Digging Up Your Family: 1938, Newspapers

These names were found on pages 24 and 25 of the Atlanta Journal.

Thursday, March 3, 1938.

The Atlanta Journal

Obituaries (all p. 24):

Mrs. Sarah Lester, 76. Interment at College Park Cemetery.

Mr. MF Chandler. Funeral at the Baptist Church in Gillsville.

Mr. Edward O’Hara of Bankhead Avenue. Announcement at later date.

March 2, Mrs. Bernice Estes, 28, of Beecher St SW. Interment at Standing Rock Cemetery, Alabama. (husband Olen Estes)

March 1, Mrs. WJ Hodnett of Lanier Pl NE. Interment at West View Cemetery.

March 1, Mrs. Elizabeth Lynn, 72, of Holly St NW. Interment at Crest Lawn Cemetery.

February 28, Joseph F Mettauer of West John Wesley Ave, College Park. Interment at Whelchel Cemetery near Gainesville.

March 1, Mrs. AH Lienhart, 60, of Ben Hill Road, East Point. Interment at Buford.

March 1, Mrs. Helen Waller of Georgia Ave SE. Interment at Riverside Cemetery.

February 28, John B. Fincher, Sr of Oak Grove Ave SE. Interment at Cumming.

February 27, Mrs. WO Bowman died in Washington, DC. Interment at the National Cemetery in Marietta.

March 1, Mrs. Andrew R Hall of Woodland Ave SE. Interment at City Cemetery in Marietta.

February 28, Mrs. Caroline Atkisson of Moreland Ave NE. Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery in Athens.

February 28, George W Grant of Wellington St SW. Interment in West View Cemetery.

March 1, Mrs. Phoebe J Rhoades of Alston Dr SE. Interment at Crest Lawn Cemetery.

Nathan Weitzman of Captiol Ave SW. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.

Frankie Edwards, 2, of Lindsey St NW. Interment at Magnolia Cemetery. (note: son of Mr. & Mrs. HW Edwards, Jr)

March 1, John K Didier of West Peachtree St NE. Interment at Marksville, Louisiana.

February 28, Nick B Theodoropoulos, 63, of Boulevard NE. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.

March 2, James Alexander McCants, 72, of Egleston St. Funeral held at the New Providence Church in Jeffersonville.

February 28, Mrs. Sarah C Cochran, 86, of Lithia Springs. Interment at West View Cemetery.

Listed under COLORED obituaries:

Mr. Willie Dickerson of Parsons St SW. Interment at Lincoln Cemetery.

Mrs. Clara Henry Williams of Marietta. Interment at City Cemetery.

Mr. Nick Williams of West Peachtree St. Interment at Lincoln Cemetery.

March 1, Mr. Albert Walker. Announcement at later date.

Other news:

(p.24) White Plains, NY. Deaths on March 1: wife Adella Lichtenthal, 52; son Morris Lichtenthal, 21; daughter Cecelia Lichtenthal, 1. House fire. Surviving: husband Kieva Lichtenthal, 52; four other children, including the twin brother of Morris and the twin sister of Cecelia.

(p. 25) Memphis, TN. Humbert Bolton, 22, of Columbus, MS, died after surgery to remove a tumor on his brain.

When I walk into my art room, I am confronted with two stacks of old newspapers. Some are sorted (somewhat) by year, and others are stored safely in a storage container. I figure, however, that just hanging onto these newspapers is pointless unless I plan to read them, use them for research, etc. So, as I search for the perfect way to preserve them (many of them crumble when I just look that them from across the room, it seems), I will be abstracting information and posting. It’s something I have been meaning to do for sometime, and considering I have now had these newspapers in my possession for ten years, why not now?

I can’t say that information will be put up in chronological order. Many of the newspapers have had their sections separated and stuck in other places. Rather than take forever matching up this page to this section to this day to this month to this year, I will just put the abstracts up as I comb through.

I hope these abstracts help someone!

