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Obituaries
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from Glynn, McIntosh and Brantley Counties.
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SAMPTER, S.
Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003; The
Atlanta Constitution; 17 February 1903
S.
SAMPTER, New York
Brunswick, Ga., February 16.—(Special.) S. Sampter, of New York,
who has been spending the winter here with his daughter, Mrs. M. Kaiser, died
very suddenly yesterday morning of heart disease. Mr. Sampter came to Brunswick
every winter for his health, and has a number of friends in the city. His son
in law, M. Kaiser, is one of Brunswick’s wealthiest and most prominent
citizens. The body was shipped to New York for burial.
SAMUEL, Uldine
The Brantley Enterprise; 15 April 1996; pg. 10 cols. 1 & 2
Uldine Harvey Samuel, 81, passed away late
Sunday afternoon, April 14, in the Pierce County Nursing Home following a long
illness.
She was a native of Brantley County, but had
lived in Florida for a number of years before returning to Brantley County
twenty years ago.
She was a housewife and a member of the
Blackshear Presbyterian Church.
She was a daughter of the late William Madison
Harvey and Leila Hayes Harvey and was the widow of James Beasley Samuel, Sr. who
preceded her in death in 1993.
Survivors are a son, James Beasley Samuel, Jr.,
Norfolk, Va.; three grandchildren, James Burwell Samuel, Benjamine Cheaver
Samuel, and Sarah Teresa Samuel, Norfolk, Va. and several other relatives.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday,
April 16, from the chapel of Pearson-Treadwell Funeral Home with the Rev.
Freddie Wheeler and Mr. Nolan Dubose officiating.
Interment followed in the Hortense Cemetery.
Pearson-Treadwell Funeral Home of Blackshear
was in charge of arrangements.
SAPP, Mary Eugenia (Manley)
The Brunswick News; Saturday 12 May 1917; pg. 1 col. 3
MRS. MARY SAPP PASSES AWAY—Leaves a Large Family to Mourn
Her Sad Death.
Mrs. Mary Sapp died last night at her home,
corner of Lee and L streets at 10:30 o’clock, after an illness of long duration.
The deceased leaves seven children, Mrs. Nay Knight, Mrs. W.A. Sapp,
Misses Lucy, Janie and Retta Sapp, and P.H. Sapp and J.J. Sapp. Her husband,
J.L. Sapp, and sister, Mrs. J.L. Seague, also survive.
The funeral will occur this afternoon at 3:30 o’clock from the home
of the deceased, Rev. B.A. Pafford officiating.
SAUNDERS, Mamie
(Hitch)
The Brunswick News; Thursday 25 October 1934; pg. 8 col. 5
MRS. J.G. SANDERS [sic] BURIED HERE TODAY
Mrs. J.G. Saunders, prominent and pioneer
resident of Lowndes county, who once resided in Brunswick, died yesterday
afternoon at the home of Dr. and Mrs. J.P. Prescott, near Valdosta, and she was
buried here at 4 o’clock this afternoon beside her husband, who died and was
buried here several years ago. The funeral here was in charge of Mortician Edo
Miller and followed funeral services conducted at the Lake Park Methodist church
this morning.
Mrs. Saunders was the widow of the late J.G.
Saunders, of Lake Park, a pioneer in the development of the peanut industry in
south Georgia into commercial importance. Since his death Mrs. Saunders
continued to make her home at Lake Park, where she was influential in the
religious life of that community. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Annie
Hughes, Miami, Fla., and a number of nieces and nephews, Rev. J.W. Hitch,
presiding elder of the Valdosta Methodist district, and formerly of Savannah,
being among them.
SAVAGE, James
The Brunswick Call; Thursday 27 October 1898; pg. 1 col. 4
FUNERAL YESTERDAY—The funeral of Mr. James Savage occurred yesterday morning,
and a large number of friends of the deceased were present to pay the last sad
rites. The interment took place in Palmetto cemetery.
SAWYER, Doris
The Brunswick News; Monday 27 May 1996; pg. 3A col. 5
SERVICE WEDNESDAY FOR DORIS SAWYER
A memorial service for Doris Sawyer, 85, will be held 10 a.m.
Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church on Union Street with the Revs. Greg
Garis and Dan Thomas officiating.
She died May 22 at her residence in Brunswick.
SCARLETT, Bessie (Bailey)
The Brunswick Pilot; Friday 3 February 1928; pg. 1 col. 4
DEATHS
Mrs. Bessie Bailey Scarlett died at her home on Wright Square early
Sunday morning. Mrs. Scarlett was one of Brunswick’s pioneer and best loved
residents, widow of the late Francis M. Scarlett and mother of Frank M.
Scarlett, prominent attorney. Mrs. Scarlett had been ill for about two weeks,
pneumonia being given as the cause of her death. The funeral was held from the
family residence Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock and was attended by hundreds of
her friends and relatives. Besides her son, Mrs. Scarlett is survived by two
sisters, Mrs. H.C. Courvoisier and Mrs. Thomas Keany and one brother, David
Bailey, all of this city. Rev. T.W. Simpson conducted the funeral services.
SCARLETT, Frank D.
The Brunswick News; Friday 12 October 1951; pg. 10 col. 3
FRANK D. SCARLETT PASSES AWAY AT HIS COUNTRY HOME
Frank D. Scarlett, 73, life long resident of Glynn county, passed
away last night at the family home, Oak Grove, Fancy Bluff, after an illness
which had extended over a period of 12 or 15 years.
Mr. Scarlett was a member of a prominent Glynn county family. His
father was the late George S. Scarlett and his mother, Mrs. Virginia Tison
Scarlett, pioneer residents of the county.
Mr. Scarlett attended local public schools, and later for a number
of years he operated a boat line between Brunswick, Fancy Bluff and Spring
Bluff. In those days there was no direct highway to the Fancy Bluff area, there
being a dirt road, the distance from the city to Fancy Bluff via this road being
approximately 30 miles. He had been a life long member of Emanuel Methodist
church, located in the Fancy Bluff area.
He is survived by five sisters, Mrs. A.S. Hilsman, St. Simons
Island, Mrs. F.A. Dunn, Miss Meta Scarlett, Miss Pauline Scarlett, and Mrs.
Daisy S. Daniels, all of Fancy Bluff, and two brothers, G.S. Scarlett,
Winston-Salem, N.C., and .R.M. Scarlett, Fancy Bluff. A number of nieces and
nephews also survive.
Graveside funeral services will be held at the family cemetery at
Oak Grove Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock, to be conducted by the Rev. John
Jenkins. The pallbearers will be L.E. Chapman, Frank Ratcliffe, Alex Atkinson,
William Livingston, Ross Berrie and J.C. Davis. The Miller Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
SCARLETT, George Stanton
The Atlanta Constitution; Wednesday 9 April 1902; pg. 4 col. 3
DEATH OF G.S. SCARLETT, SR.—He Was One of Glynn’s Most Prominent Citizens.
Brunswick, Ga., April 8—(Special)—G.S. Scarlett, Sr., one of the
oldest residents of Glynn county, passed away at this home at Fancy Bluff at 7
o’clock yesterday morning. Mr. Scarlett has been seriously ill for many months
and his death was momentarily expected.
Mr. Scarlett leaves a large family to mourn their loss. Besides a
widow there are twelve children, among them is Mrs. J.L. Beach, wife of the
former prison commissioner, G.S. Scarlett, Jr., of the Southern railway, Mrs.
Hillsman [sic], of Macon, Messrs. Mason and Frank Scarlett, of this city.
The deceased was one of the most prominent citizens of the county
and had many friends in this city. The funeral occurred this morning, the
remains being interred in the family cemetery at Fancy Bluff. A special boat
went from Brunswick with a large number of friends.
SCARLETT, Helen Sheffield
The Atlanta Constitution; Sunday 12 December 1920; no page/column
HELEN SCARLETT, POPULAR GIRL OF BRUNSWICK, DIES
Brunswick, Ga., December 11—(Special)—Miss Helen Scarlett died at
the city hospital yesterday afternoon, following an illness of several days.
News of her death came as a shock to her many friends in the city.
Miss Scarlett was a member of one of the best-known Glynn county
families. She was the youngest daughter of Mrs. George S. Scarlett, of Fancy
Bluff, and was born and reared in the country home of her parents. After
graduating at the local high school she attended the State Normal school at
Athens. After completing the course there she taught school a few years and
then returned to her home.
She is survived by her mother; six sisters, Mrs. A.S. Hillsman [sic]
and Mrs. J.L. Beach, of Brunswick; Mrs. Frank A. Dunn and Miss Pauline Scarlett,
of Augusta; Mrs. B.A. Daniel, of Tampa, and Miss Meta Scarlett, of Atlanta; four
brothers, Frank, Mason and Robert Scarlett, of Brunswick, and G.S. Scarlett, of
Birmingham. She had also a brother, Julian Scarlett, the young Brunswickian who
was a member of the crew of the steamship Cyclops, the disappearance of which
yet remains a great mystery.
The funeral took place this afternoon from the residence at Fancy
Bluff, with burial in the family cemetery.
SCARLETT, Mason Tison
The Brunswick News; Sunday 16 October 1932; pg. 8 col. 3
MASON SCARLETT DIES SUDDENLY AT HIS COUNTRY HOME
Mason Tison Scarlett, 64, years if age, a prominent resident of
Glynn county all of his life and widely known throughout the county, died
suddenly at his home at Fancy Bluff at an early hour yesterday morning. Mr.
Scarlett suffered a stroke of paralysis about two months ago from which he never
recovered.
The deceased, while residing at Fancy Bluff practically all of his
life, spent much of his time in his younger years in Brunswick. He was at one
time a member of the Brunswick Riflemen, had served the county as its receiver
of tax returns, and has represented his district in various county matters. He
was popular among all who knew him and news of his death will be a source of
much regret.
Mr. Scarlett was the eldest son of the late George Stanton Scarlett
and Virginia Tison Scarlett, both members of an old and prominent Glynn county
family, and which has wide connections throughout south Georgia. In his early
life he was active in local affairs and was always ready and willing to lend an
aiding hand to the community in which he had spent his life.
The deceased is survived by three brothers, Frank Scarlett, Robert
M. Scarlett, receiver of tax returns, and Staunton [sic] Scarlett, of Saulsbury,
N.C., and the following sisters: Mrs. A.S. Hilsman, St. Simons; Mrs. Daisy
Daniels, Tampa; Mrs. F.A. Dunn, Jacksonville; Miss Meta Scarlett, Atlanta, and
Miss Pauline Scarlett, Fancy Bluff. A number of nieces and nephews also
survive.
Funeral services will be held at the residence this afternoon at 3
o’clock and interment will be in the family cemetery near the Scarlett home,
where five generations of his family rest. The pall bearers will be as
follows: Mumford Tison, Scarlett Beach, Frank Ratcliffe, Perry Middleton, Harry
Bell, Tom Matthews. Mortician Edo Miller will be in charge.
SCARLETT, Meta Holt
The Brunswick News; Saturday 26 September 1964; pg. 12 col. 2
MISS
SCARLETT, RETIRED TEACHER, SUCCUMBS AT 84
Miss Meta Holt Scarlett, 84, a retired school teacher, died
yesterday at a local nursing home.
Daughter of the late George Stanton Scarlett and Virginia Tison
Scarlett, Miss Scarlett was born at Oak Grove. She graduated from State Normal
School in Athens and taught in the Glynn County school system on Blythe Island
and for 35 years at the English Avenue School in Atlanta where she was assistant
principal. Miss Scarlett was a musician and was proficient on the violin and
cello.
Survivors include one sister, Miss Pauline Virginia Scarlett, and
one brother, Robert Mitchell Scarlett, both of Oak Grove.
Graveside services will be held tomorrow at 3 p.m. at the family
cemetery 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: T.L. Dean, W.W. Cave, B.N. Nightingale, C.K. Curry, Perry
Middleton, W.H. Watts, Rex Williams, Max Williams, Hugh Baumgartner, Luther
Chapman Sr., J.C. Taylor, Ross Berrie, Dr. J.B. Avera and John Watson.
The Edo Miller & Sons Funeral Home is in charge.
SCARLETT, Pauline Virginia
The Brunswick News; Tuesday 4 May 1982; pg. 22A col. 6 & pg. 3A col. 1
MISS
SCARLETT DIES ON MONDAY
Pauline Virginia Scarlett, 91, lifelong resident of Glynn County,
died yesterday at the local hospital after an extended illness.
Miss Scarlett was a lifelong member of Emanuel Methodist Church
where she taught Sunday school and played the organ for 40 years.
She was the granddaughter of Frances Muir Scarlett, who was born in
London, England in 1785. He came to Glynn County as a young man and established
the Scarlett home place known as “Oak Grove,” on Georgia Highway 84. The home
was closed in 1975.
Miss Scarlett is survived by nieces, Mrs. J.A. Blanton and Mrs. H.F.
Adickes of St. Simons, Mrs. R.L. Pettigrew of Tappahannock, Va., Mrs. Rebecca
Jackson of Atlanta, Mrs. Paul Dimmick of Lakewood, Ohio and Mrs. Marian Tison
Harley of Brunswick; nephews, Henry T. Dunn of Lewisberg, W. Va., George
Scarlett Beach of St. Simons and Georgia Stanton Scarlett of Brunswick; and a
number of great nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be held at the family cemetery at Oak Grove
at 11 a.m. tomorrow with the Rev. Monroe Bennett officiating. Mrs. Robert
McGregor will sing.
Honorary pallbearers will be Edgar Ratcliffe, W.T. Livingston, Jack
Livingston, H.D. (Bud) Bell, G.B. Ham, Robert McGregor, William O’Quinn, Watkin
O’Quinn, Max Williams, W.W. Cave, Kenneth Middleton, John L. Patterson, Dr.
William Humphries and Dr. Haywood Moore.
Edo Miller & Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
SCARLETT, Robert Mitchell
The Brunswick News; Monday 4 January 1965; pg. 14 col. 3
R.M.
SCARLETT, FORMER OFFICIAL, TAKEN BY DEATH
Robert Mitchell Scarlett, born Oct. 8, 1882 at the family home in
Oak Grove, died yesterday at a local nursing home after an extended illness.
Scarlett served a lengthy tenure as Glynn County tax collector and
was a member of the Glynn County Democratic Executive Committee. A farmer and
timberman, Scarlett was prominent in public affairs of his day.
Survivors include a sister, Miss Pauline Scarlett, Oak Grove. He
was one of 12 children of the late George S. and Virginia Tyson [sic] Scarlett.
He was a member of the Emanuel Methodist Church.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at graveside in Oak
Grove Cemetery at the family home off the Waycross Highway. The Rev. J.T.
Pennell will officiate.
Pallbearers will be William Livingston, H.D. Bell, J.C. Davis, Edgar
Ratcliffe, Robert McGregor and Kenneth Middleton.
Honorary: W.T. Cave, Bernard N. Nightingale, Chapman Curry, Perry
Middleton, W.H. Watts, Rex Williams, Max Williams, Hugh Baumgartner, Luther
Chapman, Sr., J.C. Taylor, Ross Berrie, John Watson, Dr. J.B. Avera, T.L. Dean,
G.L. Bennett, J.M. Exley, Walton O’Quinn and William O’Quinn.
The Edo Miller & Sons Funeral Home is in charge.
SCARLETT, Sarah E. (Hull)
The Brunswick Times-Advertiser; Sunday 18 November 1894; pg. 1 col. 3
MRS.
SCARLETT’S DEATH—The Sad Event Occurred Friday Afternoon—The Funeral Yesterday.
Mrs. Sarah Scarlett died at the residence of Mr. Mark Verdery, on
Union street, Friday afternoon at 5 o’clock.
Mrs. Scarlett was the mother of Mrs. D.D. Atkinson, Mrs. Mark
Verdery and Messrs. Frank M. and Joseph H. Scarlett, all of this city. They
were all at her bedside when death came, as were also other relatives,
ex-Governor Hull, of Florida, and Mr. Joseph Hull, of Savannah.
The funeral services were held at the residence yesterday morning
and were conducted by Rev. R.C. Gilmore. The remains, accompanied by the
relatives and a number of friends, were taken to Fancy Bluff on the Steamer
Ruby, and interred at the family burying ground yesterday afternoon. The
sorrowing relatives are the recipients of universal sympathy.
