mattox, the staff of 5 Central of Southeast Georgia Health System and
the staff of the Hospice of the Golden Isles.
For those wishing to make contributions, the family requests
donations to Taylors United Methodist Church.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Edo
Miller and sons Funeral Home.
Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law Karla and Gary Mallard
of Brunswick; a brother, J.C. Strickland of Shreveport, La.; grandchildren and
spouses, Johnny and Pam Dutka, Mitch and Erica Dutka, Brandi and Byron Fields,
Melinda and Robbie Beck and Donna and John DePollo; great-grandchildren, Zachry
and Colby Dutka, Brody and Brett Dutka, Briana and Maegan Fields, Robbie and
Erica Beck and Joch and Jenna DePollo; and several nieces and nephews.
She was
preceded in death by her husband, Charles C. Reichenbach, son Charles C.
Reichenbach Jr., and daughter Vicki Jean Reichenbach.
RICE, John F.
The Brunswick News; Saturday 8 May 1993; pg. 3A col. 6
FORMER RESIDENT DIES IN MISSOURI
A memorial service for former St. Simons Island resident John F.
Rice of Chesterfield, Mo., was held this morning at Friendship Village in
Chesterfield.
He died May 5.
Surviving are a son, John Rice; and a daughter, Anne Agovino; three
sisters, Marguerite R. Bergh, Florence R. George, and G. Elizabeth Rice, all of
Windsor, Conn.; and four grandchildren.
He was a Rotary and Knights of Columbus member. He was active in
the resident’s council of Friendship Village and was a volunteer at Claymont
Elementary School.
Mayer Funeral Home of St. Louis was in charge of arrangements.
RICE, Katherine Vogel
Wilson
The Brunswick News 23 April 1990; pg. 3A col. 3
KATHERINE W. RICE DIES SUNDAY
Katherine Vogel Wilson Rice, 80, of Myrtle
Beach, S.C., died Sunday in the Conway Nursing Center after an extended illness.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday
at Palmetto Cemetery with the Rev. Dr. Dan Thomas officiating.
The body will remain in the funeral home until
taken to the cemetery for services. The family will receive friends at the
funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Survivors include two sons, Charles J. Wilson
of Orangeburg, S.C., and William L. Wilson of Wilmington, N.C.; five
grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Rice was a native of Muskegon, Mich., and
moved to Brunswick in 1915. She moved to Manning, S.C., in 1950 and then in
1960 moved to Myrtle Beach. She was of the Presbyterian faith.
Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home is in charge
of arrangements.
RICHARDS, Ruby (Dart)
Armstrong
The Brunswick News; Friday 25 November 1949 pg. 14 col. 4
FORMER RESIDENT DIES IN ATLANTA
Mrs. Russell E. Richards, a former well known
Brunswick resident, passed away at her home in Atlanta Thursday morning after an
illness of several weeks, and burial will be here.
Mrs. Richards was born in Brunswick and spent
all of her girlhood here, moving to Atlanta many years ago after her marriage.
She was the daughter of the late Capt. Urbanus and Angie McConn Dart, members of
an old and prominent Brunswick family.
Survivors include her husband and a son by a
former marriage, Dr. William B. Armstrong, both of Atlanta. She has a large
number of relatives here.
Funeral services will be conducted in Atlanta
at 4:30 o’clock this afternoon and the body will be forwarded to Brunswick
tonight, arriving tomorrow morning. Burial will be in the family plot at Oak
Grove cemetery at 11 o’clock, commitment services to be conducted by the Rev.
Talbert Morgan. The Miller Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.
The family requests that flowers be omitted.
RICHARDSON, E.R.
Advertiser & Appeal; Saturday 6 September 1879; pg. 3 col. 2
Mrs. E.R. Richardson, of this county, mother of Mrs. A.O. Best, and
Mrs. W.S. Pittman of this city, died very suddenly on the morning of the 30th
ult., of Rheumatism.
RICHARDSON, Lillian
The Brunswick Times; Sunday Morning, 6 February 1898
Schoolmates at Her Grave
The funeral of little Lillian Richardson, daughter of ex-Policeman
George W. Richardson, who died Friday night (Feb. 4, 1898) of pneumonia,
occurred yesterday (Feb. 5, 1898) from the residence of the father of the
deceased, Principal James T. Colson, of the grammar school, in whose grade the
deceased had been a pupil, took the entire grade to the funeral, and the scene
was an impressive one, with the little classmates of the dead child grouped
about her grave. Rev. Walter M. Gilmore conducted the services.
RICHARDSON, Mary Ann
The Brunswick News; Wednesday 16 September 1987; pg. 3A, col. 1
The funeral for Mary Ann Richardson, 46, of Sterling, will be held
Thursday. She died at the Glynn-Brunswick Memorial Hospital Monday after an
extended illness.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. at the Evergreen Memorial Cemetery
with the Rev. R.C. Mathis officiating.
Pallbearers will be David Partin, Billy Courson, Jason Richardson,
Billy Richardson, John Setney and Robert Mason.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7:30 until
9 tonight.
Survivors include her husband, Amos W. Richardson; four daughters,
Debbie Liles of Charleston, S.C., Vicky Robinson, Hartford, Conn., Denise Easlic
of Biloxi, Ms., and Tammy Czerepinksi of Brunswick; and a brother, Jim Bolinger
of Helen.
She had lived in Glynn County for most of her life, moving here from
Macon.
Chapman Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
RICHARDSON, Winifred B.
The Brunswick News; Thursday 20 February 1947; pg. 8 col. 5
ISLAND VISITOR DIES AT HOSPITAL
Mrs. Winifred B. Richardson, age 65, passed away at the City
Hospital Wednesday after an illness of about one month. She was carried to the
hospital Tuesday night. Mrs. Richardson had been visiting her daughter, Mrs.
