Southern Graves

Photo by James Allen Over at the Rose Hill Cemetery blog , I recently completed a series of posts about a horrific explosion in a Macon railroad yard. Two men, John McDonnell and Edmond Hodges, were killed instantly and rest in Rose Hill Cemetery. I shared all the details of the news article, believing the totality would be of great interest to many. Railroad yards were places of occupation for numerous ancestors in a myriad of families. Yet the danger of such, though well known then, I don't think is often remembered today. If you are interested in the subject matter, or any of the individuals mentioned below, please stop by and give it a read. The first post is linked above, and all posts in the series are linked below this first entry: " TERRIFIC EXPLOSION FOLLOWED BY DEATH An Awful Catastrophe at the Central Railroad Shops Here Yesterday Morning -- Engine was Blown to Atoms and Two Men were Instantly Killed, One More Died Soon After, and Three are Supposed to b

Brownwood Cemetery in Sandersville, Washington County, Georgia is where a few of my cousins were laid to rest. Two of them were German Fields Womble and his wife Zannie Peavy Womble. They were united in marriage in the year 1913, and they both died in the year 1969 -- only one month apart. G. F. died the 30th of August, and Mrs. Zannie died the 30th of September. Here are their obituaries from the Augusta Chronicle (Georgia). 31 August 1969 Deaths and Funerals G. F. Womble SANDERSVILLE, Ga. -- Funeral services for German Fields Womble, 79, of Sandersville, will be held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Sisters Baptist Church with the Rev. Milton and the Rev. Albert Stroup officiating. Burial will be in Brownwood Cemetery. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Zannie Peavy Womble, two sons, Charles H. Womble, Boynton Beach, Fla., and Louie Womble, Sandersville; daughter, Mrs. Lola Daniel, Orlando, Fla. He was a member of Sisters Baptist Church, the Hamilton Chapter of the Masonic Lodge

From Blue Heights Baptist Church Cemetery at Mountain City, Rabun County, Georgia: Ferber A. Bell (1879-1922) and Tobitha D. Bell (1883-1923) I uncovered Tobitha's death certificate at FamilySearch.org. (Her first name was indexed as Tobeeka.) From this document I learned Mrs. Bell's cause of death was pulmonary tuberculosis, and I also learned the names of her parents. Tobitha was the daughter of Henry B. Dotson and Rebecca Speed, both being among those at rest in Blue Heights Baptist Church Cemetery. H. B. Dotson (Oct 13, 1851 - Oct 23, 1920) Rebecca Dotson (July 20, 1850 - Dec 6, 1918) Photos © 2011-2013 S. Lincecum

I recently signed up for Newspapers.com and was pleased with the number of results listed after my usual "test" search of LINCECUM. One of the first entries I read was an item about the death of my 4th cousin Lucullus B. Lincecum: Newspapers.com Clipping " BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS FAIL TO OFFSET VOLTS Harlingen, Texas, Jan. 10 -- Two blood transfusions failed to save the life of L. B. Lincecum, 25, of San Benito, who died here at 2:30 this afternoon from the results of an electrical shock, from a 33,000-volt line. The young man was employed by the Central Power and Light Company, and suffered the injury Dec. 29, near Sebastian, where he came in contact with a high line carrying more voltage than used in death chairs. Lincecum was on the cross arm of a pole, and his head touched the line, while he held a wire going to the ground. R. A. Ewing of the power department of the Central Power and Light Company, with which Lincecum was employed, gave a pint of blood in a t