SCARLETT, W. Gustavus
Advertiser & Appeal; Saturday 19 January 1884; pg. 7 col. 4
SUMMONED HENCE
It is our painful duty to chronicle three deaths in our city this
week.
First, Mr. Gus Scarlett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Scarlett, of
Spring Bluff, Camden county, a young man of happy promise. He had just arrived
at full manhood, and had a bright and promising future before him, but the
summons came, and his young spirit left to return to God who gave it. He was a
member of the Methodist church, and at the time of his death, and for months
past, has been in the employ of Mr. R.B. Reppard in this city. His remains were
taken to the old family cemetery, near Fancy Bluff for interment. As we saw
that fond mother, devoted father and loving brother and sister follow his
remains on board the steamer that was to bear them hence, we could but rejoice
in the thought that in the Great Beyond there shall be no more separation.
Second, Mrs. Whitfield, the mother of our townsman, Col. Bolling
Whitfield in the 55th year of her age. Although a comparitive [sic] stranger in
our midst, many sympathizing friends escorted her remains to the grave from the
Baptist church of this city and lovingly laid her away to rest, till the grand
trump shall sound to call her forth once more.
Third, Mr. L.D. Hoyt, senior member of the hardware firm of L.D.
Hoyt & Co., of this city. Mr. Hoyt came to our city some twelve or fourteen
years ago. Full of life and energy, he hos [sic] ever worked to build up our
city, and increase her material prosperity. The influence of such men as he is
always felt in every community. But he is gone, and we shall see his happy face
no more in our midst. His funeral took place at his residence on Thursday
afternoon last, Rev. A.C. Ward officiating. He leaves a wife and several young
children, besides a grown son, to mourn his loss.
SCHLATTER, Charles Lyon Jr.
Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003; The
Atlanta Constitution; 1891
BRUNSWICK, Ga., May 10--(Special)--Dr. C.L. Schlatter, an old resident of
Brunswick, and a member of the drug firm of William Crovatt & Co., was found
dead in bed here today. Heart failure was the cause of his death.
SCHLATTER, Charles Lyon Sr.
Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003; The
Atlanta Constitution; 5 August 1886
DEATH OF COLONEL SCHLATTER
Brunswick, Ga, August 4--(Special)--Colonel Charles L. Schlatter, late general
manager and vice president of the Brunswick and Western railroad, and formerly
chief engineer of the state of Pennsylvania, died here this afternoon in the
seventy-ninth year of his age. Colonel Schlatter was one of the oldest civil
engineers of note in the United States.
SCHLATTER, Fannie C.
Advertiser & Appeal; Vol. 2, No. 10; Wednesday 7 June 1876; pg. 1, col. 3
DEATH OF MRS. SCHLATTER
On Friday
morning last (June 2, 1876), our citizens were startled with the sad
announcement that Mrs. Fannie C. Schlatter, wife of Col. Charles Schlatter, of
this city, had died suddenly during the night. It appears she retired as
well as usual on Thursday night, but awoke at an early hour the next morning,
feeling ill, and summoned her youngest daughter (the only other member of the
family at home); but before either physician or friends could be gotten, she
gently passed away.
We extend to the bereaved family our warmest sympathy, in this the hour
of their affliction.
SCHLATTER, R.
Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003; The
Atlanta Constitution; 21 November 1893
ONE
CASE AND ONE DEATH—The Weather Growing Colder and Hopes Are Entertained of
Frost.
Brunswick, Ga., November 20—Only one case of yellow fever reported
today. Miss Hattie Mock, white. There was one death, R. Schlatter, white.
Eight patients were discharged, three of them being whites, as follows:
Elizabeth Gale, E.H. Peterson, Joseph Luke.
The weather has been growing colder since early morning, with a
light northeast wind, which now seems veering toward the north. Some entertain
hopes of frost. The thermometer at 7 o-clock p.m. registered 31 degrees.
SCHOPFER, Maggie Nora (Hutto-Manning)
The Brunswick News; Thursday 29 March 1951; pg. 14 col. 6
ILLNESS IS FATAL TO MRS. SCHOPFER
Mrs. Maggie Nora Schopfer, 2808 Ellis street,
died unexpectedly yesterday at City Hospital.
Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 11 o’clock at the
Norwich Street Baptist Church with the Rev. C.H. Moss officiating, and burial
will follow in the Taylor’s Chapel cemetery. Miller’s Funeral Home will be in
charge of arrangements.
Active pallbearers will be Leroy Herrings, R.A. Palmer, Ernest
Crandall, Franklin Crandall, Isaac Corbitt, and Benny Brunegraff. Honorary
pallbearers will be Tom Stutts, Jack Moran, G.A. Watkins, L.O. Godwin, Tom
Symmes, Henry Niemeyer, Coris Gay and G.H. McCullough.
Mrs. Schopfer was born in Orangeburg, S.C., on July 25, 1888. She
had been a resident of Brunswick for approximately 35 years and was a member of
the Norwich Street Baptist Church.
Mrs. Schopfer is a survived [sic] by a son, Frank Schopfer of
Brunswick, and two grandsons, Frank Schopfer, Jr., and Thomas Benjamin Schopfer.
SCOTT, Mrs. Lydia M.
The Brunswick News; Tuesday 26 August 1930; pg. 8 col. 3
MRS.
LYDIA SCOTT DIED SUDDENLY IN CITY LAST NIGHT
Mrs. Lydia M. Scott, 79 years of age, passed away suddenly at 10:30
o'clock last night at the home of her daughters, Mrs. A.L. Church, on Union
street. While Mrs. Scott had not been confined to her bed recently, she was not
in the best of health. However, she was not ill last night, being stricken
suddenly and died within a short time afterwards.
The deceased has resided in Brunswick and St. Joseph, Mich., for
many years. She usually spent the winters here with her daughter, going to her
Michigan home in the summer. During the many years that she has resided here
she has made an unusually large circle of friends, all of whom were grieved to
learn of her death. She was possessed of a sweet disposition, was kindly and
friendly, and will be missed by those who knew her best and have been associated
with her.
Before her marriage to Dr. Alexander A. Scott many years ago, Mrs.
Scott was Miss Lydia M. Caldwell, and resided at Bingham, N.Y. After her
marriage many years ago to the late Dr. Scott, who died in Brunswick fifteen
years ago, she removed to St. Joseph and has resided there ever since, spending
a portion of her time with her daughter.
The deceased is survived only by Mrs. Church and one grandchild,
Miss Julia Church.
Short funeral services will be held tonight at the Church residence
at 9 o'clock, and the remains will then be forwarded to St. Joseph for
interment. Funeral services will be held in the Episcopal church of that city
Thursday afternoon.
Pallbearers, who are requested to meet at the residence tonight at
8:45 o'clock, are: Active--J.T. Whittle, C.H. Sheldon, J.P. Davenport, J.O.
Morgan, C.M. Peddicord, W.J. Butts, R.L. Phillips, C.B. Greer. Honorary--R.D.
Meader, Geo. P. Smith, F.D. Aiken, J.T. Colson, M.B. McKinnon, Joe B. Hand, R.S.
Pyles. Mortician Edo Miller will be in charge.
SCRIVENS, Anna Louise
The Brunswick News; Saturday 27 December 1997; pg. 3A col. 4
ANNA
L. SCRIVENS SERVICE MONDAY
The funeral for Anna Louise Scrivens, 46, will be 1 p.m. Monday at
Emanuel Baptist Church on St. Simons Island with the Rev. R.J. Leggett
officiating. Burial will follow in Memory Gardens.
She died Dec. 24.
Pallbearers will be Herbert Scrivens Jr., Ernest Scrivens, Willie
James Scrivens, David Stanley Scrivens and Kenneth Scrivens. Honorary
pallbearers will be officers of the church.
The body will be placed in the church one hour before service.
Surviving are her mother, Ruby Mae Scrivens; three daughters, Yvette
Scrivens, Sharon E. Collins and Jeanette Scrivens, all of Brunswick; five
brothers, Herbert Scrivens, Jr., Ernest Scrivens, Willie James Scrivens and
Kenneth Scrivens, all of Brunswick, and David Scrivens of Fayetteville, N.C.;
four sisters, Sabrina Young, Alalia Dunson, Loretta Tyson and Juanita Carter,
all of Brunswick; her grandmother, Rosa Jones of St. Simons; eight grandchildren
and several other relatives.
The Glynn County native was a homemaker and a member of Emanuel
Baptist Church of St. Simons.
Hall, Jones and Brown Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
SCRIVENS, Rufus
The Brunswick News; Wednesday 9 December 1987; pg. 3A col. 6
SCRIVENS RITES TO BE THURSDAY
The funeral for Rufus Scrivens, 32, of Brunswick, will be held at 1
p.m. Thursday at Greenland Baptist Church with the Rev. S.T. Thomas
officiating. Interment will be at Beach Hill Cemetery in Liberty County.
Scrivens died Dec. 4 at the Glynn-Brunswick Memorial Hospital.
Pallbearers will be cousins. Honorary pallbearers will be officers
of the church.
The body will remain at the funeral home until one hour prior to
services.
Scrivens is survived by his mother, Ruby Scrivens; a son, Rufus
Scrivens; five brothers, Ernest Scrivens, Willie Scrivens, David Scrivens,
Kenneth Scrivens, and Herbert Scrivens, Sr.; five sisters, Juanita Scrivens,
Sabrina Scrivens, Anna Scrivens, Loretta Scrivens, and Alalia Scrivens;
grandparents, Herman and Rosa Jones; and several nieces and nephews.
A native of Glynn County, Scrivens was a member of the Greenland
Baptist Church.
Hall and Jones Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
SELLERS, Vera Hazle
The Brunswick News; Monday 1 November 1982; pg. 3A, col. 5
Mrs. Vera Hazle Sellers, 53, of Baxley died Sunday at an Appling
County hospital following an extended illness.
Local survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Betty Shelton and Mrs.
Laverne Blanton and a son J.L. Sellers all of Brunswick.
Services will be held Tuesday, 3 p.m., at the Church of God of
Prophecy on Spruce Street in Baxley. Burial will follow at Omega Cemetery.
Strickland Funeral home of Baxley is in charge of arrangements.
SEMMES, Raphael
The Advertiser & Appeal; Wednesday 5 September 1877; pg. 2 col. 3
Admiral Raphael Semmes died on the 30th ult.,
at Point Clear near Mobile. One by one, the mighty warriors of the ‘lost cause”
are being gathered to their farthers [sic]. Their deeds, however, live after
them.
SHACKELFORD, Jane
The Macon Georgia Telegraph; Tuesday 9 February 1841; pg. 3 col. 5
At the Female College, in this city, on the 26th
ult., Miss JANE SHACKELFORD, daughter of F.R. Shackelford of Darien, formerly of
this place, in the 14th year of her age.
But some must die, e’en some in beauty’s bloom
Be laid within the cold and silent tomb.
The melancholy circumstances attending the untimely death of this
young lady, are briefly these:—She was a member of the College, and on the
Wednesday preceding her death, whilst alone in her room, thoughtfully engaged in
preparation for her customary recitations, her dress accidentally came in
contact with the fire, near which she was sitting, and was almost instaneously
[sic] enveloped in flames. With that calm self possession, which the war-worn
veteran, who has faced danger and death at the cannon’s mouth can never acquire,
and a resolution unknown to ordinary intellects, she endeavoured [sic] by her
own exertions to extinguish them; as calmly as if it was a premeditated act, she
strove to arrest their progress, but the advance of the devouring element was
too rapid to be subdued, by such means, and in the attempt her hands were
dreadfully burned. Assistance was called, and quickly came, but all too late.
The fire was quickly subdued, but its progress had been fatally rapid. Every
exertion that skill or kindness could devise to relieve the sufferer was put in
requisition, but in vain. She lingered in agony until the Tuesday following,
when her pure spirit took its flight to another and better world.
In contemplating the death of this young and innocent being, how
forcibly are we reminded of the admonition, “that in the midst of life we are in
death.” Alas! how uncertain is life—and by what a feeble tenure do we hold our
brief and transitory existence. But a few short days ago, she was among her
class-mates and associated, buoyant in health and happiness—and now her fondly
cherished memory is all that survives her this side of the grave.—Whilst utterly
secure as far as weak mortal vision could discern, and apparently beyond the
reach of danger, agony and death, the monarch of the grave approached in a new
and dreadful garb.—Meekly she obeyed the summons, and yielded her spirit to the
God who gave it. It is the beautiful and pious expression of one of the ancient
Greek philosophers, that “whom the Gods love die young”—in her case how
strikingly verified. Under any circumstances and in any form, the approach of
death is terrible to the young, but to her the bitter cup was sweetened by holy
resignation. It will be a melancholy satisfaction to her relations to know,
that though far from home and kindred, she died not among strangers. The ties
of affection are stronger than those of blood; and the attentions of her loved
and weeping associates smoothed the pillow and closed the eye in death. The
chasm in their once happy circle will not soon be filled, nor her fondly
cherished memory soon forgotten. Her name will live in fond remembrance in
their hearts, nurtured by the love they bore her in life, and distant years,
when the cares and troubles of a prolonged existence shall have satisfied them
of its vanity, they will look back upon all the misery and anguish she has been
freed from, and with heartfelt sorrow exclaim—
“Green be the sod above thee,
Friend of my better days,
None knew thee but to love thee,
None named thee but to praise.”—
B.
SHADMAN, W.A.
Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003; The
Atlanta Constitution; 18 May 1895
W.A. SHADMAN DROPS DEAD—His Home on St. Simon’s Island is
Historic
Brunswick, Ga., May 17—(Special)—W.A. Shadman,
an old citizen of St. Simon’s Island, dropped dead this morning. Shadman’s home
was historic by reason that the house he occupied sheltered Aaron Burr after his
duel with Hamilton, and also because in his olive grove, which is the only one
east of the Rockies, stands the stump of the tree from which the Constitution’s
bowsprit was cut. The deceased kept open house to all visitors and entertained
hundreds of people every summer.
SHARPE, Isabelle
The Brunswick News; Tuesday 7 February 1978; pg. 2 col. 4
SHARPE FUNERAL TO BE WEDNESDAY
Funeral services for Isabelle Sharpe, who died
Saturday at the Medical Art Center, will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday at the
First African Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Greenwood Cemetery. The
Rev. F.B. McKenzie will officiate.
Pallbearers will be the deacons of the First
African Baptist Church. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Trustee
Board of the First African Baptist Church.
The deceased was a member of the First African
Baptist Church and a native of Brunswick.
She is survived by one brother, George Dennis
of Brunswick; and one sister, Mrs. Ellen Dennis of Brunswick.
The body will go to the church one hour before
services.
Brunswick Funeral Home is in charge of funeral
arrangements.
SHEFFIELD, Jackson
The Savannah Tribune; Saturday 21 September 1918; pg. 1 col. 5 & pg. 4 col. 2
MR. JACKSON SHEFFIELD KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT—Was
Wealthiest Negro In Glynn County
Brunswick,—Mr. Jackson Sheffield, one of the best known and wealthiest Negroes
of this section of the state, was instantly killed in his automobile Friday
afternoon about 4 o’clock as [he] and his wife were riding, the machine
colliding with an outgoing Atlantic Coast line passenger train at the ball park
street crossing on Norwich street. Mr. Sheffield was instantly killed while his
wife who was occupying the front seat, escaped death with injuries not yet
ascertained.
According to eye witnesses, Mr. Sheffield no doubt would have saved
his life had any signal been given of the approach of the onrushing train which
it is stated was running twenty minutes late. Mr. Sheffield was headed north
out Norwich street. The train was rounding the curve by the ball park and could
not bee seen by him until it was right on the car. The engine plowed through
the car and completely demolished it. Mrs. Sheffield was knocked out of the car
clear of the path of the speeding train and when picked up was seemingly not
seriously injured. Mr. Sheffield was injured in several places, the injury
causing his death being just above his heart. He too was thrown out of the car
by the impact and when he was picked up life was extinct. His body was carried
to the undertaking establishment of John Byrd. Mrs. Sheffield was rushed to the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Chas. T. Hoskins, on Gloucester street.
Mr. Sheffield was the most prosperous Negro in Glynn county. He
owned a large and beautiful home near Everett City, several thousand acres of
land being in the tract. He also owned much other real estate in the city and
county. He was unusually popular among his people and had scores of friends
among the people of the city and county.