E.M. Bray on east Beach since last December. She is from Kansas City, Mo.
Besides Mrs. Bray, she is survived by four other daughters, Mrs. E.J.
Dietrick, Mrs. Frank Rosnosky, and Mrs. Paul Hayes, all of Kansas City and Mrs.
Bill Kahle, Shawnee, Kansas, and one son, Walter Richardson, Minneapolis, Minn.
The body will be forwarded by rail tonight by Mortician Edo Miller
to Kansas City accompanied by Mrs. Bray, where funeral services and burial will
be held on Saturday.
RICKABAUGH, Charles Ado
The Brunswick News; Friday 26 December 1997; pg. 3A col. 6
CHARLES A. RICKABAUGH SERVICE SUNDAY
The funeral for Charles Ado Rickabaugh, 66, of Kingsland will be
2:30 p.m. Sunday at the First Methodist Church in Kingsland with the Rev. Bob
Moon officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery in St. Marys.
He died Dec. 23.
Pallbearers are Richard Rickabaugh, Roger Rickabaugh, Robert
Rickabaugh, Dale Kerr, Bob Merk and Terry Downer.
The family will receive visitors from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the
Edo Miller Dekle-Wainwright Funeral Home.
Surviving are his wife, Esther Marie Rickabaugh of Kingsland; three
sons, Randall Charles Rickabaugh of Kingsland, David Leroy Rickabaugh of Saturn
Beach, Fla., and Mark A. Rickabaugh of South Daytona, Fla.; three brothers,
Robert Rickabaugh of Minneapolis, Minn., Roger Rickabaugh of Springfield, Ohio,
and Richard Rickabaugh of Orangeburg, S.C.; two sisters, Pauline McKee of South
Charleston, Ohio, and Saundra Easterday of Beaver Creek, Ohio; 11 grandchildren
and several nieces and nephews.
The Springfield, Ohio native had lived in Kingsland for five years.
He was a retired Church of God minister, having been in the ministry for 35
years. He graduated from Springfield High School and served in the U.S. Navy as
a corpsman. He was a graduate of Pacific Theological College in Portland, Ore.,
and was a retired government inspector with John Crane Belfab Co. in Dayton
Beach, Fla.
RIDGE, Jessie Mae (Best)
The Brunswick News; Saturday 20 October 1990; pg. 3A col. 4
MRS.
RIDGE DIES EARLY THIS MORNING
Jessie Mae Best Ridge, 72, died early this morning at the
Glynn-Brunswick Memorial Hospital after an extended illness.
The funeral will be held at 4 p.m. Monday at Northside Baptist
Church with the Revs. Mike Miller, Groover Meeks and Stanley Luke officiating.
Interment will follow in the Brunswick Memorial Park Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be W.C. Westberry, Sonny Watkins, Don Howell,
Sheriff Lamar Echols, Dan Hall and Erchel Martin. Honorary pallbearers will be
deacons of the Northside Baptist Church and the Rev. Charles Jones.
The family will receive friends and relatives at the funeral home
from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday.
Mrs. Ridge is survived by three daughters, Alice Gay Floyd of
Brunswick, Kay Hall of Hollywood, Md., and Brenda Gilley of Milton, Fla.; four
sisters, Irene Borden and Euna V. Witt, both of Knoxville, Tenn., Juanita Cagle
of Alcoa, Tenn., and June Best of Maryville, Tenn.; three brothers, Otto Best of
Alcoa, Tenn., Boyd Best and Sam Best, both of Maryville; six grandchildren, one
great-grandchild and several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Ridge was a native of Maryville and had been a resident of
Glynn County for the past 29 years. She was a member of the Northside Baptist
Church of Brunswick.
The family requests those wishing may make contributions to the
charity of the donor’s choice.
Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
RILEY, John
Advertiser & Appeal; Vol. 1, No. 31; Wednesday 3 November 1875; pg. 1, col. 3
Little John Riley, formerly of this place, died on Doboy last Friday
(Oct. 29, 1875) of pneumonia, and was buried in this city on Saturday (Oct. 30,
1875). One by one we pass away.
RISLEY, Douglas Gilbert
Advertiser & Appeal; Saturday 25 November 1882; pg. 6 col. 3
DEATH OF CAPTAIN RISLEY
We regret to announce the death of Captain Douglas G. Risley, which
occurred on Saturday night, 18th inst., from hemorrhage of the lungs, having
broken a blood vessel in a severe fit of coughing. Capt. Risley was on the
retired list of the U.S. army, having been invalided from severe wounds received
in the late war. He was a Lieutenant in command here after the war, under the
Freedmen’s Bureau, and built the Risley school house, for the education of
colored children. In 1871 he was elected county treasurer on the Republican
ticket. Some two years since he organized a cigar factory here, which, after
doing a good business, was burned out in June last, being almost a total loss,
with but little insurance. Since then Capt. Risley has been sick nearly all the
time, and has at last succumbed. We tender our sympathies to his sorrowing
relatives and friends.
RIVENBARK, Annie Laurie (Southard) Anderson
The Brunswick News; Wednesday 24 January 1917; pg. 1 col. 7
MRS.
R.R. RIVENBARK DEAD—Was Brunswick Girl and Passed Away at Home of Mother.
Mrs. R.R. Rivenbark, of Macon, formerly Mrs. Annie Laurie Anderson,
daughter of Mrs. J.B. Southard, and 28 years old, passed away at the home of her
mother at 7 o’clock last night. Mrs. Rivenbark was a victim of tuberculosis,
and had spent a portion of the winter at Asheville. She arrived here three
weeks ago and while everything possible was done to relieve her, she finally
died last night. She will be remembered as Miss Annie Laurie Southard, and as a
girl of many charms and graces. She was originally married to the late G.F.
