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Rome News Tribune June 23, 1937

CALVIN COMPTON ARAGON RESIDENT, DIES AT MT. ALTO

Calvin P. Compton, 29 of No. 8 Aragon Road, Aragon, died Tuesday afternoon at 5:15 o'clock at Mt. Alto Sanitorium, following a long illness.
Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Aragon Baptist church. The Rev. Rob Smith, of Austell, will officiate, with interment in the family lot in the Aragon cemetery.
Mr. Compton was born on November 9, 1907, in Paulding County, Ga. He had been a resident of Aragon for three years, having moved there from Dallas, Ga., He was member of the Second Baptist church of Dallas.
Surviving him are his widow, Mrs. Dora Gazaway Compton; a son, Jack Compton; his father, Homer Compton, all of Aragon; two brothers, Woodrow and Billy Compton of Rockmart; six sisters. Mrs. John Pierce, Mrs. Jack Pace, Mrs. Lewis Womack, of Rockmart, Mrs. Willie Alevander, of Aragaon, Mrs. Pete Tumblin, of Daddas, and Mrs. Hubert Smith, of Gadsden, Ala.
Pallbearers will include Lester Gore, Frank Brock, A. C. Goodman, Harvey Clark, Ernest Blew and Vann Carter.
The Aragon church choir will render selections during the service.



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