Mr. Sheffield was born in Everett city, October 26, 1864. He
married Miss Carrie Williams, of Wareboro, Ga., thirty-six years ago. Aside
from his wife, he is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Chas. F. Hoskins, four
brothers, Messre. Robert, Emanuel, Dock and James Sheffield; and one sister,
Mrs. Ceilie Duffy, all of Everett City, Ga.
His funeral was held 10 o’clock Sunday morning at Grace A.M.E.
church, this city, the Rev. W.A. Holmes, of Statesboro, conducting the
services. The honorary pall bearers were Prof. W.A. Perry, G.F. Allen, R.S.
Fuller, H.E. Dent and W.A. Stewart, six being selected from the K. of P. of
which he was a member. The interment was at Oak Grove cemetery.
The funeral was one of the largest Brunswick has ever witnessed.
SHEFFIELD, P.L.
The Brunswick News; Saturday 12 December 1964; pg. 12 col. 3
P.L. Sheffield, Stricken, Dies
P.L. Sheffield, of Sheffield Distributing Co., died today of an apparent
heart attack, according to Edo Miller & Sons Funeral Home.
Sheffield was stricken in the office of a local doctor where he had gone
for a check-up after complaining of chest pains, a Miller official said.
Sheffield lived at 114 Wesley Oaks, St. Simons Island. He was in his
fifties.
SHELTON, Ruben William
The Brunswick News; Thursday 10 September 1981; pg. 9A cols. 6&7
R.W.
SHELTON, 42, DIES ON MONDAY
Services for Ruben William "Squeeky" Shelton, 42, who died Monday after
a short illness, will be Friday at 4:30 p.m. in the chapel of Edo Miller & Sons
Funeral Home.
The Rev. Jerome Lewis will officiate assisted by James DePratter.
Interment will follow in Palmetto Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be Edward Williams, Raymond Yawn, Alvin Todd,
Charles O'Neal, Ronnie Fulton, Wayne Brogdon, Junior Brogdon, Vernon E. Hand
Jr., and Elbert Hand.
Honorary pallbearers will be Rev. Louis Berthiaume, L.M. Drury, Aubrey
Taylor, Jack Hutto, Ray Sorrow, Bo Sam McGowan, Benny Hawes, Eddie Parker, and
Louis Whittington.
Mr. Shelton was a native of Tyronza, Ark. and had been a resident of
Glynn County for the past five years. He was owner and operator of Shelton
Mobile Home Service.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Betty Sellers Shelton, Brunswick; three
daughters, Mrs. Cynthia S. Sapp, Brantley County, Miss Lesa Shelton and Miss
Ranee Shelton, both of Brunswick; a son S. William Shelton, Brunswick; six
sisters, Mrs. Louise Gish, Alma, Ark., Mrs. Mattie Lee Miller, Mrs. Marie
Holiday, Mrs. Maxine Manchester, and Mrs. Violet Haynes, all of Kirksville,
Missouri, and Mrs. Shirley Jones, Ft. Smith, Ark.; three brothers, Erskin
Shelton, Jesup, Robert Shelton, Alma, Arkansas, and Louis Shelton, Kirksville,
Mo., several nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home tonight from 6 until
8.
Edo Miller & Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
SHELVERTON, Mrs.
The Brunswick Advertiser & Appeal; Saturday 28 March 1885; pg. 6 col. 2
Mrs. Shelverton, mother of Mr. Edward Shelverton, lately moved to
our city, died on Friday last, and was buried on Sunday. The service was
conducted by Rev. A.C. Ward.
SHELVERTON, Mrs. W.E.
The Brunswick Advertiser & Appeal; Saturday 10 October 1885; pg. 6 col. 5
DEATH OF MRS. SHELVERTON
A telegram from Atlanta to Mrs. J.E. Wood, of this city, announces
that her mother, Mrs. W.E. Shelverton, died on the 8th inst. at 5
p.m. Mrs. Shelverton left here some months ago to spend the summer in upper
Georgia, hoping to improve her health; but the change seemed to do no good, and
she continued to sink until the date above, when she died. Although her death
was not looked for, yet it brings with it is harrowing details—the separation of
loved ones, the breaking up of home and home influences, etc.
SHEPARD, Francis L.
Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003; The
Atlanta Constitution; 24 August 1897
SUDDEN DEATH OF A CHILD—Little Francis Shepard Died in Brunswick Sunday
Afternoon.
The body of little five-year-old Francis L. Shepard, the son of Mr.
F.B. Shepard, of 30 East avenue, arrived in Atlanta yesterday morning from
Brunswick, where the child died very suddenly Sunday.
The death of the child was very sudden and entirely unexpected.
Last Friday night he with his two brothers left for St. Simons in company with
friends of the family. About 8 o’clock [or 3?] in the morning Francis became
sick and when the party arrived in Brunswick he was immediately taken to the
Oglethorpe hotel.
At first it was thought he was not seriously ill, but later he grew
worse and his father was sent for, arriving there Sunday morning. At 1 o’clock
Sunday afternoon the child died.
The funeral will take place at the home on East avenue this morning
at 11 o’clock and this afternoon the body will be sent to Summerville, Pa.,
where it will be laid to rest beside his mother.
SHERMAN, Eugene F.
Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003; The
Atlanta Constitution; 14 July 1901
FUNERAL AT BRUNSWICK, GA.
Brunswick, Ga., July 13.—(Special.)—The funeral of Eugene Sherman,
the child who died from burns on St. Simon’s yesterday, occurred today.
SHERMAN, Helen Ruth (Culp)
The Brunswick News; Saturday 27 November 1992; pg. 3A col. 3
HELEN CULP SHERMAN DIES FRIDAY
Helen Ruth Culp Sherman, 75, of Brunswick died
Friday at the Southeast Georgia Regional Medical Center.
A graveside service will be held 1 p.m. Monday in Oglethorpe
Memorial Gardens on St. Simons Island with the Rev. Joe Glisson officiating.
Honorary pallbearers will be David Bankston, Davis Love III, Jeff
Knight, Michael Hudson, Byron Bankston, Jimmy Bankston and Dr. Lana Skelton.
The family will receive friends at the Bankston residence, 104
Longpoint Drive, Sugarmill, on St. Simons and requests memorials be made to the
charity of the donor’s choice.
Surviving are two daughters, Edwina Bankston of St. Simons and Nancy
Handley of Brunswick; five grandchildren, three great-grandchildren; several
nieces and nephews.
The Gettysburg, Penn., native had been a resident of Glynn County
for 23 years. She was retired form Davison’s of Sea Island and was a Methodist.
Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
SHRIVER, Hampton H.
Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003; The
Atlanta Constitution; 7 September 1901
SHRIVER KILLED BY STORY—Tragedy in Glynn County—Escape of the Slayer.
Brunswick, Ga., September 6.—(Special) Hamp Shriver, a well-known
resident of Glynn county, was shot and almost instantly killed today by a young
man named Story. The killing occurred near the six mile crossing and grew out
of a personal difficulty of some days ago. Sheriff Berrie was informed that
Story was en route to Brunswick to give himself up and went to meet him, but
this proved erroneous information and tonight story is understood to be going
the other way.
SIMMONS, Addie Parker
The Brunswick News; Saturday 15 October 1955; pg. 8 col. 3
MRS. J.W. SIMMONS DIES EARLY TODAY
Mrs. Addie Parker Simmons, wife of Dr. J.W.
Simmons, well known resident of Brunswick for over fifty years, died at the
Brunswick hospital this morning after a short illness.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow
afternoon at 4 o’clock at the First Methodist Church with the Rev. W.C. Bryant,
pastor of McKendree Methodist Church, officiating in the absence of the Rev. M.P.
Webb, pastor of the church. Interment will be in Oak Grove Cemetery under
direction of the Edo Miller & Sons Funeral Home.
Mrs. Simmons, a native of Liberty County, was
68 years of age. She had been a lifelong member of the Methodist Church. In
her earlier life she had been active in U.D.C. work, P.T.A. and was a member of
the Women’s Medical Auxiliary. The family resides at 924 Union Street.
Survivors besides her husband, are two sons,
J.W. Simmons, Jr., Charleston, S.C., and Dr. J.O. Simmons, Woodbine; one
daughter, Mrs. Mary A. Garrett, Brunswick. Eleven grandchildren, four great
grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Lily Plaspohl, Savannah, and one brother, Dr.
Rufus Parker, Charleston.
SIMMONS, Edward M. “Monk”
The Brunswick News; Wednesday 17 March 1976; pg. 2A col. 1
MONK
SIMMONS RITES THURSDAY
The funeral services for Edward M. “Monk” Simmons, 81, a resident of
2107 Parkwood Dr., who died at the local Hospital Tuesday, will be Thursday at 4
p.m. in the First Baptist Church of Brunswick with Rev. Hugh Garner officiating.
Entombment will follow in Palmetto Cemetery with military honors.
Active pallbearers will be A.M. Griffin, John Hall, George M. Young, Glenn R.
Spaulding, Esterlee Conley, and Paul T. Girtman. Honorary pallbearers will be
members of Carpenters Local No. 865, Dr. J.L. Owens, Jr., and Dr. R.H. Thompson.
Simmons had been a resident of Brunswick for the past 35 years and
was a retired carpenter. He was a veteran of WWI serving in the U.S. Army
Quartermaster Corp. and was a member of the Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie B. Young Simmons, Brunswick;
a daughter, Mrs. Fred W. Spaulding, Brunswick; a son, John James Simmons,
Brunswick; a sister, Mrs. Ruby Lee Reynolds, Hawkinsville, Ga.; a brother, Ralph
Simmons, Eastman, five grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
The body will be taken to the residence, 2107 Parkwood Dr., today
and will be placed on [sic] the church an hour prior to the service.
Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
SIMMONS, Jewel H.
The Brunswick News; Saturday 9 April 1994; pg. 3A col. 6
JEWEL H. SIMMONS DIES EARLY TODAY
Jewel Hays Simmons, 88, of Brunswick died early
today at her residence.
A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Monday at
Oak Grove Cemetery with the Revs. Carroll Crosby and Emory Willard officiating.
The family will receive friends at 924 Union
St. Sunday and requests memorials to the First United Methodist Church of
Brunswick.
Surviving are two sons, John W. Simmons III and
Bill Simmons, both of Brunswick; two daughters, Peggy S. Howell of Brunswick and
Beverly S. Davis of McGehee, Ark.; a sister, Elsie Piper of Atlanta; 14
grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
The Monticello native had lived in Glynn County
for 66 years. She was retired from civil service, having worked at NAS Glynco.
Mrs. Simmons was past president and lifetime
member of the Brunswick Pilot Club and was a hospital auxiliary worker at
Southeast Georgia Regional Medical Center for many years. She was a member of
First United Methodist Church of Brunswick.
Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home is in charge
of arrangements.
SIMMONS, John Wesley
(Dr.)
The Brunswick News; Monday 11 May 1959; pg. 16 col. 4
DR. SIMMONS, 78, LONG PROMINENT HERE, IS BURIED
Funeral services were held this morning at the
First Methodist Church for Dr. John Wesley Simmons, 78, who died Saturday
afternoon after an illness of six years.
Grandsons served as pallbearers for Dr.
Simmons, long prominent in both medicine and public affairs. Burial was in the
family mausoleum in Oak Grove Cemetery under direction of Edo Miller and Sons.
A native Georgian, Dr. Simmons practiced
medicine over 50 years. He was a charter member and past president of the
Brunswick Rotary Club. He was a former president of the Board of Trade, now the
Chamber of Commerce, and for years served on important committees of the
chamber, pursuing the progress and growth of Brunswick.
He was a lifelong member of the First Methodist
Church and served on the board of stewards. A Mason, he recently received his
30-year pin from Ocean Lodge. He served as parliamentarian of the Medical
Association of Georgia for 19 years.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Donald
Garrett, Atlanta; two sons, John W. Simmons, Jr., Brunswick, and Dr. James O.
Simmons, Woodbine; one sister, Mrs. Charles A. Smith, and one brother, both of
Waynesboro, Ga.; 11 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
SIMMONS, Monteen (Turner)
The Brunswick News; Monday 18 June 1984; pg. 3A col. 5
SIMMONS FUNERAL BEING HELD TODAY
Services for Monteen Turner Simmons, 68, a resident of Sterling who
died early Saturday at the Glynn-Brunswick Memorial Hospital after a short
illness will be held Tuesday.
She was a native of Appling County and had been a resident of Glynn
County for the past 35 years. She had been employed by Sea-Pak for the past 30
years. She was a member of the Holiness Church in Baxley.
She is survived by two daughters, Willene Lott of St. Simons and
Lulene Tison of Sterling. Two sons, Edward W. Simmons of Plant City, Fla. and
Gary Simmons of Sterling; two sisters, Irene Carter of Baxley and Pauline
Sellers of Savannah; a brother Bill Turner of Baxley; seven grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
Services will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the chapel of Edo Miller
& Sons Funeral with the Rev. Dorris Black officiating. Entombment services will
be held at 3:30 p.m. in Pleasant Grove Cemetery near Baxley.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home tonight from 6
until 9 o’clock.
Edo Miller & Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
SIMPSON, Infant
The Brunswick News; Thursday 20 February 1947; pg. 8 col. 6
DEATH OF INFANT
The little infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J.F. Simpson died at the City
Hospital last night. Funeral services were held today.
SIMS, Emma
Waycross Daily Journal; Monday 2 June 1913; pg. 4 col. 4
DEATH OF MRS. SIMS
Mrs. Emma Sims, aged 64 years, died at the home of her son, Mr.
Thomas Sims, on Reed street, at an early hour yesterday morning.
Funeral services, conducted by Rev. O.F. Cook, were held at the
house at 7 o’clock in the evening. The body was taken to Bainbridge on the
early morning train to be inferred in the family burial lot.
Mrs. Sims was a woman of lovely Christina character. The esteem in
which she was held in Waycross was evidenced by the large number of friends who
came to pay their last tribute of respect. The floral offerings were numerous
and beautiful.
The funeral arrangements were in charge of Mr. H. Lester Marvil.
SINCLAIR, Mr.
Advertiser & Appeal; Vol. 2, No. 26; Wednesday 20 December 1876 Supplement; pg.
1, col. 2
Sad Accident
On Saturday night (Dec. 16, 1876) last, as Mr. Sinclair, Machinist
at the B&A RR Shops of this city, was going to his boarding house from some
place on Bay street, the night being quite dark, it is supposed he missed his
way and fell into the well at the turpentine distillery (there being no
enclosure around it) striking his head against a piece of timber down in the
well above the water, inflicting a serious wound, which caused his death the
following day. What he must have suffered, none can tell, for, although he had
strength enough to crawl out of the well by a ladder that happened to be at
hand, was unable to get away or to call for help. He was found by policeman
Pitman just before day the next morning, and taken to his boarding house. Mr.
Sinclair is a machinist by trade, and has a family in Darien, we learn. He was
at one time engineer for Dodge, Meigs & Co, of St. Simons Mills.
Queries--Was it accidental? Whose fault is it that so dangerous a place
is left without an enclosure?
Advertiser & Appeal; Vol. 2, No. 28; Wednesday 3 January 1877; pg. 1, col. 2
Did he fall into the well?
The feeling is gaining ground that Sinclair the machinist, did not
die from injuries received from falling into the well at the turpentine still,
but from a blow on the head before falling into the well. The reason assigned
is that the piece of plank found in the well with hair sticking to it was no
part of the well itself, but simply a small piece of board floating on the
water. The presumption is that he was struck with that piece of plank and then
pushed into the well, and the plank thrown in after him.
Advertiser & Appeal; Vol. 2, No. 28; Wednesday 3 January 1877 Supplement; pg. 1,
col. 1
The last theory about Sinclair's death is that he never fell into
the well at all, but that he went up on the platform at the distillery to rest
and falling asleep rolled off and hit his head upon something hard, thus
inflicting the wound that caused his death. The blood in the well and hair on
the stick theories have exploded.
SLAY, Woodrow Sr.
The Brunswick News; Friday 26 February 1993; pg. 3A col. 1
WOODROW SLAY SR. FUNERAL SATURDAY
The funeral for Woodrow “Sunbuddy” Slay Sr., 70, of Brunswick will
be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Collins’ Funeral Home with the Rev.
Woodrow Slay Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery with full
military honors.
He died Monday in a Jesup nursing home.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 7 tonight at the funeral
home. They will be at 2107 M St.