Anderson and at his death removed to Macon and was later married to Mr.
Rivenbark, who will reach the city this morning. Funeral arrangements had not
been made last night.
RIVERS, Ethel (Purdie)
The Brunswick News; between 2-6 June 1979
RITES TOMORROW FOR MRS. RIVERS
Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel P. Rivers will be held Thursday at
3:30 p.m. at the St. Paul A.M.E. Church.
The body will be at the funeral home from 7 p.m. Wednesday until 10
p.m. and at the church Thursday from 2:30 until the hour of the funeral.
All members of the Virgin Chapter, order of the Eastern Stars are
asked to meet at the church at 3 p.m. Interment will follow in the Greenwood
Cemetery. The Rev. T.N. Hercules will officiate.
She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Elmira Jackson; a brother, Josh
Ben Purdie of Titusville, Fla.; one adopted sister, Mrs. Vera Porter, and
several nieces and nephews, grandnieces and nephews and relatives and friends.
Robert Cummings Mortuary is in charge of funeral arrangements.
ROBARTS, James
Advertiser & Appeal; Saturday 28 May 1881; pg. 3 col. 1
We chronicle this week the death of an old
resident of this city, Mr. James Robarts, which occurred on the 20th inst. He
leaves a wife and four children, besides a number of relations to mourn his
loss.
ROBARTS, James d/o
Advertiser & Appeal; Wednesday 5 December 1877; pg. 3 col. 1
An infant of Mrs. and Mr. Jas. Robarts, of this city, died on Monday
last.
ROBERSON, Louise Emma (Ford)
The Brunswick News; Thursday 10 November 1983; pg. 3A col. 1
LOUISE ROBERSON DIES ON WEDNESDAY
Louise Emma Roberson, 87, of Rt. 2 Jesup died Wednesday in the
Medical Arts Center of Brunswick following an extended illness.
Mrs. Roberson was a native of Washington County but had lived in
Wayne County for 70 years prior to coming to Brunswick. She was a member of the
Old Bethel Baptist Church.
She is survived by her husband, Isham Frank Roberson of Jesup; a
daughter, Nancy Savard of Brunswick; two sisters, Donna Ray of Jesup and Sally
Whitehead of Brunswick; six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Services will be held 11 a.m. Friday at the Old Bethel Church with
the Rev. S.B. Burch, the Rev. Wayne Williamson and the Rev. Kermit Soilau
officiating. Interment will be in the cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be Ronnell Roberson, E.T. Roberson, Jack
Whitehead, Benny Ray, Theron Devereaux and Ted Bailey.
Reinhardt and Sons Funeral Home in Jesup is in charge of the
arrangements.
ROBERTS, Don Rowland
(Dr.)
The Brunswick News; Tuesday 14 March 2006; pg. 4A col. 1
Dr. Don Rowland Roberts Jr. died at the
Brunswick hospital of Southeast Georgia Health System on March 13. A fifth
generation Brunswick native, Dr. Roberts was the only child of the late Don
Rowland Roberts and Ruby Brantley Roberts. Dr. Roberts was a graduate of Glynn
Academy and the University of Georgia. He received his medical degree from The
Medical College of Georgia where he was a member of Phi Rho Sigma, and where he
would later serve on its Board of Trustees.
After receiving his medical degree, Dr. Roberts
served two years in Frankfurt, Germany as a Captain in the 97th General Hospital
Unit of the United States Army where he developed a lifelong affinity for the
German language and culture. Upon his discharge from the Army, Dr. Roberts
completed his orthopaedic [sic] residency at Shands Teaching Hospital at the
University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville, Florida. In 1965, Dr.
Roberts returned to Brunswick and established Coastal Orthopedics, P.C. Dr.
Roberts was a gifted and respected orthopaedic surgeon. He served more than one
term as Chief of Staff and Chief of Surgery of Glynn Brunswick Memorial
Hospital. He was elected a Fellow of both the American College of Surgeons and
the American College of Orthopaedic Surgeons in 1969 and 1970 respectively. He
was elected a Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Free Masons in 1973.
Dr. Roberts was a man of uncommon wisdom, wit
and intellect. He had a profound sense of history, heritage and tradition. He
was meticulous in his every endeavor. Many of Dr. Roberts’ younger professional
and paraprofessional colleagues can attest to the role that Dr. Roberts
dutifully served as their mentor and counselor. He was a meaningful contributor
to the establishment and training of Glynn County’s first generation of
paramedics.
He is survived by his wife, Bonnie Dvorak
Roberts; his three children, Constance R. Warner of Columbus, Catherine R. Rohde
of Alpharetta and Don R. Roberts III of Atlanta; and six grandchildren, Mary
Ashley Rohde (Ashley), Abigail Elizabeth Rohde (Abbey), James R. Warner, Jr.
(Jack), Henry Roberts Warner (Hank), Sam Taylor Roberts (Sam) and William
Collins Roberts (Will).
A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m.
Wednesday, March 15 at Oak Grove Cemetery and a memorial service will follow at
St. Simons Presbyterian Church, 201 Kings Way at 3 p.m. with the Revs. Robert
Brearley, Deanie Strength, and R. John Law officiating. A reception at the
Church for friends and family will follow immediately thereafter. Edo Miller
Funeral Home is in charge of funeral arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be
made to the Don R. Roberts Jr. Memorial Fund for the maintenance of Oak Grove
Cemetery in care of P.O. Box 1024, Brunswick, Ga. 31521.