THE ATLANTA JOURNAL

Wednesday, May 18, 1938

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DEATHS IN GEORGIA

Mrs. Will Atchley, Rome. Other names mentioned: husband, Will Atchley; daughters, Misses Geneva, Eunice, and Ruby Atchley, and Mrs. Inez Watson; sons, Leroy, Garfield, and Burnell, of Rome; sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Jackson of Albertville, AL, and Mrs. Eunice Smith of McClain, TX; brothers, Ed and JB Fergerson of Guntersville, AL, and Jim T Fergerson of Flintville, TN.

WJ Baston, Appling. Other names mentioned: sons, Ernest and O’Neil of Appling, and WJ Baston of Harlem; daughters, Mrs. Brantley Reid and Mrs. Thomas Smith of Thomson, Mrs. Edward Tankersley and Mrs. Herman Morris of Appling.

Mrs. Annie E Bennett, Waycross. Other names mentioned: husband, Ben Bennett; sons, Harvey of Millwood and Willie Bennett of Gulfport, MS; daughters, Miss Annie Bennett of Lake City, SC, Mrs. Rena Herrin of Orlando, Mrs. Mamie Hurst and Mrs. Lettie Wesson of Winter Park, FL, and Mrs. Edna Kirkland of Lakeland, FL; brothers, DC and LH McLendon of Douglas, CH and EA of Pearson, and BE McLendon of Nicholls.

Robert Eugene Braddy, Midville. Other names mentioned: parents, Mr. & Mrs. FM Braddy of Blunn.

Patrick Otis Darden, Washington (GA). Other names mentioned: sister, Mrs. LT Lewis of Washington.

Mrs. Emma E Fields, McDonough

Mrs. MH Lyons, Griffin. Other names mentioned: husband, MH Lyons; parents, JA Spruce and Mary Akin Spruce; daughters, Mrs. Ernest Bramblett and Mrs. Paul Fosett, of Concord; sisters, Mrs. Lois Howard of Forsyth, and Mrs. JA Norris of Milner; brothers, John E Spruce of Jackson and Earnest T Spruce of Griffin.

Fred Elvis Massey, Cordele. Other names mentioned: parents, Mr .& Mrs. Charley Massey of Crisp County.

Mrs. Mary Gordon Patten, Richland. Other names mentioned: parents, William Gordon and Peggy Lowery; husband John Walter Patten; sons, Dempsey and Fred; daughters Mrs. Robert Lowery of Preston and Mrs. Walter Tomlin of Eufaula; son James of Richland; sister, Mrs. JH Highnote of Moultrie; brother, RD Gordon of Meggs.

Mrs. Anna M Pruitt, Brunswick. Other names mentioned: children, Mrs. WG Landrum, Mrs. Bessie Ellis of Clearwater, FL, Mrs. Odessa Barrus of Thomasville, Carl and Esburn Pruitt of Moultrie.

Mrs. Nannie Sherrill, Rossville

Mrs. Dave Smith, LaGrange. Other names mentioned: husband, Dave Smith, daughters, Mrs. Clifford Smith, Mrs. RC McClain, Mrs. GM Gadd, and Miss Lottie Smith, of LaGrange; sons, Guy, Nick, and Rudd Smith of LaGrange, and Corb Smith of Randolph County, AL.

Mrs. Edward Sudderth, Lawrenceville. Other names mentioned: husband, Edward A Sudderth; daughter, Mrs. Bessie Puckett; aunt, Mrs. Henry H Pattilo, of Buford, GA; sister-in-law, Mrs. Fannie Reese, of Lawrenceville, GA.

Payton P Tison, Cordele. Other names mentioned: sons, John A of Cleveland, OH, and Sam Lee Tison of Wauchula; daughter, Mrs. HJ Knox of Jasper, FL.

Faye Wilson, Thomaston. Other names mentioned: parents, Mr. & Mrs. EJ Wilson of [S]ilvertown; sister Frances; brothers, James Jr and Bobby of Silvertown; grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. JE Wilson of Molena; WT Ward of Columbus.