Surviving are his wife, Johnnie G. Slay of Brunswick; his father,
Charlie Jordan of Brunswick; four sons, Woodrow Slay Jr. and Michael Slay, both
of Brunswick, Barry M. Slay of Atlanta and Kenneth L. Slay of Pigeon Forge,
Tenn.; four daughters, Joyce Slay Green and Cathy Slay Clap, both of Brunswick,
Karen Slay Waldon of Winder and Johnetta P. Slay of Atlanta; two sisters,
Margaret Slay Smith of Orlando, Fla., and Cleo Slay Sullivan of Brunswick; two
brothers, Johnny Lee Slay and Edward Slay, both of Savannah; 21 grandchildren,
two great-grandchildren, and several other relatives.
The Bibb County native had lived in Brunswick most of his life. He
was a veteran of World War II and was retired.
SLOAN, Raleigh E.
The Brunswick News; Monday 15 December 1997; pg. 3A col. 5
RALEIGH E. SLOAN DIES SATURDAY
Raleigh E. Sloan, 77, of Brunswick died Saturday at Southeast
Georgia Regional Medical Center.
The funeral will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Twin Rivers Baptist Church in
Hortense with the Revs. R.C. Mathis and Thomas Barnard officiating. Burial with
military rites will follow at Twin Rivers Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight at
Gordon-Harrison Funeral Home in Jesup.
Pallbearers will be grandsons.
Surviving are his wife, Eliza R. Sloan of Brunswick; five daughters,
Dale Weniger of Broxton, Gail Rowell of Hoboken, Susan Sloan of Brunswick, Amber
Young of Waverly and Sabrina Sloan of Panama City, Fla.; two sons, Ronald Sloan
of Hortense and Stanley Sloan of Waycross; four stepdaughters, Nell Courson,
Macy Ann Harrell, Kathy Robinson and Carmen Mathis, all of Hortense; two
stepsons, Bill Causey and Wayne Causey, both of Hortense; 18 grandchildren; nine
step-grandchildren; 1515 great-grandchildren; and five step-great-grandchildren.
He was a Brantley County native and a former resident of Hortense.
He had resided in Brunswick for the past 15 years. He was a member of the
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths,
Forgers and Helpers Union Local No. 901 in Brunswick.
He was a charter member of Twin Rivers Baptist Church in Hortense
and a member of the Pine Haven Baptists Church in Brunswick. He was a U.S. Navy
veteran of World War II.
SLOAN, Rosa (Mrs. John)
The Brunswick News; Sunday 22 August 1909 pg. 1 col. 6
MRS.
SLOAN PASSES AWAY—Aged Woman Died Yesterday Morning—Funeral Today.
Mrs. John Sloan, whose serious illness was reported in The News a
few days ago, passed away at 11.30 o’clock yesterday morning at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. C.J. Doerflinger, on Richmond street.
Mrs. Sloan was in her eightieth year. Besides Mrs. Doerflinger she
is survived by two other daughters, Mrs. M.A. Grady, of Savannah, and Mrs. A.F.
Boiffeulet, of Macon, and one son, Mr. Frank Sloan, of Columbus.
Mrs. Sloan has made her home in this city with her daughter for some
time, and had a large number of friends. She was a most estimable woman and was
loved by all who knew her.
The funeral will be held this afternoon at 4.30 o’clock, from St.
Francis Xavier’s Catholic church. The following gentlemen will act as
pallbearers: W.B. Fain, C.H. Dudley, John Ross, Albert Ross, C. McGarvey and M.
McGarvey. The interment will be in Oak Grove cemetery.
The News joins the many other friends in extending sympathy to the
bereaved family.
The Brunswick News; Tuesday 24 August 1909; pg. 1 col. 5
FUNERAL OF MRS. SLOAN—The funeral of Mrs. John Sloan, whose sad death was
chronicled in these columns on Sunday morning, occurred at 4.30 o’clock
yesterday afternoon from St. Xavier’s Catholic church. The pallbearers were
Messrs. C. McGarvey, M. McGarvey, W.B. Fain, C.H. Dudley, Andrew Ross and John
D. Ross. The interment occurred in Oak Grove cemetery.
SMALL, Mary
The Brunswick Times; Tuesday Morning, 8 February 1898
Drunk, She Drank Laudanum; Mary Small Quarreled With Her Best Fellow And Suicide
as a Subsequence
Mary Small, colored, who was over six feet tall and weighed 235
pounds, had a quarrel Sunday night (Feb. 6, 1898) with her best fellow. Mary
lived in A street lane, and, after her fuss with her lover, proceeded to fill up
on mean whiskey. While in this condition, she procured an ounce of laudanum and
drank it.
Mary's neighbors in the lane discovered her late Sunday night, in a dying
condition. Doctors were sent for, but non could be obtained, until, finally,
Dr. Hatcher appeared on the scene. He found it impossible to do anything for
the woman. She died at 11 o'clock.
Friends of the woman took up a collection yesterday to pay the expenses
of her funeral. They collected only $9.50. Undertaker Moore charitably
consented to attend the interment for that sum. The funeral will occur today.
SMITH, Col. Andrew J.
Advertiser & Appeal; Vol. 2, No. 33; Wednesday 7 February 1877; pg. 3, col. 6
IN
MEMORIAM, COL. A.J. SMITH
Col. Andrew J. Smith was born in Coweta County, Georgia, March the
1st, A.D. 1837. He was the son of Dr. Ira E. Smith, a physician of large and
lucrative practice, and a reputation coextensive with his State. Dr. Smith
represented Coweta county a number of terms in the Lower House of the Georgia
Legislature, and his Senatorial District several times in the State Senate. His
personal popularity, as a public man, was unsurpassed.
Col. Andrew J. Smith, graduated with the class of 1855, at Emory
College, Oxford, Georgia, at the early age of seventeen (17) years. His
standing at college, as the writer well remembers, (he having been a member of
the graduating class of 1854) was such as to win the admiration of his fellow
students, and to foreshadow the brilliant career which distinguished his after
life.
He was married in Coweta county, Dec. 24th, 1856 to Miss Lizzie
Tench.
He taught school several years after graduation, both in Texas and in
his native State, and, at one time, was Principal of the Palmer Female
Institute, at Oxford, Georgia. As a teacher, Col. Smith gave entire
satisfaction to his patrons, and won applause for himself.
He was admitted to the Bar, at the Henry county Superior Court, a
short time previous to the war. After the surrender, he resumed the practice of
his profession, the pursuit of which had been greatly interrupted by the events
of the war, and rapidly acquired reputation throughout middle Georgia, for legal
ability and eloquence. His ability as a criminal lawyer was so marked, as to
win for him the title of, "the S.S. Prentiss of the Georgia Bar."
In the year 1870, on account of his feeble health, and other
circumstances, Col. Smith removed to Brunswick, Ga., where he speedily attained
to the position of "leading lawyer of the place," the claim to which, was
cheerfully accorded him by the Bar, and people of the Brunswick circuit. At the
time of his death, he was the regular nominee of the Democratic party for State
Senator from the fourth Senatorial District, and would, doubtless, have been
triumphantly elected, had his valuable life been spared.
When the yellow fever became epidemic in Brunswick, Col. Smith sent
his family away, but determined, himself, to remain in the city, to aid in
caring for the sick, although he had but just recovered from a severe attack of
illness, and was as feeble as a child. Under the impulse of that noble nature
which so distinguished him among his fellows, and won for him the love and
admiration of all, he deemed it cowardice to desert his people in their time of
affliction, and remained, but to fall an early victim to the "fell destroyer."
He was among the first to place his name on the "roll of honor" as a member of
the Relief Committee, to nurse the sick, with whom he labored until stricken
down himself. He died Sept. 21, 1876, after four days of illness, at the age of
thirty-eight years. During his last hours, he talked of nothing but his family
who were then absent in middle Georgia where he had sent them for safety.
Although conscious that he must die, he exhibited no fear of death. Having
known no fear in the conflicts of life, his great spirit was unawed by the
approach of the last enemy, and he passed away as gently and as quietly as the
wearied child falls to sleep upon the bosom of its mother.
Thus have I briefly sketched the leading events in the life of this
truly great man. Having known Col. Smith in the hey-day of youth, when life was
all anticipation, and then again, more intimately among the conflicts and cares
of maturer years, the writer is prepared to appreciate his character to realize,
in a measure the value of his life, and to estimate the greatness of his loss,
now that he is gone. As a college youth, Col. Smith was noble, frank,
ambitious, hopeful. As a man, he was respectful, unsuspecting, generous to a
fault, careful of his honor, honorable to his enemies, (if he could be said to
have any) and true to his friends. As a lawyer, he was courteous to his
associates, deferential to authority, modest in victory, unawed by defeat, true
to his clients, and almost irresistible in the prosecution of their
rights. As a citizen, he met all his obligations, discharged all his duties,
and loved his State. As a husband and father, he was loving, tender, forgiving,
and provident. In short, in that feeble frame, which yielded to the too active
mind of Col. Smith, was encased as true a heart, as noble a soul, and as bright
and intellect as earth has ever known.
His family, his friends, his city, his State, the world, are
losers by his death. May his memory ever be cherished.
J.J.
HARRIS
Tuskawilla, Fla., Jan., 29, 1877.
SMITH, Bessie
(Scarlett)
Advertiser & Appeal; Saturday 10 January 1885; pg. 6 col. 5
DEATH OF MRS. IRA E. SMITH
We are called upon this week to chronicle the
death of Mrs. Ira E. Smith, nee Miss Bessie Scarlett. For many months
she has been a patient sufferer from Consumption, but at last the master has
called her home. The deceased was a member of the Presbyterian church, of this
city, and with all an exemplary Christian, a faithful wife and a devoted
daughter and sister. None knew her but to love her. But she has been called up
higher and we bow in humble submission. The saddened household have the
sympathy of our whole people.
Advertiser & Appeal; Saturday 10 January 1885; pg. 6
col. 5
OBITUARY—Died, on the 7th inst., at her home in this city,
Mrs. Ira E. Smith, wife of our esteemed townsman, Ira E. Smith, Esq., one of our
most respected citizens, in her twenty-ninth year. Young, lovely in person and
character—a character which had made her a loving and dutiful daughter, a
devoted wife, a friend to all with whom she came in contact, and the brief span
of her life has brightened and blessed the immediate circle of relatives and
friends in which she moved, and as the soft strains of distant music steal upon
and charm sense and soul beyond the immediate circle for which it is intended,
so has the lovely example of her womanly, Christian life spread the sunshine of
its influence into our homes and hearts, making all better for its presence, and
inspiring in all a tender love and reverence, which, at the beautiful funeral
service at the Presbyterian church, blossomed forth in the hearts of all the
large gathering of friends there met to pay the last sad tribute of respect, and
join their tears with the tears of the husband, father and sisters of the
deceased. It was a touching sight at the grave to observe the abandon of sorrow
among the old servants of the family, for the humblest who came within the range
of her influence loved her. To the touching and just tribute to her life and
character by Rev. Mr. Waddell, in his funeral discourse, spoken from an intimate
personal knowledge, nothing can or need be added. Short as her life has been,
its influence for good will never die. To the husband, father and sisters of
the deceased we extend our deepest sympathy in this sad bereavement. A FRIEND.
SMITH, Mrs. Callie L.
Advertiser & Appeal; Vol. 3, No. 5; Wednesday 25 July 1877; pg. 3, col. 1
The Watchman, of Greensboro, Alabama, announces the death of Mrs.
Callie L. Smith, wife of the Chancellor of the University. This is the mother
of our young friend Ira E. Smith, of this City. He has our heartfelt sympathy.
CONTINUED
Advertiser & Appeal; Vol. 3 No. 7; Wednesday 8 August 1877; pg. 1, col. 4
During the progress of Commencement exercises, many hearts were made
sad by the announcement of the death of Mr. Callie L. Smith, wife of Rev. L.M.
Smith, D.D., of Greensboro, Alabama, and mother of our friend Ira E. Smith,
Esq. In common with other friends, we express our sympathy to our friend and
townsman, but, more than that, to us her death is a personal loss, for we
claimed the honored privilege of her friendship. We mingle the tears of our
sorrow with the greater grief of our former and honored preceptor and friend.
SMITH, Cleo (Tankersley)
The Brunswick News; Friday 11 November 1983; pg. 12A col. 1 & pg. 3A col. 7
CLEO
T. SMITH DIES EARLY TODAY
Cleo Tankersley Smith, 61, of 112 Transvilla Trailer Park, died
early today at her residence after an extended illness.
She was a native and lifelong resident of Glynn County and was a
member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church and was a past member of C.C.W. at
St. Francis.
She was a graduate of Glynn Academy and began her career in 1956
with Allied Chemical which is now L.C.P. For 27 years she was in the General
Accounting Office there.
She is survived by her husband, James Virgil Smith, Brunswick; two
daughters, Rita Carr Hedgepath of Kingston Springs, Tenn., and Patricia Ann
Moore of Stone Mountain; a sister, Frances George, Brunswick; four brothers,
Eddie Tankersley, Hugh (Shug) Tankersley, Vernon Tankersley, and Chris Vassa
Tankersley, all of Brunswick; a grandson, and a great-grandson, both of Kingston
Springs, Tenn., several nieces and nephews.
Services will be at noon Saturday in the chapel of Edo Miller & Sons
Funeral Home with the Rev. Raymond Carr officiating. Interment will follow in
Taylors Methodist Churchyard Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be Earl McEachern, Sam Cauley, Billy
Tankersley, Jerry Davis, Roger Chapman, and Mike Stopchuck.
Honorary pallbearers will be L.K. Robinson, Bruce T. Smith, W.R.
Deal, Randall Coward, A.P. Digianfrancesco, J.F. Scott, Dr. John L. Hobson,
Richard Tankersley, Shannon Haines, and office personnel of L.C.P.
The body will remain in the funeral home for services. The family
will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. tonight.
The family requests those wishing to make contributions to the
American Cancer Society.
Edo Miller & Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
SMITH, Fannie
The Brunswick News; Monday 12 December 1960; pg. 14 col. 3
MISS
SMITH, 85, DIES AT RESIDENCE WHERE BORN HERE
Miss Fannie Smith, 85, died last night at her residence, 721 Grant
Street, after an illness of about three years.
Miss Smith, lifelong resident of Brunswick, was living in the same
home in which she was born. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church.
Her father, Thomas F. Smith, was editor of a Brunswick newspaper and died during
the yellow fever epidemic here.
Survivors are a niece, Mrs. Frank Stanley Herring, Milledgeville,
Ga.; one nephews, Hansell Hall, Milledgeville, Ga.; one great niece, Mrs. Frank
Holt Stedman, Atlanta, Ga.; one great nephew, Dr. Thomas Marshall Hall, Macon;
and six great-great nieces and nephews.
Funeral services, under the direction of the Edo Miller and Sons
Funeral Home, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’clock at the residence,
with the Rev. Robert L. McBath, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church,
officiating. Interment will be in Oak Grove Cemetery.
The following will serve as active pallbearers: Julian Bennet,
Edwin Sherman, A.M. Harris, Sr., I.M. Aiken, Sr., John A. Harvey, T.M.
Baumgardner, Norman Way and Edwin Royal.
Honorary: William A. Way, Clyde Taylor, Dr. J.B. Avera, Carl Hyer,
Frank Scarlett, A.N. Shelander, Sr., and Paul Morton.
The body will be taken to the residence tomorrow.
SMITH, Ira E. i/o
Advertiser & Appeal; Saturday 9 June 1883; pg. 6 col. 4
Our deepest sympathy was aroused on Tuesday
last as we stood by the open grave of the little infant of Mr. and Mrs. Ira E.
Smith, and as we laid the little one to rest, we could but think how much of the
father’s pride and the mother’s joy was being buried there. We know “it is well
with the child,” but oh! how loth [sic] we are to give up the little cherubs
that so entwine themselves around our heart-strings. But God knows what is
best.
SMITH, John O.
The Brunswick News; Monday 21 October 1946; pg. 8 col. 1
THALMANN MAN DEAD; TWO ARE BEING HELD—JOHN O. SMITH DIES
EARLY TODAY OF INJURIES SUSTAINED SATURDAY
Two young men from Thalmann district are being
held by county police on investigation for murder following the death early
today at the City Hospital of John O. Smith, 53, of Thalmann, who died of
injuries received when he was allegedly run over by an automobile driven by the
two men early Saturday morning.
Following what County Police Chief H.E. Burch
said was apparently a wild drinking party at a juke-joint operated by A.J.