(Family placed obituary, The Brunswick News March 14, 2006)
ROBERTS, Eric Young
The Brunswick News; Monday 20 May 1946; pg. 8 col. 5
ERIC Y. ROBERTS PASSES AWAY AT HOME HERE TODAY
Eric Young Roberts, a native Brunswickian who
had resided here all of his life, passed away unexpectedly at his home, 1609
Gloucester street, at 8 o’clock this morning. While Mr. Roberts had not been in
the best of health recently, he was not confined to his bed, and his death came
as a shock to members of his family and his many friends. His death was
attributed to a heart attack.
Mr. Roberts was born in Brunswick August 2,
1870, and therefore would have been 76 years of age on his next birthday. For
many years he was engaged in the furniture business in this city and later was
associated for some time with the local office of the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company. In recent years, however, he engaged in the real estate and
renting business. During all of the years he resided in Brunswick he made an
unusually large number of friends who will be grieved to learn of his death.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Myrtle Deaver
Roberts, two sons, Don R. Roberts, of this city, Alwyn A. Roberts, of Orlando,
Fla.; a sister, Mrs. S.A. Brockington, and two grandchildren, Eric B., and Don
R. Roberts, Jr.
Funeral services will be held at the First
Methodist church Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock, with the Rev. Leland Moore
officiating, burial to be in Oak Grove cemetery. The following will serve as
pallbearers: Active, Harry Parker, Vance Mitchell, Nat Nightingale, H.K. Lamb,
H.P. McDonald and Carroll Quarterman; honorary, J.T. Hotch, T.M. Mrocskowski,
T.S. Gilchrist, Judge D.W. Krauss, John F. Dye and H.F. du Bignon. Arrangements
are in charge of Mortician Edo Miller.
ROBERTS, Eugene
The Brunswick News; Friday 10 July 1998. pg. 2A cols. 4 & 5
Eugene Roberts, 64, of St. Simons Island died Wednesday at Southeast
Georgia Regional Medical Center.
The funeral will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Emanuel Baptist Church on
St. Simons with the Rev. R.J. ?Leggett officiating. Burial will follow at Union
Memorial Cemetery on St. Simons.
The body will be placed in the church an hour before the service.
Pallbearers will be friends of the family. Honorary pallbearers
will be officers of the church.
Surviving are his wife, Amy M. Roberts of St. Simons; a son, Kenneth
Roberts of Miami, Fla.; two daughters, Wanda Heidleburg and Barbara Ferguson,
both of Miami; three brothers, Simon Peter Roberts of Midway, Charlie Joe
Roberts of Zephrian and Hezekiah Roberts of Miami; a sister, Mamie Roberson of
Brooklyn, N.Y.; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and several
nieces and nephews.
He was a native of Liberty County and a member of Emanuel Baptist
Church.
He was a retired tractor-trailer driver.
Hall, Jones and Brown Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
ROBERTS, Joseph W. Sr.
The Georgia Weekly Telegraph and Journal & Messenger; Tuesday 24 October 1871;
pg. 8 col. 3
Mr. Joseph Roberts, one of the most venerable
and esteemed resident of Brunswick, died last Wednesday night.
ROBERTS, Lawrence Wing
The Brunswick News; Friday 5 December 1986; pg. 3A, col. 3
The funeral for Lawrence Wing Roberts of Brunswick will be held
Saturday. He died 30 Nov. at the Glynn/Brunswick Memorial Hospital.
The funeral will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the St. John Baptist
Church with the Rev. J.T. Leggett officiating.
Interment will follow at the Old Zion Cemetery in Riceboro. The
body will be placed at the funeral home one hour prior to the service.
Pallbearers will be the members of the 2 Plus 2 Bowling League.
Honorary pallbearers will be officers of the church.
Roberts is survived by one daughter, Anna Bell Williams; three
sisters, Aldinia Fleming, Evelinia Williams and Odessa Bacon, all of Liberty
County; and several nieces and nephews.
Roberts was a native of Glynn County and a member of the St. John
Baptist Church.
Hall and Jones Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
ROBERTSON, Bruce L. Sr.
The Brunswick News; Friday 7 June 1991; pg. 3A col. 3
BRUCE ROBERTSON SR. DIES IN MYRTLE BEACH
Bruce L. Robertson Sr., 81, of Myrtle Beach, S.C. died Tuesday at
his residence after an illness.
Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Stephens
Episcopal Church in Myrtle Beach.
Robertson lived on St. Simons Island for 30 years before moving to
Myrtle Beach. He still owned a residence on the island.
He is survived by a son, Bruce L. Robertson of Myrtle Beach; a
sister, Katherine Harris White of Orlando, Fla.; four grandchildren; and two
great-grandchildren.
Born in Atlanta, Robertson was retired from General Motors Corp. as
a distribution manager with 30 years of service. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of
World War II.
McMillan-Small Funeral Home of Myrtle Beach is in charge of
arrangements.
ROBERTSON, Henry
The McIntosh County Herald & Darien Commercial Register; Tuesday 3 September
1839; pg. 3 col. 4
DIED—In Augusta on Saturday the 24th, Mr. Henry Robertson,
aged about 37 years.
ROBINSON, George W.
The Brunswick News; Monday 13 November 1933; pg. 8 col. 5
HIS
BROTHER DEAD
Wibert [sic] Robinson, who left his Dover Hall home Saturday for
Atlanta on baseball business, received a telegram in that city yesterday
announcing the death of his brother, George W. Robinson, 76, who passed away at
his home in Quincy, Mass., Saturday night. He was one of Mr. Robinson’s two
brothers, and it is understood he had been ill for some time.
