Death and Funeral: Mrs. Virginia L. Drane (1912)

Macon Telegraph (Georgia)
27 December 1912, pg. 7
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS

MRS. VIRGINIA L. DRANE
Died, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Thomas A. Hall, in Macon, on the morning of December 25, Mrs. Virginia L. Drane, in the 77th year of her life.

Mrs. Drane was born near Wilmington, N. C., and reared there and in Mississippi. She was married in 1860 to Capt. Henry N. Drane, of Wilmington, N. C. She was for several years, at one period in her life, a resident of Macon. Capt. Drane, her husband, was at that time general freight and passenger agent for the old Macon and Brunswick Railroad company. After the sale of the road by the state and the change of management, Capt. Drane became connected with the old Plant system of railroads, and removed his family from Macon to Savannah. After his retirement he and his family returned to her childhood home near Wilmington where they lived until Capt. Drane's death, about three years ago. She then returned to Macon and made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Thomas A. Hall, where she lived until her death.

Mrs. Drane at the time she lived in Macon had a large circle of warm friends who were devoted to her, as indeed everyone was who knew her. No one ever came in contact with her that was not attached to her by reason of the beauty, loveliness and gentleness of her character. Few of her old friends in Macon now survive her, but those few were devoted to her until the last.

Mrs. Drane became at an early age a member of the Methodist church and continued so throughout her long life. She was, while she lived in Macon, a member of Mulberry street Methodist church.

At the end she fully realized her condition, calmly, peacefully awaited the summons. She leaves surviving her only two children, Mrs. Thomas A. Hall and Loyd Drane, one grandson, W. C. Morrill, of Savannah, and three grandchildren, the children of her son, George Drane.

Mrs. Drane's remains were taken by her surviving children to Wilmington, N. C., and were there interred beside those of her husband.

Georgia Gleanings: Elizabeth White's Suicide (1885)

Macon Telegraph (Georgia)
5 February 1885, pg. 2
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GEORGIA GLEANINGS

In Jackson county, Wednesday, Mrs. Elizabeth White committed suicide by hanging herself. She was about 25 years of age, and scarce three weeks had passed since she became the wife of Bazil White, who was a young widower with a son large enough to go to school. She was a Miss Beatty, a daughter of Mr. William Beatty. Mr. White had gone off with a wagon to the saw mill in the neighborhood to get a load of lumber, and left his wife in her usual health. He directed the boy to remain at home with her, as she had been complaining, and was never well, in fact; but after he left she sent the boy to school, and then deliberately hung herself with a plow line to the joist, and choked to death.

Georgia Gleanings: E. B. Allen's Suicide (1885)

Macon Telegraph (Georgia)
5 February 1885, pg. 2
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GEORGIA GLEANINGS

E. B. Allen committed suicide at his mother's house in Thomasville, Ga., on the 30th of January. Disappointment in business the cause.

Deaths and Funerals: Mrs. Richard L. Edwards (1913)

Macon Telegraph (Georgia)
25 November 1913, pg. 10
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS

MRS. RICHARD L. EDWARDS.
With Rev. John S. Bunting, officiating, the funeral of Mrs. Richard L. Edwards, whose death occurred at Manchester, Friday, was held yesterday at noon from the residence of Mrs. Wilson Edwards, 114 Coleman avenue. Interment followed at Riverside Cemetery.

Relatives Believe Andrews Murdered (1909)

Augusta Chronicle (Georgia)
14 January 1909, pg. 3
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RELATIVES BELIEVE ANDREWS MURDERED

Uncle Asked Examination of Body.

Roanoke, Va., Jan. 13. -- Relatives of William A. Andrews, the young bride-groom whose dead body was found swinging from a tree near this town last Sunday after he had been missing a week, believe he was murdered. At the grave in Bedford county yesterday interment was stopped by an uncle of the dead man, who demanded an examination of the body. It is said Dr. Kabler found several small holes in the breast, one of them leading to the heart. The wounds were believed to have been made with a hat pin.

Wife Believes Suicide.
Mrs. Andrews, widow of the dead man, tonight declared she believed her husband committed suicide. Undertakers who prepared the body say they did not notice any holes in the breast of the corpse.

Deaths and Funerals: Thomas Jefferson Stapler (1913)

Macon Telegraph (Georgia)
25 November 1913, pg. 10
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS

THOMAS JEFFERSON STAPLER
ATHENS, Nov. 24. -- The oldest justice of the peace in Georgia in age and service died today at Nicholson, near here. Thomas Jefferson Stapler, forty-five years a magistrate in his district, and more than 85 years old. He quit eight years ago and his son inherited the position and holds it now.

Deaths and Funerals: Mrs. O. J. Massee, Sr. (1913)

Macon Telegraph (Georgia)
25 November 1913, pg. 10
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS

MRS. O. J. MASSEE, SR.
The body of Mrs. O. J. Massee, Sr., whose death occurred Saturday at her home near Marshallville, reached Macon yesterday morning at 9:30 o'clock over the Central of Georgia railway and was met at the depot by a large number of sorrowing friends and relatives. Interment followed at Riverside cemetery at 10 o'clock.