Strickland on State Highway 32, a little beyond Thalmann, A.C. Blount, 24, and
Ernest Pollard, 26, both of Thalmann left in an automobile reportedly driven by
Blount between 1 and 3 o’clock Saturday morning to drive DeWit Howe and G.W.
Freeman home.
In front of the establishment, police said, was Mr. Smith, who
departed about the same time to walk home. Chief Burch said that Blount ran
over Smith with the car, then stopped the car, and the men dragged Smith off to
the side of the road. They then got back into the car, according to police, and
Blount and Pollard drove the other two men home and came back to the spot where
they had run over the man.
The picked up Mr. Smith, Chief Burch said, and took him home and put
him in bed, and departed. No report was made to police at this time about the
incident, Chief Burch said.
Saturday afternoon, when it was apparent that Mr. Smith was
seriously hurt, an ambulance was called and he was taken to the City Hospital
late Saturday afternoon. On arrival, hospital attaches notified county police
that Mr. Smith had apparently been beaten up or run over and an investigation of
the case was begun, resulting in the arrests of Blount and Pollard.
Mr. Smith died early today, and this morning Chief Burch continued
the investigation before brining formal charges against the men. Police did not
announce whether or not their investigation revealed what had taken place in
Strickland’s prior to the running over of Mr. Smith.
Mr. Smith was well known in the Thalmann section, having lived here
for a great number of years. Survivors include his mother, one daughter, Mrs.
R.L. Summer of Brunswick; two brothers, Troy Smith of Savannah and D.P. Smith of
Charleston; two sisters, Mrs. F.A. Harrison and Mrs. W.H. Phillips, both of
Thalmann.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete pending the arrival of
relatives. Gibson-Hart Funeral Home will be in charge of the services.
SMITH, Josephine
The Brunswick News; Monday 15 October 1945; pg. 8 col. 3
MISS SMITH, OLD LOCAL RESIDENT, DIES HERE TODAY
Miss Josephine Smith, life long resident of
Brunswick and known by an unusually large number of friends, passed away early
today at the family residence, 721 Grant street. She had been in ill health for
a number of years, and her condition had been critical for the past several
weeks.
Miss Smith was born in Brunswick February 8,
1871, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. T.F. Smith, and except for a short
interval had resided here throughout her life. Her parents were prominent
pioneer Brunswick residents. Mr. Smith was the second editor of the old
Brunswick Seaport Appeal, one of the first newspapers ever published here. He
served as editor of the weekly publication from 1869 to 1876.
Miss Smith taught school at her home here for
38 years. Later she went to Quitman, where she taught for four years, and
returning to the city she again taught and coached students; therefore in all
she taught for a period of approximately 45 years.
In her younger life Miss Smith was active in
various local circles. She was a lifelong member of St. Mark’s Episcopal
church.
Survivors include one sister, Miss Frances
Smith, of this city; a niece, Mrs. Frank Stanley Herring, New York City; a
nephew, Hansell Hall, of Milledgeville, a great-niece and a great-nephew.
Funeral services will be held at the residence
at 4 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. Talbert Morgan, of St.
Mark’s church, assisted by the Rev. T.L. Harnsberger. Burial will be in the
family lot in Oak Grove cemetery. The following will act as pallbearers: L.J.
Bennet, Frank L. Stacy, Dr. J.B. Avera, Bernard Nightingale, R.Y. Smith, Jr.,
Edwin Sherman. Funeral arrangements are in charge of Mortician Edo Miller.
SMITH, Kenneth L.
The Brunswick News; Tuesday 1 February 2000; pg. 4A col. 1
KENNETH SMITH
Kenneth L. Smith, 66, of Waynesville died Sunday at Satilla Regional
Medical Center in Waycross, following an extended illness.
The funeral will be 2 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Chambless
Funeral Home with the Rev. Joe Guthrie officiating. Burial will be in the
Greenlawn Cemetery in Waycross.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home beginning at 6
tonight.
Pallbearers will be Randy Smith, Kenneth Smith, Tony Smith, Bill
Sumner, Bob Mason and Bryan Bell.
Surviving are his wife, Betty Derrickson Smith of Waynesville; four
daughters, Debra Sumner of Hortense, Lori Ann Bell of St. Simons Island, Susan
Jan Smith of Brunswick and Amanda Smith of Waynesville; four sons, Randall Smith
of Wilkinson, Ind., Kenneth Smith and Steven Smith of Waynesville, and Tony Ray
Smith of Jackson, Ohio; four sisters, Betty Nel of Texas, Bethal Gibson and
Patricia Lawrey of Newcastle, Ind., and Belva Ward of Ohio; 24 grandchildren, 4
great-grandchildren, several nieces, nephews and other relatives.
A native of Henry County, Ind., he was a member of North Brunswick
Christian Church and was a retired maintenance worker from the Brunswick Housing
Authority.
SMITH, L.M. (Rev. D.D.)
The Brunswick Advertiser & Appeal; Saturday 12 July 1879; pg. 3 col. 1
Rev. L.M. Smith, D.D., and for many years President of Emory
College, died recently in Greensboro, Ala. He is the father of Mr. Ira E.
Smith, of this city.
SMITH, Lottie
Advertiser & Appeal; Saturday 6 September 1879; pg. 3 col. 2
We regret to chronicle the death of Miss Lottie Smith, oldest
daughter of the late T.F. Smith, of the Appeal. She died on 34th [sic]
ult. The stricken mother and relatives have the sympathy of the entire
community.
SMITH, Lovie Thompson
The Brunswick News; Saturday 17 January 1998; pg. 3A, col. 6
LOVIE T. SMITH SERVICE MONDAY
The funeral for Lovie Thompson Smith, 97, of Brunswick will be held 11 a.m.
Monday in the chapel of Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home with the Rev. David
Stokes officiating. Burial will follow in Palmetto Cemetery.
She died Friday at her residence.
Pallbearers will be Roger Thompson, Stephen Thompson, Frank Stuckey, Noble
Sorrow, Earl McNabb and David Lipthratt. Honorary pallbearers will be members
of the T.E.L. Sunday school class of Norwich Baptist Church, the Young at Heart
group, and the Fisherman Bible Class of the church.
The family will receive visitors from 3 to 5 Sunday and requests memorials
to be made to Norwich Baptist Church or the Alzheimer's Association of Glynn
County Chapter, 2007 I St., Brunswick, 31520.
Surviving are a son, Floyd Thompson of Brunswick, five grandchildren, 9
great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
The Wayne County native had lived in Brunswick for 82 years. She was a
member of Norwich Baptist Church and the T.E.L. Sunday school class.
SMITH, R.V.
The Brunswick News; Monday 15 April 1946; pg. 8 col. 4
CPL. R.V. SMITH IS REPORTED LOST BY WAR DEPARTMENT
Cpl. R.V. Smith, one of the youngest youths in
Glynn County to enter military service, being a Western Union messenger at the
time he enlisted, was officially reported lost in action by the War Department
on April 8.
Cpl. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smith,
204 Howe street, left here with the 121st Infantry, National Guard, in
September, 1940, and later trained as a paratrooper and was assigned to
Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, Parachute Infantry, at the time of his
death, presumably June 6 (D Day), 1944.
A report says the soldier was last seen with
members of his organization in the beach of Normandy with other wounded men
awaiting transportation across the channel in a hospital ship. No record of the
ship having reached England was ever received and it is presumed it was lost by
bombardment by the enemy.
Cpl. Smith is survived by his parents, six
brothers, Harold, Carnell and Calvin, who were also in service, and Albert,
Franklin and Edward Smith, and three sisters, Misses Cleo, Winell and Geraldine
Smith. He was reported missing in action in 1944.
SMITH, Robert W.
Advertiser & Appeal; Saturday 25 October 1884; pg. 6 col. 2
A telegram from Philadelphia, on Wednesday
last, announced the sudden death of Mr. Robert W. Smith, father of Mr. James
Herr Smith, Cashier of the First National Bank, of this city. The deceased was
one of the oldest citizens of Wrightsville, Penn., having attained his eightieth
year. He was in Philadelphia at the time of his death, visiting another son.
The many friends in this city of our Mr. Smith unite in sympathy with the family
in their affliction.
SMITH, Sarah Elizabeth
(Tench)
The Brunswick News; Wednesday 12 June 1929; pg. 8 col. 4
FORMER RESIDENT PASSED AWAY AT WASHINGTON HOME
Mrs. Elizabeth Tench Smith, ninety-two years of
age, and widow of the late Col. Andrew J. Smith, who, years ago, resided in
Brunswick, passed away in Washington on Sunday and her body will arrive in the
city tonight for interment in Oak Grove cemetery tomorrow morning.
E.B. Smith, son of the deceased, arrived in the
city today to make arrangements for the funeral tomorrow. Mr. Smith is a
prominent Washington newspaper man, being on the staff of the Washington Post
and is Washington correspondent for several large newspapers. He says it has
been thirty years since his last visit to Brunswick and he hardly knew the city.
With her husband and family Mrs. Smith resided
here for many years. Her husband at that time one of the best known lawyers in
south Georgia, died in Brunswick during the yellow fever epidemic of 1876 and
was buried in the same cemetery lot as his partner, the late John L. Harris,
with whom he practiced law for years.
Mrs. Smith is survived by her son and three
[sic] daughters, Mrs. John W. Parker, of Houston, Texas, Miss Marion Smith, of
Washington, who will arrive tonight to attend the funeral, and Mrs. Walker and
Mrs. Claybrook, of Austin, Texas.
Funeral services were held in Washington, and
there will be only short interment services tomorrow morning to be conducted by
Royal K. Tucker, of St. Mark’s Episcopal church.
SMITH, Susie (Taylor)
Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003; The
Atlanta Constitution; 20 August 1897
MRS. IRA E. SMITH, CRAWFORD, GA.
Crawford, Ga., August 19.—(Special)—Mrs. Ira E.
Smith, nee Miss Taylor, of Athens, Ga., third daughter of Colonel R.S. Taylor,
died here Monday. Mrs. Smith had been ill for some time, and when it was known
she could not recover she was carried from her home, Brunswick, Ga., four months
ago to her family.
SMITH, Thomas F.
The Darien Timber Gazette; Friday 29 September 1876; pg. 3 col. 5
We regret to announce the death of Thomas F.
Smith, the Editor of the Brunswick Appeal. Our patrons may not fell
[sic] this loss as we do. They cannot, there and under him we learned our trade
as a printer. Brunswick must mourn heavily under this loss for she had no
better friends than T.F. Smith; always her staunch and honest friend in the
common ups and downs of life and in this her sore great trial, like a man, as he
was, he remained at his post. Human sympathy avails but little when God lays
his hand on us, but that little and in all its feelings we give to the bereaved
wife and dear little children.
SNELLGROVE, Emmett
The Brunswick News; Monday 6 September 1982; pg. 3 col. 1
EMMETT SNELLGROVE DIES ON SATURDAY
Emmett Snellgrove, 79, of 101 Village Green
Apartments, St. Simons Island, died Saturday in Orangeburg, S.C. after a short
illness.
He was a native of Sumerton, a former resident
of Macon, and had been a resident of St. Simons for six months. He was a
graduate of Mercer University. He retired as chief administrative officer of
Bibb County. He was former city editor of the Macon Telegraph, a past president
of the Macon Civitan Club, a former member of the Macon Chamber of Commerce, and
was a public relations representative of the Georgia Peach Growers Association.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Catherine Carroll
Snellgrove of St. Simons; a daughter, Mrs. Charles D. Elyea of Waxhaw, N.C., two
step daughters, Mrs. Carroll Donovan of St. Simons and Mrs. Charles L. Ridley
III of Memphis, Tenn.; a brother, Tom Snellgrove of Stockbridge; 11
grandchildren; and two great grandchildren.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Snows
Memorial Chapel, Macon, with the Revs. Charles D. Elyea and Gordon K. Reed
officiating. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery, Macon.
Snows Memorial Chapel is in charge of
arrangements.
SORRELL, Amy Lee Maxwell
The Brunswick News; Monday 28 December 1987
(Top cut off of my copy) Set Wednesday for Amy Lee Sorrell
Graveside services for Amy Lee Maxwell Sorrell, 84 (could be 34 or
54, can’t read), who died Friday will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Memphis
Memorial Park Cemetery with Memorial Park Funeral Home of Memphis, Tenn. in
charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Sorrell is survived by two sisters, Mae Fenn of Brunswick and
Wilmoth York Whitman of Birmingham, Ala.; a brother, Joseph L. Maxell of Blythe
Island, and several nieces and nephews.
She was a native of Double Springs, Ala., and had been a resident of
Glynn county for the past 11 years, moving here from Memphis where she resided
for 45 years.
She was a member of Madison Height United Methodist Church of
Memphis and attended the First United Methodist Church of Brunswick.
She retired as secretary for the Lions Club of Memphis after 18
years of service. She was a member of the American Association of Retired
Persons.
Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home was in charge of local
arrangements.
SOUTHALL, Lessie
The Brunswick News; Friday 10 July 1998. pg. 2A cols. 5 & 6
Lessie Southall, 69, of Brunswick died July 3 at Southeast Georgia
Regional Medical Center.
The funeral will be 4 p.m. Saturday at Mount Orum Baptist Church in
Waverly with the Rev. T.L. Benton officiating. Burial will follow at the First
African Baptist Church in Fancy Bluff.
The body will be placed in the church an hour before the service.
Pallbearers will be Louis Roberts Jr., Donnie Mullino, Mance
Mullino, Winifred Hill, Alex Grant Jr. and Marvin Mullino. Honorary pallbearers
will be John Southall Jr., Bobbie Southall, Mance Mullino Sr., Lloyd Mullino,
Julius Mullino and Daniel Mullino.
Surviving are her husband, John W. Southall Sr. of Fancy Bluff; her
mother, Essie Lee Mullino; two sons, John W. Southall Jr. and Bobbie Southall;
five daughters, Mary Buggs, Essie Southall, Lessie M. Southall, Rosa L. Flowers
and Evette Evans; four brothers, Julius Mullino, Lloyd Mullino, Mance Mullino
and Daniel Mullino; three sisters, Flora Scott, Lula Grant and Florine Baker; 13
grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She was a member of Mount Orum Baptist Church in Waverly and the
Deaconess Board. She was a housewife.
Hall, Jones and Brown Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
SOUTHARD, James M.
The Brunswick News; Friday 23 October 1914; pg. 1 col. 6
DEATH OF J.M. SOUTHARD--FUNERAL SERVICES THIS MORNING, INTERMENT AT PALMETTO
CEMETERY
The many friends of J.M. Southard will learn with deep regret of his
sudden death in Austell, Ga., Thursday, Oct. 22.
The deceased, who was a Confederate veteran, was an old and well known
citizen of Brunswick. He leaves a wife and seven children, Messrs. Andrew,
Clarence and John Southard, of Atlanta; Earnest Southard, of Macon; Robert
Southard, of Brunswick, and Mrs. P. Ravenbark, Mrs. George Bradnack and Mrs.
W.M. Tillinghast, daughters of the deceased, and many other relatives who will
mourn his loss.
The following gentlemen will act as pallbearers:
J.E. Brockington, J.V. Mier, C.O. Jones, J.C. Cornelius, Wm. Miller and
Mike Barrett, all of whom are members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen of
America.
The remains will reach Brunswick this morning at 8:10 o'clock, over the
Southern railway. Interment at Palmetto cemetery, Rev. W.C. Francis of
McKendree M.E. church officiating.
The Brunswick News; Saturday 24 October 1914; pg. 1 col. 5
THE
LATE J.M. SOUTHARD BURIED AT PALMETTO--FUNERAL OF OLD BRUNSWICKIAN OCCURRED
YESTERDAY MORNING
The funeral of the late J.M. Southard was held yesterday morning
immediately following the arrival of the body over the Southern railway.
Many friends and relatives followed the remains to their last resting
place in Palmetto cemetery, where Rev. W.C. Francis, of McKendree, delivered a
touching tribute to the highly esteemed citizen.
SOUTHARD, Laura (Noble)
The Brunswick News; Tuesday 28 June 1938; pg. 8 col. 2
AN
AGED RESIDENT PASSES AWAY AT HOME HERE TODAY
Mrs. Laura Southard, 82, one of Brunswick's oldest and most highly
respected women, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sue Bradnack,
1716 Ellis street, at an early hour today.
Mrs. Southard had been in failing health for some time, and during the
past few weeks her condition had been critical, and for the past several days
she had been lingering between life and death. A resident of Brunswick
practically all of her life, Mrs. Southard was known and loved by an unusually
large number of friends, all of whom will be grieved to learn of her death.