ROBINSON,
Helen Jean (Davis)
The Brunswick News; Tuesday 3 March 1953; pg. 10 col. 6
4 PERSONS DROWN WHEN BOAT SINKS—Mother, Two Sons, Companion
Die; One Body Found.
A mother, her two young sons, and a woman
companion drowned late yesterday afternoon when their bateau capsized in Cedar
Hammock Creek near Lathan Hammock.
Drowned were Mrs. Mildred Thomas Hill, 32; her sons, Edward, 11, and
Jimmie, 8; and Mrs. Helen Jean Robinson, 21, all residents of Arco. Their
husbands, Burford Brewer Hill, 35, and James E. Robinson, 26, were able to make
their way to shore.
Only one body had been recovered early this afternoon, but county
police officers, the Coast Guard, Captain Hoke Smith, warden on Jekyll Island,
and volunteers are continuing the search. Efforts to recover the four bodies
were hampered this morning by fresh northeasterly winds.
The body of Mrs. Robinson was found at 2 p.m. and was carried to the
Miller Funeral Home.
The party left their Arco homes yesterday afternoon to gather some
oysters. The bateau was carried on a trailer and was launched on a small beach
at Cedar Hammock, created when a dredge was pumping up the highway to Jekyll
Island some time ago. The group then proceeded up the creek for some distance;
where they gathered the oysters.
According to officers who investigated the tragedy, the party was
returning to the point from which they started, and a rather strong northeast
wind was prevailing, and it is believed that wind caused the boat to capsize.
In it besides the six persons, was a kicker and the oysters, a rather heavy
load, it was stated, for a bateau.
As the boat capsized, both Hill and Robinson made efforts to rescue
their families, but they were unsuccessful, they told officers.
After reaching shore, Robinson walked through the marsh to his auto
and drove to the Fancy Bluff Grill, some several miles away, where he informed
an employee of the tragedy. County police were called and immediately went to
the scene.
Hill told officers he narrowly missed saving one of his sons. He
said he had hold of the boy and was endeavoring to reach the marsh with him, but
in some way he lost his hold on the youth. Hill was reported to have been
exhausted and was carried to the City Hospital, where he remained overnight. He
was released this morning.
Both men are employees of the Brunswick Pulp and Paper Company.
Hill has been an employee of the pulp mill since March, 1948, and works in the
machine room at the plant. Robinson has been an oiler at the plant since
August, 1951, and has resided here for several years.
Mrs. Hill formerly resided at Vidalia and has been a local resident
since her marriage. Mr. Hill is a native of Brunswick and he has resided in the
city and county all of his life. His family is well known here.
Mrs. Robinson, it was stated, formerly resided in Alma and moved
here with her husband. They have one son, Bennie Jack, 2, who was with his
grandmother yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Robinson’s body will be sent to Alma tonight by the Miller
Funeral Home where funeral services will be held. She was born in Chicago but
lived in Alma before moving to Brunswick in 1951.
Other survivors in addition to her husband is her mother, Mrs.
Lessie Sweat, Brunswick.
ROBINSON, Willie C.
The Brunswick News; Monday 18 March 1996; pg. 3A col. 3
SERVICE TUESDAY FOR WILLIE C. ROBINSON
The funeral for Willie C. Robinson of Brunswick will be 4 p.m.
Tuesday at St. Andrews CME Church with the Revs. Carlee Stafford and L. Dumas
officiating. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery.
He died Friday at Southeast Georgia Regional Medical Center.
Pallbearers will be officers of the church.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. tonight at Robert
Cummings’ Mortuary.
The body will be placed in the church an hour prior to the service.
Surviving are four sisters, Rose Cain of Oxon Hill, Md., Mandy
Matthews of Newark, N.J.; Barbara Miller of Riceboro and Brenda Williams of
Brunswick; two brothers, Levi Morrell of Brunswick and John Obley of Pueblo,
Colo.; and several other relatives.
ROBSON, Bertie James
The Brunswick News; Friday 18 September 1987; pg. 3A, col. 1
The funeral for Bertie James Robson, 63, of Brunswick, who died
Tuesday in Jacksonville, Fla., will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Salvation
Army Church with the Revs. Lt. Col. C. William Jaynes and Capt. Ronnie Raymer
officiating. Entombment will follow in Palmetto Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Roscoe Smith, Bob Miller,
Roscoe Brooker, James DePratter, Ronnie Kirkland, W.R. Mitchell, Tommy Beckham,
and Tony Scoggins. Honorary pallbearers will be Calvin Smith, Mitchell Edwards,
John Glenn Robson, Henry Edwards, Walter Watson, and Bob Finney.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m.
Saturday and 4 to 7 p.m. on Sunday.
Robson is survived by a daughter, Patricia J. Ellerbrock of Brunswick; a
granddaughter, Leslie Anne Ellerbrock of Belleville, Ill.; three sisters,
Christine Elston of Memphis, Tenn., Helen Walker of Lakeland, Fla., and Ruth
Finney of Cocoa Beach, Fla.; three brothers, Eldred G. Robson of Dallas, Russell
M. Robson and Clayton G. Robson, both of Lakeland; and several nieces and
nephews.
He was a life-long resident of Glynn County and was a veteran of
World War II, serving in the U.S. Army.
He was a member of the Salvation Army Church for 50 years where he
served as commissioned band master and the Corps sergeant major.
Robson retired from Hercules Inc. in 1985 after 29 years' service.
Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
ROBSON,
Dorothy Anne (Brown)
The Brunswick News; Friday 5 December 1986; pg. 3A, col. 3
The funeral for Dorothy Anne Brown Robson will be held at noon
Saturday. She died Wednesday after an extended illness.
