The Macon Daily Telegraph
Bibb County, Georgia
23 October 1918

DEATHS AND FUNERALS

J. E. LAWSON
J. E. Lawson, age 28 years, died Monday at 6:45 p.m., after an illness of
ten days. Mr. Lawson was well known here, this having been his home for
the last four years. He was employed by the Macon Railway & Light
company. He was born in Wilkinson county, and lived at 416 Calhoun
street. He leaves a wife, mother and one little child. The funeral
services will be held from Hart's Chapel this (Wednesday) afternoon at 4
o'clock, Rev. J. G. Harrison officiating. The interment will be in Rose
Hill cemetery.

MRS. BESSIE HASKINS
Mrs. Bessie Haskins, aged 35 years, died at the city hospital Tuesday
morning at 5 o'clock. She had been ill several days. Pneumonia is given
as the cause of her death. She is survived by her husband, A. Haskins,
who is well known here, and sons and one daughter. The funeral services
will be held from Hart's Chapel this (Wednesday) afternoon at 2:30, Rabbi
Harry Weis officiating. The interment will be in Rose Hill cemetery.

MRS. J. B. GILES
The funeral services of Mrs. J. B. Giles, who died Monday morning at 6
o'clock, were held from her late residence, 609 Anderson street, yesterday
afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev. J. G. Harrison officiated, and the interment
was in Rose Hill cemetery.

LLOYD BOLINGER
Lloyd Bolinger, of Cochran, died yesterday at the Macon Hospital at 1:15
o'clock. Young Bolinger was 13 years of age and was born in Blakely
county. He was a student of the Cochran school, and leaves many friends
among the younger set who will greatly miss him. The family was with him
until the end at the hospital. Besides his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. A.
Boliner, 3 brothers and one sister survive. The body was carried to
Cochran yesterday afternoon for funeral and interment which will take
place today.

PRIVATE TIMOTHY A. MURPHY
AUGUSTA, Oct 22 -- The death is reported at 4:30 p.m., yesterday, at Camp
Merritt, N.J., of Private Timothy A. Murphy from pneumonia. He belonged
to the Thirty-First, from Camp Wheeler, and was at Camp Merritt to report
overseas. He is the fourth young man of his family to die in the last
twenty months, three of his brothers, all fine young fellows between 20
and 30 years of age, having passed away during that time. The body will
be sent to Augusta for interment. He is survived by his mother, three
sisters and one brother.

LIEUT. JOHN A. COFFEE
MARSHALLVILLE, Oct 22 -- Lieut. John A. Coffee, who was killed in an
aeroplane accident near Aberdeen, Miss., last Friday, was buried here this
morning with full military honors. Two aviators from Souther Field flew
over on the grave of the young man.

The funeral service was conducted from the home of the parents of the
deceased, Mr. and Mrs. J. Henry Coffee, Rev. T. L. Darley and Mrs. C. E.
Barron officiating. During the service a male quartet sang "Nearer My God
to Thee," "Star Spangled Banner" and "Gathering Home." The pallbearers
were John T. Lee, Jr., of Rochelle; E. I. Holmes, of Elko; Wallace Peavy,
of Byron; T. J. Whitfield, of Hawkinsville; Dr. H. H. Johnson, of Macon,
and Hamilton McKenzie, of Marshallville.

Lieutenant McMillan accompanied the remains from Aberdeen. Lieutenants E.
P. Potts, E. M. Rogers and J. M. Johnson, with a squad of cadets, came
from Souther Field, near Americus, and buried the body with military honors.

There was probably no more popular young man here than Lieutenant Coffee.
He was the first colunteer to enlist from this place, joining the old
First Georgia in June, 1916, serving at the Mexican border. He returned
and served as a member of the 118th Field Artillery band at Camp Wheeler
until last February, when, on his twenty-first birthday, he was sent to
the aviation school at Austin, Texas. He received his commission as an
aviator at Dayton, Ohio, in July, 1918. He was later made an instructor
in advanced flying.

MRS. J. FRANK ROGERS
The funeral services of Mrs. J. Frank Rogers, who died at her home in
Cincinnati, Ohio, last Saturday, was held yesterday morning at 11:30
o'clock from the residence of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Mallory, No. 535
Vineville avenue. The services were conducted by Rev. Dr. R. E. Douglas,
pastor of the First Presbyterian church, and the interment was in
Riverside cemetery. The following acted as pall bearers: J. N. McCaw, W.
R. Rogers, Jr., [?], E. Mac Davis, B. E. Willingham, Jr., R. A. Tosrey,
Jr., L. C. Small and R. L. Anderson.

WALTER T. WALLACE
The funeral services of Walter T. Wallace, aged 26 years, who died Monday
morning at Augusta, was held yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock from the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Boyle, No. 105 St. John's street, and the
interment was in Riverside cemetery.

MISS THELMA EATON
Miss Thelma Eaton, aged 19 years, died at 11:30 o'clock last night at the
family residence, No. 331 Calhoun street, after a week's illness.
Surviving are her mother, Mrs. M. B. Brannon; four sisters, Mrs. Ernest
Price, of Columbus; Misses Grace, Florence and Lucile, and two brothers,
E. H. and D. G. Eaton. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.

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