Mrs. Southard is survived by four children, A.V. Southard, New Orleans;
R.H. Southard, Sarasota, Fla.; Mrs. Corinne Tillinghast, Atlanta, and Mrs.
Bradnack. Two sisters, one brother and several grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services were held at the residence at 3 o'clock this afternoon,
the Christian Science services being conducted, and burial followed in Palmetto
cemetery. The following served as pallbearers:
Active, Alf Brown, Hugh Cook, W.A. Whittle, Jr., B.W. Knight, C.V.
Abbott, L.E. Cowen; honorary, W.L. Harwell, D.W. Krauss, T.E. Poulson, Charles
Barnhill, J.E. Abbott, R.A. Gould, V.H. Royal, Paul Hyer, Edwin W. Dart. The
funeral was in charge of Mortician Edo Miller.
SPARKS, Lawrence P.
The Brunswick News; Tuesday 7 February 1978; pg. 2 col. 4
LAWRENCE SPARKS DIES HERE MONDAY
Lawrence P. Sparks, 74, died Monday at the
local hospital after a brief illness.
Sparks, a resident of Brunswick for the past
seven years, was a retired coal dealer and a member of the St. Francis Xavier
Catholic Church and the Bishop Four Knights of Columbus, 3771, Brooklyn, N.Y.
He is survived by his wife, Minnie C. Sparks; a
daughter, Mrs. Dick Kelly; and three grandchildren, all of Brunswick.
A funeral mass will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday
at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church will [sic] interment to follow at
Evergreen Memorial Cemetery. Father Robert Baker, S.M., will officiate. The
rosary will be recited Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. at the chapel of Chapman Funeral
Home.
The family will be at Chapman Funeral Chapel
from 7 pm. Until 9 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday.
SPARKS, Nancy (Smith)
Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003; The
Atlanta Constitution; 17 March 1904
MRS. W.H. SPARKS, MONTICELLO, GA.
Monticello, Ga., February 29.—(Special.) Mrs.
W.H. Sparks died early this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J.S.
Hardy, at the age of 75. Mrs. Sparks was visiting here and was taken ill with
grip. The remains were carried to Willard for interment. She is survived by
six children, all of whom were with her during her last illness—Mrs. J.D. Rees,
Mrs. J.M. Rainey, J.R. Sparks, of Eatonton; C.W. Sparks, of Vidalia; J.D.
Sparks, of Brunswick; Mrs. J.S. Hardy, of Monticello.
SPARRE, Kai
The Brunswick News; Wednesday 31 July 1963; pg. 12 col. 4
KAI
SPARRE, 54, DIES AT HOSPITAL
Kai Sparre, Sr., 54, died at the Brunswick Hospital yesterday after an
extended illness. he had been in the hospital for about five weeks.
Sparre had lived in Brunswick since 1913 coming here from Iowa. He was
born in Nysted, Denmark. He was a member of the Pine Ridge Baptist Church and
the carpenters local.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Willie Varnedoe Sparre; three sons,
Frederick J. and Kai Sparre, Jr., both of Brunswick, and William H., Marine
Corps., Camp LeJeune, N.C.; one sister, Mrs. M.A. Knight, Brunswick; one brother
Frederick R. Sparre, Brunswick; one grandchild.
Funeral services under the direction of Edo Miller and Sons will be held
at 3 p.m. tomorrow at the Pine Ridge Baptist Church, with The Rev. Henry Neal
officiating. Interment will be in Palmetto Cemetery. The family suggested
donations to the local Heart Fund.
Members of the Carpenters Local No. 865 will serve as honorary escort.
Active pallbearers will be members of his Sunday School Class.
SPAULDING, Vivian
The Brunswick News; Wednesday 27 February 1929; pg. 8 col. 5
SLEEPING SICKNESS IS FATAL TO CHILD—LITTLE VIVIAN SPAULDING PASSED AWAY IN
JACKSONVILLE THIS MORNING.
Sleeping sickness today claimed the life of Vivian Spaulding,
three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Basil Spaulding, of this city. The
little girl passed away in a Jacksonville hospital early this morning.
The little girl had been asleep for thirteen days, or since Sunday,
February 17. Previous to falling to sleep the girl had been ill for almost a
week and attending physicians were at first baffled by her symptoms.
Examinations were made in an effort to diagnose her illness, but not until she
went to sleep and remained so for a day or two was it ascertained that she was a
victim of sleeping sickness. There was no treatment for the disease, and for
the thirteen days that she had been asleep nourishment had been administered.
She steadily grew weaker, however, and attending physicians announced a few days
ago that very little hope was held out for her recovery.
Monday afternoon the parents of the little girl, in the hope that
some treatment could be found, carried her to Jacksonville, where she was placed
in a hospital, but physicians of that city likewise announced that there was no
treatment and pronounced her condition as critical.
The body of bright little Vivian was brought to Brunswick today and
carried to the family home on Ellis street, where the little one lingered for
nearly three weeks. Funeral arrangements had not been announced early this
afternoon.
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SPEAKMAN, Hester
The Brunswick News; Monday 26 May 1969; pg. 8 col. 1 & pg. 3 col. 6
Double Drowning—Risley Outing By Senior Class Has Tragic End
A beach outing at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, for 43 senior
students from Risley High School, ended in tragedy Friday with the drowning of
two students.
The sheriff’s office at Bluffton, S.C., confirmed recovery of the
body of Hester Speakman of Sterling, but has listed Melvin Lane of St. Simons
Island as missing and presumed drowned.
Miss Speakman resided with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William
Speakman of Sterling. Lane is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Lane, of 508 Gordon
Retreat, St. Simons.
The outing, which was not a school sponsored trip, left by chartered
bus Friday morning for a day of swimming and picnicking at the South Carolina
resort.
Adrian Johnson, senior advisor and sociology teacher at the school
was chaperone for the trip.
Johnson related that the students were counseled after lunch to
remember that they were to swim and hike in groups and not alone or in couples.
At approximately 1:30 p.m. a student reported to Johnson that the
Speakman girl and the Lane boy were seen swimming with a third student, but that
the third student had left them and returned to shore.
After locating the third student, Johnson discovered that the boy
had not seen the two since he left them in the water.
A search was started and the beach and water area were combed in an
effort to locate the two missing students.
The sheriff’s department at Bluffton, which serves Hilton Head, was
notified and it took over the search.
Johnson, in an interview today said, “We have made this trip several
years, without any problems.” He speculated that the students were caught in a
strong current since the tide was coming in.
Johnson was perplexed at their inability to handle such a situation,
since both students were reported to be strong swimmers. He went on to remark
that “in that area when the tide is coming in an undercurrent often crosses
below the surface.” He commented that this set of circumstances could have
caused the Speakman girl to panic.
Johnson was visibly upset as he spoke of the incident. He had a
close relationship with the two students, who were members of his home room
class.
The South Carolina sheriff was unavailable for additional
information, but had contacted Risley Principal W.C. McNeely today to confirm
recovery of the Speakman girl’s body, and report that the Lane boy is still the
object of an extensive search.
The Brunswick News; Tuesday 27 May 1969; pg. 12 col. 4
BODY
OF DROWNED STUDENT IS FOUND AT S.C. RESORT
The body of Melvin Lane, student at Risley High School, who drowned
Saturday during an outing at Hilton Head, Island, S.C., was located early
Monday, according to South Carolina authorities.
Lane, 18, of St. Simons Island, and Hester Speakman, 18, of
Sterling, both senior(s) at Risley, drowned around noon Saturday while on an
outing with 41 classmates. Miss Speakman’s body was found by authorities late
that afternoon.
The outing, which was not a school-sponsored trip, left by chartered
bus early Saturday for a day of swimming and picnicking at the South Carolina
resort.
Adrian Johnson, senior advisor and sociology teacher at the school,
said that the students were counseled to swim or hike in groups, but not alone
or in couples.
A third student was reportedly in the water with Lane and Miss
Speakman, but left them alone, later saying they had not seemed to be in any
trouble.
The search for the bodies was conducted by the office of the sheriff
of Bluffton, S.C., which serves the Hilton Head area.
SPEARS, John Jefferson
Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003; The
Atlanta Constitution; 29 March 1924
J.J SPEARS, FORMER MAYOR OF BRUNSWICK, DIES AT HOME HERE
J.J. Spears, pioneer citizen and a former mayor
of Brunswick, died Friday morning at the residence 6? Ellis street, following a
brief illness. He was in his eighty-second year. Surviving him are his widow
and the following children: Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Spears, of Atlanta, the former
manager of the North East Electrical company; Mr. and Mrs. George Collins, of
Rochester, N.Y., and R.R. Spears, of New Orleans.
Mr. Spears moved to Brunswick shortly after the civil war, in which
he served with distinction in the Confederate army. He was widely known in
Atlanta.
SPEARS, Mary Annie Theodosia (Wilson)
The Brunswick News; Monday 24 November 1947; pg. 8 col. 3
MRS. MARY SPEARS PASSES AWAY IN ROCHESTER, N.Y.
Mrs. Mary A.T. Spears, a resident of Brunswick
practically all of her life until she went to Rochester, N.Y., a few years go
[sic] to reside with her daughter, Mrs. George Collins, died in that city Sunday
and funeral services will be held here Wednesday.
Mrs. Spears was the widow of the late J.J.
Spears, who many years ago served as mayor of Brunswick. For many years Mrs.
Spears operated Wisteria Inn on Ellis street. She was well known by a large
number of friends in the city.
She is survived by Mrs. Collins and two sons,
J. Watson Spears of Atlanta, and Reppard Spears, of Mobile, Ala.
Funeral services will be held at the parlors of
the Miller Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock, to be conducted by
Allen H. Mowry, of Orlando, Fla. Burial will be in Oak Grove cemetery. The
following will serve as pallbearers: Lem Morgan, A.S. Branch, Franklin
Crandall, W. Cons[?] Holody, Dr. J.B. Avera and Jeff Browne.
SPELL, Alexander
The Brunswick News; Monday 3 May 1960; pg. 16, col. 3
Alexander Spell, 74, died in Millen, Georgia, this morning after an
extended illness. Mr. Spell was a former resident of Brunswick, having lived
here with his sister, Mrs. Walter F. Fouche.
Survivors, beside his sister, include one brother, Steve Spell, of
Tampa, Florida; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the
graveside in Ammons Cemetery at Atkinson, Georgia, with the Rev. Raymond Wilder
of the McKendree Methodist Church officiating.
Pallbearers will be: J.T. Fouche, Glynn Fouche, Clinton Knight, Ernest Fouche,
Charles Fouche, and Gary Fouche.
The Edo Miller Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
SPENCE, Clara (Monk)
The Brunswick News; Friday 6 April 1962; pg. 14 col. 6
MRS.
CLARA SPENCE DIES AT HOSPITAL
Mrs. Clara Monk Spence died at the Brunswick hospital today after an
extended illness.
Mrs. Spence resided with her daughter, Mrs. Flora Wilkins, on St.
Simons Island.
Funeral plans and a complete list of survivors will be announced
later by the Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home. Interment will be in Arlington,
Va.
The Brunswick News; Saturday 7 April 1962; pg. 12 col. 6
FUNERAL TOMORROW FOR MRS. SPENCE
Funeral services for Mrs. Clara Monk Spence, who died yesterday,
will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the St. Simons Methodist Church with the Rev.
Oscar Bell officiating. The body will be sent to Arlington, Va., for interment
in the Arlington National Cemetery beside that of her husband, the late Lt. Col.
Robert E.L. Spence.
Survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Flora Wilkins, St. Simons Island;
one son, James B. Pickren, St. Simons; two sisters, Miss Ethel Monk and Mrs.
Nannah Murrah, both of Tallahassee, Fla.; eight grandchildren and eight great
grandchildren.
Active pallbearers will be Bruce Faircloth, William H. Roebuck, I.W.
Cousins, Jr., Charles J. Snook, III, Dr. John H. Shumate, Jr., and Robert Spence
Pickron.
SPIRES, Romeo Rozell
The Brunswick News; Friday 18 September 1987; pg. 3A, col. 4
Services for Romeo Rozell Spires, 67, of Darien, who died Wednesday,
will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in Northside Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr.
Don Spires and Michael Miller officiating. Interment will follow in Brunswick
Memorial Park Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Buddy Floyd, Phil Harding, Riley Hollington,
Clint Burgstiner, Neal Yeomans, Donnie Erwin, Larry Buchanan, and Von Drew.
Honorary pallbearers will be the members of the Senior Adult Men's Bible Class
of the church.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m.
Friday. The family requests that those wishing to make memorial contributions
make them to the American Cancer Society.
Spires is survived by his wife, Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Spires of
Darien; two daughters, Betty Buchan and Martha Tucker, both of Brunswick; a son,
the Rev. Don Spires of Milton, Fla.; a brother, Odis Spires of Orlando, Fla.; 12
grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
He was a native of Brigston and had been a resident of Glynn County
most of his life until his move to Darien in June. He was a member of Northside
Baptist Church of Brunswick and the Senior Adult Men's Sunday School Class.
Spires was a veteran of World War II serving in the U.S. Marine
Corps. He was a member of Iron Workers Local #597.
Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
SPRING, Eunice Isabel (Mallery)
Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003; The
Atlanta Constitution; Friday 19 January 1923
MRS. EUNICE M. SPRING TO REST IN SAVANNAH
News of the death of Mrs. Eunice M. Spring,
formerly of Savannah, Ga., who for the past few years had made her home in
Atlanta with her son, George N. Spring, of 387 Greenwood avenue, was received in
Atlanta Thursday from Blackville, S.C., where she died Wednesday while visiting
her son, Delos M. Spring, of that town.
Funeral services will be held Friday in Savannah from St. Paul
Lutheran church. While in Atlanta Mrs. Spring attended the Lutheran church and
was always an active participant in all religious and social activities.
Besides her sons she is survived by a daughter, Miss Claribel
Spring, of Savannah, and a sister, Mrs. L.E. Mallory, of Macon.
STACY, Addie Augusta
Advertiser & Appeal; Wednesday 21 August 1878; pg. 3 col. 1
LITTLE ADDIE
Died, on the 14th inst., at 3:20 P.M. of Congestion of the Brain,
ADDIE AUGUSTA, oldest daughter of T.G. Stacy, aged 3 years and 8 months.
Again, dear reader, has our little home circle been broken. Another
has been taken—our little Addie. Scarce 6 weeks since her mother passed away.
The separation was short. They are both safe now in the bright land just “over
there.” A short while before our little on passed away she looked upward and
thrice smiled, O so beautifully. Say, can it be that she saw her mother waiting
to receive her? And is it true that “we shall know each other there?” Our cap
of sorrow is, indeed, full.
STACY, Carrie A.
Advertiser & Appeal; Vol. 4 No. 1; Wednesday 10 July 1878; pg. 3 col. 4
IN
MEMORY OF MRS. T.G. STACY.
We
miss her—we that knew and felt her worth—
A thousand ways, a thousand times a day,
And
cannot find the same sweet charm on earth
In any soul imprisoned here in clay.
The
wife, the mother, and the friend, so dear
To hearts that God had linked with hers in love,
Shall never more the sympathizing one
To loved ones turn, until we meet above.
And
though her life below was long enough
For woman’s mission to be fully done,
For
her to sweeten toll and smooth the rough,
And serve this Lord—too soon her course seems run.
“While yet ‘twas day, her sun hath set,” for life
Seemed still not much beyond its golden noon;
And
child for mother, husband for loved wife,
To death the plea might well [illegible], Too soon!
And
yet it was a Father’s hand that took
That loved one from the circle that she blessed,
And,
by the promise in that, Father’s Book,
“Asleep in Jesus” she enjoys her rest.
And
all is well with her; so they that mourn
In faith may say “O Lord, thy will be done!”
For
He will nobly mend what He has torn,
And give her world a never-setting Sun.
And
we shall meet her in that other land,
Shall meet her in God’s home “Sweet By and By,”
Where many mansions Christ himself hath planned
For us, if now we set our faith on high.
Ah,
yes ! the grief and pains we suffer here
Are step steps in the stairway up to God,
And
nothing can so thicken faith’s true prayer
As putting heart’s best love beneath the sod.