The funeral will be held in the Salvation Army Church with Major
Doria Richmond officiating. Interment will follow in the Palmetto Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be Glenn Robson, Roscoe Smith, Bob Finney,
Walter Watson III, Mitchell Edwards, and Henry Edwards. Honorary pallbearers
will be A.M. Edwards, Lawton Chaney, Calvin Smith, Jack Minchew, Eldred Robson,
and Russell Robson.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 10
o'clock tonight. The family requests those wishing to make memorial
contributions to the Salvation Army.
Mrs. Robson is survived by her husband, Bertie James Robson of
Brunswick; a daughter Patricia Jane Ellerbrock of Belleville, Illinois; one
granddaughter and two nieces and a nephew.
Mrs. Robson was the daughter of the late James Leland and Vanessa
Edwards Brown and was a lifelong resident of Brunswick. She was a member of the
Salvation Army Church where she sang in the Songsters Brigade and was a member
of the Local Brass Band.
Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
RODGERS, James E.
The McIntosh County Herald & Darien Commercial Register; Tuesday 10 September
1839; pg. 3 col. 6
DIED—On the 22d inst. in Macon of the bilious fever, Mr.
James E. Rodgers, second Engineer of the Steam-boat Sam Jones, a native of
Pittsburg, Pa.
ROGERS, Mrs. Charlie
Nahunta Banner; Vol. 1 No. 23; Friday 18 February 1921; pg. 1 col. 2
We are very sorry to hear of Mrs. Charlie Rogers' death. She died
Saturday morning and was buried at Little Creek Sunday. The funeral was
conducted by Rev. E.L. Little.
ROGERS, London "Jap"
The Brunswick News; Friday 1 August 1986
Rogers Funeral To Be Held Saturday at Noon
Services for London "Jap" Rogers Sr. of Brunswick will be held at
noon Saturday at the Zion Rock Baptist Church with the Rev. E.L. Hart
officiating.
Interment will follow at Greenwood Cemetery. Rogers died Monday at
the Glynn-Brunswick Memorial Hospital.
Pallbearers include: London Rogers, Charles Drake, Marvin Butts,
Nathan Polite, Clarence Harris, and Raymond Harris. Honorary pallbearers will
be officers of the church.
The body will remain at the funeral home two hours prior to
services.
Survivors include his wife Ruth Rogers of Brunswick; his parents
Gilbert and Edna Mae Davis; a son London Rogers Jr.; three daughters: Sonja
Drake of Boniare, Victoria Rogers of Brunswick, and Linda E. Butts of Tampa,
Fla.; one brother Julius Rogers of Brunswick; nine grandchildren and several
nieces and nephews.
Rogers was a member of the Zion Rock Baptist Church.
Hall and Jones Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
ROGERS, Mrs. Rachel
Nahunta Banner; Vol. 1 No. 23; Friday 18 February 1921; pg. 5 col. 4
We are sorry to hear of the death of our friend Mrs. Rachel Rogers.
Nahunta Banner; Vol. 1 No. 24; Friday 25 February 1921; pg. 1 col. 1
MRS.
CHARLIE ROGERS DEAD
Mrs. Rachel, wife of Mr. Charlie Rogers, who had reached her 56th year
on the 14th day of January last, died at her home near Hortense on the 12th day
of this month and was buried Sunday the 13 at Little Creek church. The funeral
services were conducted by Rev. E.L. Little.
Mrs. Rogers, before her first marriage to Mr. Brooker, deceased, was a
Miss Harper. Two children survive her by her first husband, who are John D.
Brooker and Mrs. Alice Stewart of Hortense. Five children survive her by her
last husband and they are Mrs. Mamie Lee Griner of Zirkle, J.M. Rogers of
Savannah, Mrs. Claudia Beckham of Screven, Ernest L. Rogers and M.E. Rogers of
Hortense.
Mrs. Rogers joined the Missionary Baptist church in early girlhood and
at the time of her death was a member of the Satilla Baptist church at Hortense.
A Christian woman, a devoted wife, a loving and kind mother and a good
Christian has left this world to take her place among the saints.
The Sentinel joins her husband and surviving relatives in deep grief for
her departure.
ROSS, Allen Jr.
The Brunswick News; Friday 4 October 1940
Allen Ross, Jr., Popular Youth, Died Last Night
Allen T. Ross, Jr., popular 18-year old Brunswick youth, son of Mr. and
Mrs. A.T. Ross, passed away at the City Hospital shortly before last midnight
following an illness of three weeks, and the announcement of his death
occasioned genuine sorrow among his large number of friends and those of his
parents.
Young Ross was a member of the graduating class of Glynn Academy in
June. He had looked forward with interest to entering college last month, and
it was while he was preparing to leave that he was stricken at the suburban home
of his parents. After being ill several days pneumonia developed and he was
removed to the hospital for treatment. Everything possible was done for him,
but he failed to respond to treatment, and for the past several days he lingered
between life and death.
Unusually popular among all who knew him, young Ross was a youth who
easily made and maintained friends; he established a fine public school record,
and was praised by his teachers. The sympathy of the entire community has been
extended to the bereaved parents.
Besides his parents, Allen is survived by one sister, Mrs. Jimmie
Williams, of Valdosta, and one brother, Robert, aged 8.
Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Saturday morning at the
First Baptist church, to be conducted by the pastor, the Rev. C.C. Davison, and
burial will be in Palmetto cemetery. Six young friends, some of whom were
members of his graduating class, will serve as pallbearers. They are Anton
Krauss, Jr., Thomas Davison, Charles Thiot, Clinton Knight, Jr., Pete Sasser,
and Carl Fowler, Jr. Funeral arrangements are in charge of Mortician Edo
Miller.
