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Obituaries
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Jackson News - Week of February 9,
1882
Mrs. Henry McKinney of Griffin died very suddenly.
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File contributed by:
Don Bankston
[email protected]
January 1, 2005
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Jackson News - Week of
January 18, 1882
Mrs. Logan, an aged lady of Griffin is dead.
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File contributed by:
Don Bankston
[email protected]
January 1, 2005 |
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The
Covington Star, June 3, 1885
A Negro Shoots Himself
Griffin News
A negro boy about sixteen years
old, named Newton Smith, shot himself with a pistol about
eight o'clock Sunday morning at the residence of Dick Price,
colored, near Sunny Side. The boy was employed by Price and was
not very bright, and finding a pistol under the pillow of Hark
Price, his room mate it is surmised that he shot himself with
it accidentally. The ball entered his breast and produced death a
short time afterward. A coroner's jury was impaneled and brought
in a verdict in accordance with the above facts.
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File contributed by: Phyllis Thompson, April
7, 2005
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clipping
from an unknown newspaper, 1940
Forsyth - Miss Sara Crenshaw, aged 79, of Griffin, Ga.,
died suddenly last night at the home of her niece, Mrs. I. D.
Johnson, of Forsyth, at whose home she was visiting. Miss
Crenshaw arrived at the home of her niece Sunday afternoon, and
was taken sick Monday afternoon, dying almost immediately. She is
survived by one sister, Miss Annie Eliza Crenshaw of Griffin,
and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
Additional Comments:
Sara was the daughter of Meredith S. Crenshaw and Eliza
(Buff) Crenshaw.
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File contributed
by: Elaine Turk Nell, October 27, 2005 |
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clipping from an unknown
newspaper, 25 April 1957
Dr. Thurmond, Dentist, Dies
Dr. Thomas Daniel Thurmond of 721 West Solomon street
died this morning at the Griffin-Spalding County Hospital where he
had been a patient for about three hours.
Dr. Thurmond was a native of Monroe County but
moved to Griffin 17 years ago. He was a county school superintendent
in Monroe County for eight years.
Dr. Thurmond attended Southern Dental College in Atlanta which
is now Emory University. He had practiced dentistry in Griffin for
17 years. He was a member of a Baptist church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eva Posey Thurmond; two
daughters, Mrs. J. DeWitt Irwin of Macon and Mrs. J. R.
Moon of East Point, Ga.; two sisters, Mrs. Maud Hall of
Barnesville and Mrs. Ivan Johnson of Forsyth, Ga.; a brother,
George Thurmond of Milledgeville, Ga., and five grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements will be announced by Pittman Funeral Home.
Additional Comments:
Dr. Thurmond first m. Laura Findlater. She died in
1931 in Forsyth.
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File contributed
by: Elaine Turk Nell, October 25, 2005 |
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Empire State - Spalding County Week of May 7, 1856
Emily Frances
Allen
Died in Monroe County, on the 30th ult., of scarlet fever, Emily
Frances, only daughter of Josiah Y. and Martha Allen,
aged 4 years, 9 months and 6 days. |
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File contributed
by: Don Bankston
[email protected] October 19,
2005 |
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Empire State - Spalding County, Ga. Week of March 12, 1856
John Reuben Reynolds
Died in Monroe County, on Friday 29th ult., of Scarlet Fever,
John Reuben, son of Jos. D. and Martha A. Reynolds, aged
two years, one month and twenty four days. |
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File contributed by Don Bankston
[email protected] October 19, 2005 |
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Empire State - Spalding County,
Ga. Week of April 16, 1856
Mrs. Joseph J. White
In Milledgeville, on the 1st inst. After a brief illness, Mrs.
Joseph J. wife of Mr. Edward J. White, in the 26th year
of her age. The deceased was the youngest daughter of Mr. Joseph
J. and Mrs. Mary Cotton. |
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File contributed
by Don Bankston
[email protected] October 19,
2005 |
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