Advertiser & Appeal; Vol. 4 No. 1; Wednesday 10 July 1878; pg. 3 col. 5
DIED
At her residence in this city, on the morning of 26th of June, 1878,
Mrs. CARRIE A. STACY, wife of T.G. Stacy, and daughter of Samuel Palmer,
deceased, of Savannah, Ga., aged 37 years, 8 mos., and 2 days.
STACY, Mary Lavinder
(Stacy)
The Brunswick News; Friday 15 August 1941; pg. 8 col. 2
MRS. MARY STACY DIED SUDDENLY LATE YESTERDAY
Mrs. Mary Lavender [sic] Stacy, prominent and
well known Brunswick woman, who had made her home in this city for many years,
died suddenly yesterday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R.A. Gould,
on Gloucester street.
Mrs. Stacy had not been confined to her bed and
was believed to be enjoying fairly good health, when she suffered a heart attack
while seated on the front porch of the home. She died within a few minutes.
Mrs. Stacy was born at Flemington in Liberty
county, November 10, 1862. She was married to the late Palmer G. Stacy on May
5, 1885, both being members of well known and prominent south Georgia families.
They removed to Brunswick shortly after their marriage and resided here the
remainder of their lives.
Mrs. Stacy during her long residence here had
been active in church and other circles. She was a member of the Daughters of
the American Revolution, the W.C.T.U. and the Midway Society, and she had been a
life-long member of the Presbyterian church. She had not only lived a beautiful
Christian life, but had always been most active in church affairs. In past
years she took an active interest in the various organizations of which she had
so long been associated. She was widely known here and throughout this section,
and news of her death will cause sorrow among many friends who had known and
loved her for years.
Besides Mrs. Gould, she is survived by one
other daughter, Mrs. Fred E. Decker, of Watertown, N.Y., who is en route to
attend the funeral, and two sons, Goulding J. Stacy and Palmer Stacy, both of
this city. A number of other relatives also survive.
Funeral services will be held Saturday
afternoon at 4 o’clock at the First Presbyterian church, to be conducted by the
Rev. J.W. Harnsberger, and burial will be in Oak Grove cemetery. The following
will serve as pallbearers:
Active, Norman A. Way, A.M. Harris, Wm.
McDonald, Potter F. Gould, Julia Bennet, Robert Tait; honorary, A.M. Way, J.L.
Andrews, C.H. Sheldon, Edwin W. Dart, Claude Dart, B.R. Young, O. Vogel, R.W.
Harper, R.E. Estridge of Thomasville, Judge D.W. Krauss, R.R. MacGregor, T.J.
Wright, R.Y. Smith, F.M. Scarlett, Judge E.C. Butts, A.G. Kamerer, S.G. Norton.
STACY, Palmer Goulding
The Brunswick News; Saturday 2 September 1961; pg. 10 col. 4
Palmer G. Stacy, 69, died yesterday at the
Brunswick hospital after an extended illness.
Mr. Stacy, who resided at the Shady Rest motel,
was retired.
He is survived by a cousin, Mrs. Frank L.
Stacy, Brunswick.
Graveside services will be held today at 4 p.m.
in Oak Grove Cemetery with the Rev. Robert L. McBath, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church, officiating.
The Gibson-Hart Durden Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
STACY, Thomas Goulding
Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003; The
Atlanta Constitution; 15 January 1893
DEATH OF A PROMINENT MAN—A Brunswick Citizen Who Has Lead a
Useful Career.
Brunswick, Ga., January 14—(Special)—Mr. Thomas
G. Stacy, an ex-editor of prominence, died last night. He came home Thursday
evening in apparent good health and while sitting in his room about 9 o’clock
was suddenly stricken and placing his hands to his head fell back in his chair
unconscious. Dr. Butts, the family physician, was called in and on yesterday he
was presumed to be much better. But a short while before his death he
complained of pains in his stomach, and Dr. Butts was called in, while the
doctor was preparing medicine he arose from his bed and began vomiting, and with
a moan fell to the floor dead.
Dr. Butts pronounced the immediate cause of death apoplexy. Stacy
has, however, not been considered by himself and family as a perfectly well man
since an attack of partial paralysis some eighteen months ago.
Mr. Stacy was fifty-three years of age, born and reared in Liberty
county. He served as a commissioned officer in the civil war and came to
Brunswick a few years after that struggle was over. He taught school in Glynn
academy for a few years, and in 1875 started The Advertiser. Since that time he
has been editor and publisher till selling out to the present publishers, a few
months since. As educator and publisher, as a citizen and churchman, in
whatever walk of life, the deceased has made an impression, and made his name a
part of the better history of Brunswick. He was an active elder in the
Presbyterian church, and a constant worker in Christian efforts. He was a
member of the American Legion of Honor and the Georgia Weekly Press Association.
STACY, Thomas Sumner
The Brunswick News; Tuesday 18 January 1944; pg. 8 col. 2
THOMAS C. [sic] STACY PASSED AWAY AT LOCAL HOSPITAL
Thomas S. Stacy, 56, well known Brunswick
resident, passed away at the City Hospital last night, following an illness of
ten days.
Mr. Stacy, who had been associated with the
Gould Motor Company for many years, was stricken while at work, and after being
treated at his home was removed to the hospital, and his condition soon became
serious.
Born in Brunswick, Mr. Stacy, the son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. T.G. Stacy, pioneer Brunswick residents, had resided in this
city all of his life and he was well known among a large number of friends who
will be grieved to learn of his death.
He is survived by two brothers, Frank L. Stacy,
of this city, and Ernest H. Stacy, of Atlanta.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning
at 11 o’clock at the First Presbyterian church, to be conducted by the Rev. T.L.
Harnsberger, and interment will be in the family lot in Oak Grove cemetery. The
following friends will serve as pall bearers; Thomas Hopkins, A.M. Harris, J.O.
Taylor, H.P. McDonald, Norman A. Way and R.V. Tait. Arrangements are in charge
of the Gibson-Hart Funeral Home.
STAFFORD, Mr. R.
Advertiser & Appeal; Vol. 3, No. 7; Wednesday 8 August 1877; pg. 3, col. 1
Mr. R. Stafford, an old resident of Cumberland Island [Camden
County, Georgia], died on Thursday last. He was reputed to be very wealthy.
STALLINGS, Sarah (Dart)
Advertiser & Appeal; Vol. 7, No. 16; 22 October 1881; pg. 3, col. 3
A
SADDENED HOME
We are pained to announce the death of Mrs. D.B. Stallings, nee
Miss Sarah Dart, of this city, which occurred on Tuesday last. She had been
unwell for a few days, but was not considered dangerously ill. On Tuesday
morning she was taken suddenly worse with a congestive chill, and by afternoon
was a corpse. She leaves an affectionate husband and two little girls, besides
an aged father and mother, a loving sister, and a large number of brothers and
friends to mourn her early departure. To each and all of these we extend our
heartfelt sympathy. Her remains were interred in Oak Grove Cemetery.
STAUFFER, James M.
The Brunswick News; Monday 17 November 1997; pg. 3A col. 4
JAMES M. STAUFFER DIES SATURDAY
James M. Stauffer, 69, of St. Simons Island died Saturday at the
Brian Center of St. Simons.
A memorial service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Edo
Miller and Sons Funeral Home with the Rev. Joe Glisson officiating.
The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at the
funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society
or to a charity of the donor’s choice in lieu of flowers.
Surviving are his wife, Joyce Stauffer of St. Simons; a daughter,
Beth Ann Smith of Medford, NJ; three sons, James A. Stauffer of Marietta; Dnaiel
R. Stauffer of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Jerry A. Stauffer of Katy, Texas;
his parents, Claude and Anna Stauffer of Hanover, Pa.; a brother, Fred A.
Stauffer of Millersville, Md.; and nine grandchildren.
He was a native of East Berlin, Pa., and had been a resident of St.
Simons for the past nine years. He was a graduate of Lehigh University and was
a member of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.
He was a member of the St. Simons Golf Club the Golden Isles
Duplicate Bridge Club. He was a Protestant and a veteran of World War II,
having served in the U.S. Army.
STEINER, Clara (Davis)
The Brunswick News; Tuesday 7 December 1915; pg. 1 col. 5
TO
BE BURIED HERE--FUNERAL OF MRS. FRED STEINER, WHO DIED IN WAYCROSS, OCCURS THIS
MORNING
Information was received in the city yesterday of the death of Mrs.
Clara D. Steiner, wife of Fred S. Steiner, of this city. Mrs. Steiner, who was
fifty one years old, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R.C. Jones, in
Waycross, and is survived by this daughter and her husband. She was originally
from Michigan, but has spent several years in Waycross and has frequently
visited relatives in this city, where she had many friends. The remains were
received in the city last night and the funeral will occur from the home of Mr.
C.L. Steiner on Reynolds street at ten o'clock this morning. Rev. Mr. Mundy of
the Second Advent church officiating. The interment will occur in Palmetto
cemetery.
STEINER, Ida Gertrude (Jones)
The Brunswick News; Tuesday 21 December 1943; pg. 8 col. 2
MRS.
C.L. STEINER PASSES TODAY IN MACON HOSPITAL
Mrs. Ida Steiner, 73, wife of the late C.L. Steiner, for approximately
60 years, a well known resident of Brunswick, passed away in a Macon hospital
early today, Mrs. Steiner was visiting her sister, Mrs. C.R. Sweat, when she was
taken ill, and for a week she was treated in a Macon hospital.
During her long residence in Brunswick Mrs. Steiner had made an
unusually large number of friends, who will be grieved to learn of her death.
She was a life long member of the Advent Christian church. Born in Jonesboro,
Ga., Mrs. Steiner removed to Brunswick in 1885, and had resided here since that
time.
Survivors include three brothers, C.O. and W.E. Jones, of this city, and
J.C. Jones, of Lakeland, Fla., and two sisters, Mrs. Sweat and Mrs. J.K.
Cornelius, of this city.
The body will arrive here tomorrow morning and will be born to the
Advent church on H street, where it will rest until the hour of the funeral, 4
o'clock. Services will be conducted by the Rev. W.F. Jamison, burial will be in
Palmetto cemetery. Arrangements are in charge of Mortician Edo Miller.
STEMBRIDGE, Frank
The Brunswick News; Friday 21 April 1950; pg. 10 col. 4
FRANK STEMBRIDGE TAKEN BY DEATH
Frank Stembridge, for many years a desk clerk at the Oglethorpe
Hotel and more recently at the King and Prince Hotel on St. Simons, died last
night at Macon.
Mr. Stembridge was widely acquainted here through his capacities at
the hotels. He took leave from the King and Prince about 10 days ago to undergo
surgery. Death occurred when he railed to rally from the operation.
He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Paul Lewis, of Macon.
STEVENS, Daisy
The Brunswick Advertiser & Appeal; Saturday 12 July 1879; pg. 3 col. 1
Died, after a brief illness, “Little Daisy,” only daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J.L. Stevens, of St. Simons Island.
STILES, Edith May
(duBignon)
The Brunswick Times-Call; Thursday 10 October 1901; pg. 4 col. 3
DEATH OF MRS. STILES—Loss of a Pure, Sweet Woman to This
Community
Mrs. May du Bignon Stiles, wife of Mr. J.C.
Stiles, died at her home in this city yesterday.
For several days she has been critically ill
and the many inquiries as to her condition attested the deep interest felt by
this community for herself and loving family.
To those who are left to mourn her loss the
most sincere sympathy is being expressed by the many who knew and loved her
during her short sweet life.
A friend has contributed the following tribute
to her memory to which space is most cheerfully given:
MRS. J.C. STILES DEAD
Mrs. John Couper Stiles died yesterday morning
at three o’clock, after an illness of five weeks. During her illness, which
from the first was of a serious and complicated nature, everything that love and
medical skill could do has been faithfully performed—but in vain. There was
deep and universal grief throughout our city when the sad news went forth, for
Mrs. Stiles was singularly beloved and widely known. She has lived here all of
her short but bright and happy life, and as Miss May du Bignon was one of the
most popular and brilliant young girls who ever graced Brunswick society. In
1891 she married Mr. J.C. Stiles and since then she has reigned as a beloved and
popular young matron, a leader in social affairs and prominent and energetic in
church work and all charitable undertakings. Mrs. Stiles was a woman of rare
and beautiful perfection of character—a staunch, loyal friend; a peculiarly
loving and devoted daughter; an affectionate sister, and a perfect wife and
mother, she combined traits that distinguished her as a rarely perfect and noble
type of womanhood. The loss of such a one is a loss to the city, to the south,
to the world—a most bitter and irremediable loss to her loved ones, who can only
bow in their supreme sorrow to the Divine will whose workings are inscrutable.
From a Divine source must come their solace and the strength to bear the dark
hour of their desolation.
The immediate relatives of this widely mourned
woman are: Her mother, Mrs. Harry R. du Bignon; her sister, Mrs. W.F. Parker,
and Mr. H.F. du Bignon, her brother, besides her husband, Mr. John C. Stiles and
three little girls, Katharine, May and Alice.
“We almost fancy we can see thy face.
Not pale with pain—
As when we last beheld it; but as erect, while
Upon us, like dawn on dark it burst.
We know that we shall never see again
Its radiant sweetness as we saw it then
Save by the lonely lamp of memory.
But we will whisper what forever more
Our own hearts whisper through the wakeful night—
“This grief is but a shadow flung before
From some refulgent radiance out of sight.”
“And in the heart of man, a secret voice
There is, which speaks and will not be restrained,
Which cries to Grief, “Weep on, while I rejoice
Knowing that, some where al will be explained.”
—A Friend.
STONE, Laura Brown
Dunn
The Darien News; 25 July 1996; pg. 4 cols. 3 & 4
Funeral services for Mrs. Laura Brown Dunn
Stone of Hazlehurst were held July 20, at Wainright-Parlor Funeral Home in
Hazlehurst. Interment was held in Gordon Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery in
Danielsville.
Mrs., Stone, 76, died July 17, at Jeff Davis
Hospital.
The Appling County native had lived in Jeff
Davis County for most of her life. She was a member of Hazlehurst First United
Methodist Church and a retired beautician.
Surviving are her husband, Walter N. Stone,
Jr., of Hazlehurst; a daughter, Glynda Dunn of Tacoma, Wash.; a son, Jerry Dunn
of Columbia; two stepsons, Walter N. Stone, III, of Atlanta, and the Rev. Lawson
Stone of Lexington, Ky.; four sisters, Wilma Butler of Darien, Mildred Miller of
Baxley, Georgia Miller of Lexington and Betty Edmiston of Columbia; and four
grandchildren.
STRICKLAND, Allen M.
The Brunswick News; Monday 21 January 1957; pg. 10 col. 4
A.M.
STRICKLAND DIES HERE SUNDAY
Allen M. Strickland, 85, died Sunday morning at his residence at
Glyndale Gardens. He had been a resident of Brunswick practically all his life.
He is survivew [sic] by two daughters, Mrs. Carl F. Krauss, and Mrs.
W.B. Lancaster of Brunswick, six grandchildren and one brother, Cecil Strickland
of Brunswick.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at the
home of a grandson at 2022 Kay Avenue, conducted by the Rev. Horace Gilbert.
Interment was in Palmetto Cemetery, the Gibson-Hart Funeral Home in charge.
STRICKLAND, Joseph Mark
The Brunswick News; Friday 28 February 2003; pg. 4A col. 2
The funeral for Joseph Mark Strickland, 44, of Trion and formerly of
Brunswick, was held Wednesday at Erwin-Petit Funeral Home with the Rev. Fred
Puttere officiating.
Mr. Strickland died Sunday at Redmond Hospital in Rome.
Surviving are his wife, Debra E. Strickland of Trion; his parents,
Norman and Christine Strickland of Brunswick; a daughter, Ashley Strickland of
Cedar Rapids, Iowa; two brothers, Chuck Strickland and Dobie Strickland, both of
Brunswick.
A native of Brunswick and a graduate of Brunswick High School, Mr.
Strickland was a correctional officer with the Georgia State Prison System. He
was employed at Hayes State Prison in Summerville.
STRICKLAND, Thomas A.
Nahunta Banner; Vol. 1 No. 24; Friday 25 February 1921; pg. 4 col. 3
DEATH OF MR. STRICKLAND
The many friends of Mr. Thomas A. Strickland, one of the most
progressive and influential farmers of Wayne county, will regret to hear of his
untimely death which occurred at his home near Jesup on Sunday night.
