Obituary of Farrar Coyle, 1917, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia

Obituary of Farrar Coyle, published Thurs, 24 May 1917, North Georgia Citizen

[Notes and Extract of Data]:

Date of death concluded as Sunday preceding week of publication. Obituary says he died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Lester Hickman, in Rome [Floyd, Georgia]. He had been staying with her, having gone there for health reasons five weeks previous, after becoming ill.

Name: Farrar Coyle.

Gender (inferred): Male.

Age: 25.

Birth Year (est.): 1892.

Marital Status (inferred): Single ; no spouse mentioned.

Death: Sunday [concluded as 20 May 1917], Rome [Floyd, Georgia].

Funeral: Monday [concluded as 21 May 1917], Dalton [Whitfield, Georgia].

Officiator: Dr. F. K. Sims.

Burial: (Monday), West View Cemetery [Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia; now part of West Hill Cemetery].

Pall Bearers: H. J. Smith, J. B. Smith, Dennis Barrett, B. L. Heartsill, J. A. Crawford, J. P. Neal.

Survivors (five sisters): Mrs. Albert Love (Joplin, , Mo.); Mrs. Charles Dakran (Davenport, , Ia.); Mrs. John T. Holland, Miss Pearl Coyle ('of this city' ; Dalton, , Ga., inferred); Mrs. Lester Hickman, , Rome, , Ga.)

Out-of-Town Attendants: Miss Lena Light, Mr. Harry Atkins (Chattanooga, Tenn.); Mrs. Lester Hickman, , Rome, , Ga.).
Residence, 1917: Chattanooga [Hamilton, Georgia].

Previous Residences: Dalton [Whitfield, Georgia] and Rome [Floyd, Georgia].

Occupation: Cotton Buyer (in Chattanooga)

Employer: Mr. John T. Holland, probably of Dalton, brother-in-law of deceased.

Was previously a member of the Baraca class, Second Avenue Methodist Church, Rome [Floyd, Georgia].

[Clipped from North Georgia Citizen, Thurs., 24 May 1917, pg. 9]: http://bit.ly/Farrar-Coyle-obituary-clipping (full page accessed 17 Feb. 2020).

[Citation]: D. K. Pritchett, contributor (extract), 'Mr. Farrar Coyle Died After a Long Illness' in 'Mortuary,' /North Georgia Citizen/ (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, Thurs., 24 May 1917, pg. 9 (digital image 9), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Digital Library of Georgia (Gallileo). http://bit.ly/Farrar-Coyle-obituary-clipping (full page accessed 17 Feb. 2020).

Research Notes: Also known as William Farrar Coyle. Coyle Family of Whitfield County, Georgia.