ROSS, John
The Brunswick Times-Advertiser; Monday 22 October 1894; pg. 1 col. 7
A
SAILOR DROWNED—A sailor fell from the rigging of the schooner Fiheman [sic] at
St. Simons Mills Saturday and was drowned. The sailor was an American from New
England, named John Ross. His body has not been recovered. His head struck the
side of the vessel and he was knocked insensible before reaching the water.
ROSS, John B.
The Advertiser & Appeal; Wednesday 5 September 1877; pg. 2 col. 4
The Macon community have been saddened by the
death, on the 29th ult. of one of her best and most influential citizens, Mr.
Jno. B. Ross.
ROSS, Robert
The Brunswick News; Friday 23 February 1990; pg. 3A col. 3
ROSS
FUNERAL TO BE SATURDAY
The funeral for Robert Ross, 58, will be Saturday. He died Tuesday
at Glynn-Brunswick Memorial Hospital in Brunswick after a short illness.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. at Union Baptist Church with burial in
Ebenezer Cemetery in Eulonia.
The McIntosh County native lived in Ardoch for many years, was a
deacon board member at Union Baptist Church and a Mason.
He is survived by his wife, Edna M. Ross of Ardoch; a son, Robert L.
Ross of New York; three daughters, Alma Armstrong of Ridgeville, Veronica Jaudon
of Ardoch and Shirley Butler of Mannheim, West Germany; six grandchildren and
other relatives.
Darien Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
ROTHSCHILD, Mrs. Carrie (Reiman)
The Brunswick News; Thursday 12 December 1929; pg. 8 col. 1
MRS.
ABE ROTHSCHILD DIES SUDDENLY TODAY--PROMINENT WOMAN PASSES AWAY AT HER SEA
ISLAND BEACH HOME
Mrs. Abe Rothschild died suddenly at her home on Sea Island Beach
shortly after noon today. The announcement of the death of this well known and
estimable Brunswick woman came as a profound shock to her friends and the people
of the city generally.
It was know that Mrs. Rothschild had been confined to her home for
two weeks suffering with what was said to be a general toxin condition, but it
was not apprehended that her illness was of a critical nature and the news of
her death was most astounding. In fact it was reported early today that Mrs.
Rothschild’s condition was improved, and with this information given to him Mr.
Rothschild had left the city on an important business trip to Jacksonville,
expecting to return early tonight. Efforts were made to intercept him but they
did not succeed.
Mrs. Rothschild who was formerly Miss Carrie Reiman, of Greenwood,
Miss., was married to Mr. Rothschild some thirty-five years ago; they came
immediately to Brunswick to reside and have lived here since that time. She was
a woman of many social graces, charitable, broad-minded, a consistent worker in
the sisterhood of Beth Tefliloh[?} and had a leading place in the social and
civic circles of the community.
Up to the time of her illness some two weeks ago, Mrs. Rothschild
had enjoyed her usually good health. She and Mr. Rothschild had only recently
moved into their new home at Sea Island Beach, in which she evinced a lively
interest and entertained many of her friends. Only a few weeks ago on the
occasion of the meeting of the council of the Southeastern Woman’s Club at the
Cloister, Mrs. Rothschild occupied a leading place in the entertainment of many
of the visitors. The truth of the matter is Mrs. Rothschild was never happier
than when entertaining her friends and they were legend and devoted to her for
those charms that endeared her to all with whom she came in contact. She was
fond of young people, loved to have them about her and they in turn always
esteemed it a privilege to be entertained in her home.
Besides her husband, the deceased is survived by her mother, Mrs.
Rachel Reiman, who, because of advanced years, being 82, is herself confined to
her home in Greenwood. There are two sisters, Misses Flora and Esther Reiman,
also of Greenwood, and a nephew, Herman Borchardt, of this city, and a niece,
Mrs. Carol Bertanger, of Dayton, Ohio.
Funeral arrangements had not been completed this afternoon, awaiting
the arrival of Mr. Rothschild, who will reach the city later this afternoon.
The members of the family have the sincere sympathy of a wide circle of friends.
ROUSE, Thomas Shelby
The Brunswick News; Wednesday 19 December 1945; pg. 8 col. 1
LITTLE BABY DIES
Thomas Shelby, little 10 months-old baby son of
Mr. and Mrs. B.J. Rouse, of Jacksonville, Fla., and grandson of Mr. and Mrs.
Hilton Thomas, of this city, died in Jacksonville yesterday. Funeral services
were held at the Lutheran church this afternoon, conducted by the Rev. D.L.
Haglar, burial being in Oak Grove cemetery.
ROWE, John Joseph Sr.
The Brunswick News; Monday 17 November 1997; pg. 3A col. 4
JOHN
J. ROWE SR. DIES SATURDAY
John Joseph Rowe Sr., 75, of Brunswick died Saturday at Brunswick
Health Care Center.
A graveside service will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Palmetto Cemetery with
the Rev. Richard Varnell officiating. The family will receive friends from 7 to
9 tonight at Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home.
Surviving are his wife, Verda Row [sic] of Morganton; three sons,
John Rudolph Rowe of Fenatobia, Miss.; John Richard Rowe of Fort Lauderdale,
Fla., and John Joseph Rowe Jr. of Morganton; two sisters, Ruth R. Specht of
Crawfordville and Dorothy Delevett of Brunswick; a brother, John J. Rowe of
Bowie, Md.; and several grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
He was a native of Brunswick and received his education at Glynn
County schools. During World War II, he worked at the Brunswick Marine Shipyard
building refueling vessels.
He was a resident of Fort Lauderdale for many years, where he worked
as a master carpenter. He was a member of the Carpenters’ Union.
ROZIER, Calvin C.