His remains were interred in the George Cemetery and the funeral service
was conducted by Rev. N.G. Yarbrough.
STROHM, Lillian Priscilla (Hanson) Rahn
The Brunswick News; Thursday 2 March 1978; pg. 2 col. 1
MRS.
STROHM DIES WEDNESDAY, FUNERAL TO BE ANNOUNCED
Mrs. Lillian Priscilla Hanson Strohm of St. Simons Island died
Wednesday.
Mrs. Strohm was formerly a graduate nurse at Sherman Hospital in
Elgin, Ill. She had also lived in Atlanta and Hollywood, Fla., before moving to
St. Simons Island.
She was also active in civic and church organizations and was a
member of the St. Simons Presbyterian Church and the Women of the Church.
Survivors include her daughter, Mrs. Lillian Vail of St. Simons
Island; Mrs. Vann Eakins Savage of Clinton, Md., Mr. Benjamin K. King of Elgin;
two stepdaughters, Mrs. Hugh MacDougal of New York City and Mrs. Wesley R.
Carlson of Delray Beach, Fla.; a stepson Raymond H. Strohm of Canada; and
several nieces and nephews.
Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers memorials may be sent to
the charity of one’s choice.
Memorial Chapel Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.
[No
further articles were found about the funeral arrangements—ALH]
STRONG, Dorothy
(Krauss)
The Brunswick News; Monday 11 August 1980; pg. 2A col. 1
MEMORIAL SERVICES TO BE WEDNESDAY FOR DOROTHY STRONG
Memorial services for Dorothy Krauss Strong of
Winter Park, Fla., will be held Wednesday at All Saints Episcopal Church in
Winter Park, Fla.
She was a native of Brunswick, the daughter of
the late Judge and Mrs. David W. Krauss and widow of Hope Strong, Sr. of Winter
Park, Fla.
Survivors include her brother, D. Lee Krauss of
St. Simons, three sons, Hope Strong Jr. of Winter Park, Fla., Daniel Strong of
Midland, Texas and Lee Strong of Ormand Beach, Fla., nine grandchildren and
several great-grandchildren.
STRONG, Hope
The Brunswick News; Wednesday 4 December 1963; pg. 16 col. 4
HOPE STRONG, 70, FORMER RESIDENT, DIES IN FLORIDA
Hope Strong, 70, prominent Winter Park, Fla.
attorney and former local resident, died last night in a hospital in that city
following a heart attack Saturday.
In addition to his legal activities, Strong had
been engaged in the real estate and citrus business. He was prominent in Winter
Park civic affairs and had served as a member of the hospital board.
Strong left Brunswick in 1925 after practicing
law for a number of years with the late Judge D.W. Krauss. He was a frequent
visitor here and enjoyed a wide circle of friends.
Survivors include his widow, the former Dorothy
Krauss; three sons, Capt. Hope Strong, Jr., Washington, D.C.; Dan Strong,
Midland, Texas; and Lt. Willard Lee Strong, now stationed in the Azores. Eight
grandchildren also survive.
Funeral arrangements are not complete, but
services will be held Friday in Winter Park Episcopal Church.
STROUD, Charles W. Jr.
The Darien News; 25 July 1996; pg. 4 cols. 1 & 2
Funeral services for Charles Whitaker Stroud,
Jr., of Cox were held in the Chapel of Howard-Carter & Stroud Funeral Home in
Kinston, N.C.
Mr. Stroud, 50, died July 14, as a result of a
boating accident.
The Kinston native had been a resident of
McIntosh County for the past 25 years. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a member
of the American Legion and Briar Dam Hunting Club, where he served as secretary
and treasurer. He worked as a crew foreman with Safety Construction, where he
had been employed for 27 years.
Surviving are his wife, Toni Stroud of Cox; his
son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Stroud, III, of Brunswick; his
mother and stepfather, Audrey T. and Thomas Brion of Port Charlotte, Fla.; a
sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dawson of Kinston; a brother and
sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. George A. White of Beaufort, S.C.; and a niece and
nephew. He was preceded in death by a son, Ashley Stroud.
Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home was in charge
of arrangements locally.
STUBBS, Lela G.
The Brunswick News; Monday 27 March 1967; pg. 14 col. 1
MRS.
LELA G. STUBBS DIES AT RESIDENCE
Mrs. Lela G. Stubbs, 56, died at her home on Newcastle Street Lane
Sunday night. She had been a resident of Brunswick for the past 10 years.
Survivors are three sons, G.B., William M. and Norman C. Stubbs all of
Brunswick; five sisters, Mrs. Addie Hall, Mrs. Minnie Sapp, and Mrs. J.W. Morris
of Brunswick, Mrs. Mollie Thompson, Hazlehurst, and Mrs. Mary Jane Crosby,
Jacksonville, three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services under the direction of Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home
will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the chapel of the funeral home with Rev.
James Burleson of Southside Baptist Church officiating. Graveside service will
be held at 2 p.m. in Eberneezer Cemetery near Glennville.
STUBINGER, Selina Tunno (Fraser)
Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003; 11
February 1920
MRS. LINA STUBINGER—Mrs. Lina S. Stubinger, 84 years of
age, died Tuesday morning at the residence, 22 Vedado way. The body was removed
to the parlors of Awtrey [sic] & Lowndes, and will be sent to Marietta, Ga. She
is survived by one son, C.H. Stubinger, and several grandchildren.
STUBINGER—Died at her residence, 22 Vedado way, Tuesday
morning, Mrs. Selina F. Stubinger, in her 84th year. She is survived
by one son, Mr. C.H. Stubinger. The body will be carried this (Wednesday)
morning to Marietta, Ga., for funeral and interment. Awtry & Lowndes, funeral
directors.
SULLER, Abe
The Brunswick Times-Advertiser; Thursday 11 July 1895; pg. 1 col. 5
THOUGHT HE WAS POISONED
Abe Suller, and older fisherman, died at Everett City yesterday, and
Rob Bowles, who had had a difficulty with him, was suspected of having poisoned
the old fellow. Coroner Jennings was summoned, but did not deem it necessary to
hold an inquest, as the old fellow had been ill three days before his death.
He had eaten several watermelons at one sitting, which caused his
illness. Bowles was discharged. He is a brother of Rob Brewer, the noted
desperado.
SULLIVAN, Gertrude (Issler)
The Newport Mercury & Weekly News; Friday 18 January 1935; pg. 3 col. 2
MRS.
J.K. SULLIVAN DIES AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS—Was Resident of Newport 50 Years And
First President Of Queen’s Daughters
Mrs. Gertrude Issler Sullivan, wife of J.K. Sullivan, well known
contractor, died Monday afternoon at her home on Pelham street, after a five
days’ illness from pneumonia. She had been in excellent health, but last week
contracted a cold, which postponed a trip with her family to Miami, Fla., for
the winter, and developed into pneumonia.
Mrs. Sullivan was born in Harrison, N.J., a daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Jacob Issler, and had been a resident of Newport more than 50 years.
She was the first president of the Queen’s Daughters in this city. Mrs.
Sullivan devoted herself to her family and to doing charitable deeds for others
in a quiet way. In addition to her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Mrs.
Frank O’Connell; a grandson, Jay O’Connell, and a brother, Harry Issler of
Miami, Fla. Another daughter, Mrs. George Meade, died four years ago.
With many gathered, despite the storm, the funeral of Mrs. Gertrude
Issler Sullivan, wife of J.K. Sullivan, was held at 10 A.M. Thursday in St.
Mary’s Church. The Rev. Anthony F. cotter was celebrant of the requiem mass,
with the Rev. Augustine Burns, a friend and former assistant at St. Mary’s, in
the sanctuary. Special music was rendered during the mass by Organist Albert
Commette and a choir.
Arthur E. Sullivan and John J. Sullivan, Jr., nephews; Edward J.
McGivney, Charles F. Brady, James H. Drury and James MacDonald, the last named
from Worcester, were honorary bearers, with members of the police department as
active bearers. On the casket was a blanket of lilies of the valley, and Easter
lilies. The ushers were William L. Carey, Walter Dring, Jr., Emil E. Jemail,
Daniel Jones and Ralph O’Connell.
The floral tributes were numerous. Interment was in the receiving
vault in the Island cemetery, the casket later to be placed in the family
mausoleum in that cemetery.
SULLIVAN, John J.
The Newport Mercury & Weekly News; Friday 29 April 1938; pg. 3 col. 2
JOHN
J. SULLIVAN, 78, DIED TUESDAY—Was Employed As Foreman By His Brother, J.K.
Sullivan
John J. Sullivan, 78, for years foreman for his brother, J.K.
Sullivan, in the contracting business, died Tuesday at his home, 25 Pelham
street, after a brief illness. Mr. Sullivan, who was about as usual Monday was
taken ill during the night and failed rapidly.
He was born in this city, a son of the late John and Eliza (Coffey)
Sullivan, and had lived here continuously since. When his brother, J.K.
Sullivan, entered the contracting business nearly 60 years ago, Mr. Sullivan was
employed by him as foreman, a capacity in which he remained at the time of his
death.
Mr. Sullivan married Miss Julia Issler, daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Jacob Issler of this city. She died in 1930, as did a daughter, Evelyn,
wife of Charles Brady of Fall River. Surviving children include Arthur E., John
J., Jr., Miss Louise L., and Mrs. Florence B. McGivney of this city, and Howard
K. Sullivan, an accountant in Providence. In addition to his brother, J.K.
Sullivan, a sister, Mrs. Michael Vaughan of this city, also survives.
SULLIVAN, Julia (Issler)
The Newport Mercury & Weekly News; Friday 12 June 1920; pg. 8 col. 5
MRS.
JOHN J. SULLIVAN OF PELHAM STREET DEAD—Has Been in Failing Health But Was
Apparently on Road to Recovery
Mrs. Julia (Issler) Sullivan, wife of John J. Sullivan, died at her
home on Pelham street Thursday night. She had been in failing health several
weeks, but apparently was on the road to recovery, when a relapse occurred,
followed shortly by death. Mrs. Sullivan was born in Harrison, N.J., a daughter
of the late Jacob and Helena Issler and had been a resident of Newport the
greater part of her life, and making many friends. She is survived by her
husband; three daughters, Mrs. Charles Brady, Mrs. Edward J. McGivney and Miss
Louise Sullivan; a sister, Mrs. Jeremiah K. Sullivan of this city, and a
brother, Harry Issler of Miami.
SUMMERLIN, Child
Advertiser & Appeal; Wednesday 5 December 1877; pg. 3 col. 1
A child of Mr. Summerlin of this city was severely burned a few days
since, from the effect of which he died.
SUMMERVILLE, Elizabeth (Aymer)
The Brunswick News; Monday 5 May 1941; pg. 8 col. 4
FORMER RESIDENT DIES IN FLORIDA
Funeral services were held at Miller’s Chapel this afternoon for
Mrs. Elizabeth Summerville, 72, an old Brunswick resident whose family was well
known and prominent here many years ago. Mrs. Summerville died in Jacksonville
yesterday. Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. H.T. Freeman, of the
First Methodist church, and burial was in Oak Grove cemetery, where other
members of her family are buried.
Before her marriage Mrs. Summerville was Miss Elizabeth Aymer. She
left Brunswick more than 40 years ago. The family at one time resided on Union
street, near the corner of George.
SURENCY, Nancy Louise "Lula"
The Brunswick News; Monday 1 November 1982; pg. 3A, col. 3
Mrs. Nancy Louise "Lula" Surency, 83, a native of Brunswick, died
Sunday in Coco Beach, Fla.
The
funeral will be held at noon Tuesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints in Lakeland, Fla. Interment will be at noon Wednesday at Palmetto
Cemetery.
Mrs. Surency has lived in Florida for the past 40 years and was a
member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Robert
Finney of Coco Beach, Mrs. Gordon Elston of Memphis, Tenn., and Mrs. Ken Walker
of Lakeland; four sons, E.G. Robson of Calton, Texas, Russel Robson and Glynn
Robson, both of Lakeland, and Burtie Robson of Brunswick; several grandchildren,
nieces and nephews.
SWEAT, James
Advertiser & Appeal; Saturday 24 October 1885; pg. 3 col. 2
A
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT—News reaches us that on Wednesday, in Wayne county, Mr. James
Sweatt [sic], a young lumberman, met with a horrible accident that caused his
instant death. He was standing near a tree being cut down, and as it fell a
large limb struck him on the forehead, tearing away the top of his skull. The
young man leaves a family, and was much admired and respected by a large number
of friends.
Chapman Funeral Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.
SWEAT, Wiltha Mira
(Lane)
The Brunswick News; Monday 25 March 1946; pg. 8 col. 2
WOMAN HANGS SELF, FOUND BY PARENTS—Coroners Jury Says Mrs.
Larry Sweat Died “By Her Own Hands”
The gruesome sight of their young daughter,
Mrs. Wiltha Mira Lane Sweat, 22, wife of Larry Sweat, hanging to a rope fastened
to a rafter of her home, greeted Mr. and Mrs. M.H. Lane about 11 o’clock today
when they dropped in for a visit to Mrs. Sweat at her home, 3606 Norwich street,
just north of the Fourth Street School and a few blocks beyond the city limits.
As soon as they could remove the body, the
parents called a physician and Miller’s ambulance, and an inhalator was used,
but to no avail, as Mrs. Sweat, it was generally believed, was dead when she was
found by her parents.
Coroner J.D. Baldwin was called, and summoned a
jury. After an investigation the jury returned a verdict that Mrs. Sweat “came
to her death by her own hands.”
Members of Mrs. Sweat’s family are at a
complete loss to understand her act, and as yet no cause whatever has been
assigned for it. However, it was stated that Mrs. Sweat had not been in the
best of health recently.
Mrs. Sweat, a graduate of Glynn Academy, came
to Brunswick with her parents from Jesup when she was three years of age. She
was married four or five years ago to Mr. Sweat, who returned a few months ago
after serving some time in the Army. During the time he was in service she was
employed at the local office of the Georgia Power Company.
Shortly after his return, the couple purchased
the home on Norwich street and had since resided there. Mrs. Sweat was the only
child of Mr. and Mrs. Lane. During the long time she had resided here she made
many friends who will be grieved to learn of her death.
She is survived only by her husband and her
parents.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon
at 4 o’clock at the Norwich Street Baptist church, to be conducted by the Rev.
C.H. Moss, and burial will follow in Palmetto cemetery. The following will
serve as pallbearers: Fred Barnes, N.C. King, I.M. Aiken, Eustice Sheifer,
Billy Konetzko and Wilfred Youngner. Arrangements are in charge of Mortician
Edo Miller.
SYMONS, Felicite
Mercant
The Brunswick News; Saturday 1 December 1951; pg. 8 col. 2
MISS SYMONS DIES AT ISLAND HOME; RITES HELD TODAY
Miss Felicite Mercont [sic] Symons, a resident
of Brunswick and St Simons Island all of her life and well known by a wide
circle of friends, passed away at her home on the island last night, and funeral
services were held this afternoon at 3 o’clock.
Miss Symons was a member of an old and
prominent Glynn county family. Her parents were the late Henry R. and Frances
Morel Symons, who also had resided in the county practically all of their lives.
Miss Symons made her home in Brunswick for many
years, but removed to the island a number of years ago and had since resided
there. She was well known and popular among many friends in the city, on the
island and elsewhere.
Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Frances
Risk, St. Simons, and Mrs. Eugene Burden, of Macon. Several nieces and nephews
also survive.
Funeral services were held at Christ Church,
Frederica, conducted by the rector, the Rev. J.E. Bethea, and burial was in the
family plot here in Oak Grove cemetery. Serving as pallbearers were Harry
Parker, Arthur True, J.B. Lamb, Reginald Taylor, Sr., C.T. Butler and R.A.
Gould. The Miller Funeral Home was in charge.
SYMONS, Henry Francis
Advertiser & Appeal; Saturday 12 June 1880; pg. 3 col. 1
Wednesday, June 9th, at 1 o’clock P.M. HENRY
FRANCIS SYMONS, aged twelve years, three months and six days, oldest son of H.R.
and F.M. Symons.
Savannah papers, please copy.
Advertiser & Appeal; Saturday 12 June 1880; pg. 3 col. 2
Died of typhoid pneumonia, on Wednesday last,
Frank, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. H.R. Symons, of this city. He was buried from
the Episcopal church the day following. May He who comforteth the mourner,
assuage the grief of these bereaved parents.
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