OTHER OBITUARIES

David Clinton Byles, Bainbridge. Other names mentioned: wife, Mrs. Bessie Byles; active pallbearers, Jack Bower Sr, Douglas Hawkins, Dr. WD McCord, WH Miller, Harry Johnson, and EF Vickers.

PHOTOS

Kansas City: Mrs. Saidie Orr Dunbar, Portland, OR; Mrs. Horace B Ritchie, Athens, GA.

Macon, GA: LC Alderman, Jr; Minnie Amelia Alderman; Nell Davis; Lindler Drew; Janelle Griffin; Miss Martha Griffin; Miss Evelyn Hatcher; Miss Jessema Riley; Mary Clyde Tanner.

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PHOTOS

Wesleyan College: Dorothy Du Pius, Warrenton; Joe Estes, Gay; Annette Gardner, Atlanta; Frances Hackett, Macon; Jacquelin Howard, Atlanta; Ruth Ingle, Macon; Ann Munck, Winter Haven FL; Lillian Touchstone, Tifton; Margaret Tuner, Tampa, FL; Dorothy Weick, Dalton.

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FUNERAL NOTICES

Mrs. Arvie Baldwin, Georgia. Other names mentioned: Mrs. Josie Humphreys, Mr. & Mrs. Claude Baldwin.

Mr. Elean Livingston Deep, Georgia; Birmingham, AL

Mrs. Emma E Fields, McDonough. Other names mentioned: daughters, Mrs. Dennis Echols, Mrs. Roy Ford, Mrs. Ike Selphridge, Mrs. George Brannon; son, Mr. CF Fields of Lenox, GA.

Mrs. Hubert (Maude) Jamerson Hames, Olive Springs Baptist Church. Other names mentioned: Mr. & Mrs. EH Hames, Miss Beatrice Hames, Miss Ozelle Hames, Mr. Clarence Hames, Mr. Cecil Hames, of Marietta; Mr. & Mrs. WB Burnett, of Ceillowhe, NC; Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Mallonce, of Murphy, NC; Mr. & Mrs. Harry Hames, of Woodstock, GA; Mr. & Mrs. Forrest Mabry, of Marietta, GA; Mr. & Mrs. CW Jamerson, of Orlando, FL; Mr. & Mrs. HF Jamerson, of Seneca, SC; Mr. Bronson Jamerson, of Marietta, GA.

Mr. PB Hodges, Georgia; Chattanooga, TN.

Mr. Conrad Hudspeth, Georgia. Other names mentioned: brothers: BB Hudspeth, of El Paso, TX; AD Hudspeth, of Oklahoma City, OK; Dr. G Hudspeth, of Tampa, FL. (see also below DEATHS AND FUNERALS)

Mrs. Gladys Veal Prescott, Conyers. Other names mentioned: Master Billie Prescott, Mrs. WS Veal, Mr. & Mrs. WL Conner, Mr. & Mrs. AM Whitaker, Mr. & Mrs. HT Veal, Mr. & Mrs. LB Veal, Mr. & Mrs. JT Chambers, of Conyers, GA; Mr. & Mrs. WA Gatlin, of Atlanta, GA.

Mr. Marcus D Wicker, Georgia. Other names mentioned: Mr. & Mrs. RW Cage; Barbara Ann Cage; Mr. HW Flindt; Mr. Amos Madison; Mr. CP Downing; Mr. D Lee Wicker; Mr. George P Waller, Jr; Mr. J Wats.

Mr. George Rivers Yarbrough, Sr, Vinings. Survived by wife, three sons, one brother, and one sister.

COLORED

Mrs. Mary Lue Brazil, Atlanta

Mr. John Carson, Jackson

Mr. Bob Couch, Marietta

Mr. Paul Redding, Kennesaw

DEATH AND FUNERALS

Walter M Archer, Atlanta

S Irby Bagwell, Atlanta

Mrs. Viva Baldwin, Buckhead. Other names mentioned: grandson, Claude Baldwin; sister, Mrs. Josie Humphreys.

Conrad Hudspeth, Georgia. (see above FUNERAL NOTICES, Mr. Conrad Hudspeth)

Augustus Judson King, Atlanta