Obituary of Miss May Jenkins, Dade County, Georgia, 1907

Obituary

Miss May Jenkins 

Dade County Sentinel 
Trenton, Dade County, Georgia
Friday, 27 Sep. 1907, page 2

[Quote]: 

"Miss May Jenkins, daughter of W. J. W. Jenkins, of near Rising Fawn, died Thursday night of last week from the effects of an overdose of laudanum. 

    "The young girl had been suffering from a toothache and upon retiring took the bottle of medicine to bed with her and it is thought she was holding the medicine in her mouth to ease the pain when she fell asleep and swallowed it. 

    "She had been attending a revival meeting at Byrd's Chapel and is said to have made a bright profession of faith in Christ on the night of her death. 

    "The remains were interred in the Baptist cemetery, Rev. J. C. Wagner of Rising Fawn conducted the funeral obsequies."

[End of Quote] 

[Est. date of death: Thurs., 19 September 1907.] 

[Source]: Miss May Jenkins in 'Died from Effects of Laudavum,' /Dade County Sentinel/ (Trenton, Dade, Georgia) 1901-1908, Friday, 27 September 1907, page 2 (digital image 2), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Digital Library of Georgia (GALILEO). https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053748/1907-09-27/ed-1/seq-2/print/image_652x817_from_2869,2057_to_4350,3913/ (clipping; full page accessed 13 November 2020 by D.K. Pritchett).