The Darien News; 28 November 1974; pg. 2 col. 2
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR CALVIN C. ROZIER ARE HELD ON NOVEMBER
24
Funeral services for Calvin C. Rozier were held
on Nov. 24 at the Wayfarer Primitive Baptist Church with burial in the Plum
Orchard Cemetery.
A lifelong resident of McIntosh County, he was
a member of the Wayfarer Primitive Baptist Church. Mr. Rozier, 70, died after
an extended illness.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Jeanette Poppell
Rozier of Townsend; six daughters, Mrs. Irma Mosley, Mrs. Diane Lynn, and Miss
Ivy Rozier, all of Townsend, Mrs. Christine Walker of Waynesville, Mrs. Nancy
NeeSmith of Darien and Mrs. Bertha Mullins of Powder Springs; a son, Calvin C.
Rozier, Jr. of Townsend; four sisters, Mrs. Annie Branson of Brunswick, Mrs.
Evie Hope of Crescent, Mrs. Agnes Graves of Savannah, and Mrs. Matilda Hall of
Ludowici; five brothers, Vandy and Willie Rozier, both of Townsend, George
Rozier of Brunswick, Clarence Rozier of Folkston and Charles Rozier of
Fayetteville, N.C.; nine grandchildren, and six step-grandchildren.
RUNNELS, Harmon
The McIntosh County Herald & Darien Commercial Register; Tuesday 3 September
1839; pg. 3 col. 4
DIED—Col. Harmon Runnels, father of Ex-Governor Runnels of
the state of Mississippi, died at his residence in Lawrence county, on Wednesday
the 25th [or 26] of July, aged about 80. His days were many and honorable in
the land—he was a soldier of the Revolution, and for about 30 years a member of
the Legislature of Georgia and Mississippi.
RUSHWORTH, Lieut.
Advertiser & Appeal; Vol. 3, No. 8; Wednesday 15 August 1877; pg. 2 col. 2
Lieut. Rushworth, of Jamaica, died at Kingston, the capital of
that island, on the 9th inst. of yellow fever.
RUSSELL, Charles Anson
The Brunswick News; Wednesday 6 November 1912; pg. 1 col. 5
Captain Charles Anson Russell died yesterday
afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Duncan Wright, after an illness of
ten days. His death had been expected for several days as he had been
critically ill for a week or more and had been sinking rapidly since Sunday.
Captain Russell was an old and valued resident, having lived in Brunswick since
1867, and been one of its best citizen[s]. He was born in Deerfield, Mass., in
1828, and was 84 years of age. He was the oldest pilot on the Brunswick bar.
Captain Russell was a large property owner in
the city, and was noted for his strict honesty and integrity of character and
his genial nature, and his death will be mourned by a host of friends.
Besides his two daughters, Mrs. Geo. Walker of
Tampa, and Mrs. Duncan Wright of this city, Captain Russell leaves three
grandchildren, Hazel Wright, Dorothy and Lillian Walker, and a sister in
Bridgeport, Conn.
The funeral will be held this afternoon at 3
o’clock from the residence. The Masons will officiate. The sympathy of their
many friends is with the family in their bereavement.
RUSSELL, Mary (Davis)
Advertiser & Appeal; Saturday 24 November 1883; pg. 2 col. 5
SUDDEN DEATH—Mrs. S.H. Russel [sic], of Augusta, Ga., died very suddenly at the
residence of Dr. Blain, of this city Thursday evening last. Mrs. Russel, her
husband, and little boy had been spending a few days in our city. On Thursday
about 4 o’clock she was taken suddenly with pains in her body, and by half-past
6 o’clock was a corpse. Internal hemorrhage is supposed to be the cause. She
had not been very well for sometime past. She will be buried this morning.
Mrs. Russel is a near relative of the Blain’s of this city.
RUTLEDGE, James Jr.
The Brunswick News; Friday 26 December 1997; pg. 3A col. 5
JAMES RUTLEDGE JR. SERVICE SATURDAY
The funeral for James Rutledge Jr., 45, of Brunswick will be 11 a.m.
Saturday in the Prudence Hall Chapel of Hall, Jones and Brown Funeral Home with
the Rev. J.D. Shaw officiating.
He died Dec. 21 in Ware County.
Pallbearers will be George Willie, Harry Shaw, Ben Cummings, Joseph
Butler, Benjamin Blige, Arthur Riggins and John Dunwoody.
Surviving are his wife, Patricia Harris Rutledge of Brunswick; three
daughters, LaKeysha, Clarice and Jasmine Rutledge, all of Brunswick; his mother,
Cleo Rutledge of Brunswick; two brothers, Nathaniel Pope and Proverb Rutledge,
both of Darien; a sister, Janie Rutledge of Darien, his paternal grandmother,
Mary Rutledge of Darien, and several other relatives.
The McIntosh County native was a member of First African Baptist
Church in Darien and was a laborer with Ga. Pacific Corp.
RYALS, W.H.
The Brunswick Times-Advertiser; Thursday 11 July 1895; pg. 1 col. 4
DIED
AMONG STRANGERS
A particularly sad death occurred at St. Simon [sic] Mills a few
days ago. Mr. W.H Ryals, a young man of 20 years, after a month’s illness,
passed away. Mr. Ryals came to St. Simon [sic] some time ago, and was employed
by the Hilton-Dodge Lumber Co. No one knew whence he came, nor could they even
learn his past history. When he died it was impossible to notify his relatives,
as they were unknown. Several young men at the mills built a rude coffin for
the stranger, and buried him with all the ceremonies possible. Mr. Ryals left
no means to defray funeral expenses. He is spoken of as having been a man of
exceptional good character, industrious and showing good Christian training.
His death among strangers makes one of the saddest incidents with which humanity
comes in contact.
Darien Gazette please copy.
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