Subject: Obituary of W. C. Bearden
Contributor of this extract: Deborah K. Pritchett (Family Search contributor)
Database/Library: GeorgiA LIbrary LEarning Online (GALILEO)
Publication Title (Newspaper): North Georgia Citizen
Day and Date of Publication: Thursday, 31 Aug 1911
Place of Publication: Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, U.S.
Page 2
Title of Column: "Mortuary"
Title of Obituary: "W. C. Bearden."
Access Date: 04 Oct 2018
Source URL: http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ngnewspapers/id:ngc1911-0272
EXTRACT:
Name of Deceased: W. C. Bearden
Age: 43
Birth Year (estimated): about 1868
Date of Death: Wed., 23 Aug 1911
Place of Death: Erlanger Hospital, Chattanooga, (Hamilton, Tennessee)
Residence: Not stated; probably Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee
Previous Residence: Rocky Face, (Whitfield, Georgia)
Occupation: Yard conductor, N., C. & St. L. railroad
First Funeral Location: "residence of J. B. Whitener" (thought to be in Chattanooga, but not stated)
[Note: specifics on this first funeral were not given, but since they were mentioned before the fact of removal, and were preached by a Chattanooga minister, then this funeral probably took place on Thursday, 24 August, and probably in Chattanooga.]
First Funeral, Officiator: Rev. Allen Fort, pastor, Second Baptist church (of) Chattanooga, (Hamilton, Tennessee)
Religious Affiliation of Deceased (concluded as Christian, Baptist, Protestant)
Church Membership of Deceased: Second Baptist Church, Chattanooga, (Hamilton, Tennessee)
Removal (Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, to Rocky Face, Whitfield, Georgia)
Date of Removal: Thurs., 24 Aug 1911
Second Funeral Date: Friday, 25 Aug 1911
Second Funeral Location: [not specified; probably occurred in Rocky Face, Whitfield, Georgia]
Second Funeral Officiator: Rev. Mr. Hudlow, pastor
Date of Burial: Friday, (25 Aug 1911)
Place of Burial: "nearby churchyard" (concluded as Rocky Face, Whitfield, Georgia)
SURVIVORS:
Wife (not named)
Two Children:
Jesse B. and Essie Mae (concluded as Bearden)
Two Brothers:
Mr. J. D. Bearden, Tunnel Hill, (Whitfield, Georgia)
G. W. Bearden, Missouri
Two Sisters:
Mrs. Sarah Sanson, Rocky Face, (Whitfield, Georgia)
Mrs. Josie Lynch, Rocky Face, (Whitfield, Georgia)
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[Citation]: Deborah K. Pritchett (Family Search contributor), Obituary Extract, "W. C. Bearden" in "Mortuary," /North Georgia Citizen/ (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia), 31 Aug 1911, page 2 (via GALILEO). http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ngnewspapers/id:ngc1911-0272 (accessed 04 Oct 2018).
[Note: An unrelated obituary for another Bearden appears just under this one: Lilly Bearden, of Rocky Face, eight-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vince Bearden.]
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