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Obituary of G. W. Mullinax, Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia, 1913

Obituary of G. W. Mullinax

Database/Library: GALILEO (GeorgiA LIbrary LEarning Online)
Subject: Death of G. W. Mullinax
Publication: North Georgia Citizen
Place of Publication: Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia
Date of Publication: Thursday, 05 June 1913
Page: 5

Title of Article: "Died at the Re-Union; Was Buried in West Hill"

Subtitle of Article: "G. W. Mullinax, Former Resident of Dalton, Buried Friday" 

Name of Deceased: G. W. Mullinax
Maiden Name of Deceased: Miss Phillips
Spouse of Deceased: Hub Mullinax
Residence of Deceased: Dalton (Whitfield, Georgia, US)
Date of Death: "last week" (est. May 1913)
Place of Death: Chattanooga (Hamilton, Tennessee, US) 
Military Service: Confederate veteran (Veteran of the Civil War, Confederate States of America)

Funeral Location: "House of Mrs. Ashworth, on North Hamilton street" (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia)

Officiator: Rev. J. A. Shugart

Interment: West Hill Cemetery (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia)
Date of Interment: "Friday" (est. 30 May 1913) 
Residence: Lindale (Floyd, Georgia, US)
Former Residence (home town): Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia (concluded)

Quoted Text: "Mr. G. W. Mullinax, an aged Confederate veteran who died while attending the re-union in Chattanooga last week, was brought here, his old home, for burial Friday."

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[Source Citation]: Death of G. W. Mullinax, "Died at the Re-Union; Was Buried in West Hill," in "Personal Paragraphs" (column), |North Georgia Citizen| (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia), 5 Jun. 1913, page 5  (via GALILEO). http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ngnewspapers/id:ngc1913-0209 (accessed 09 June 2018, by D.K. Pritchett).

Related stories about the Confederate Reunion appear in several issues of the same newspaper in the week or so preceding this obituary. The reunion was the last week in May, and was a large one.

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