The DeFuniak Herald – April 1917 – Obituaries

April 5, 1917

Mr C R Walden, ‘Grandpa Walden’ as he was known was accidentally killed near Enterprise, Ala yesterday evening.  He was in a buggy going to Enterprise to visit his daughter in law, Mrs J C Walden Sr, when the horse became frightened and ran away throwing Mr Walden from the buggy and fracturing his skull. . . . The late J C Walden Sr was his son.

Headline: “IT IS WAR”

April 19, 1917

Mr W A McCallum of this city, who was injured several months ago by the accidental overturning of a railroad motor car, died at the sanitarium yesterday. Funeral we be held at Euchee Valley church today.

Memorial:  Mrs Lizzie Edwards was joined in holy matrimony with Lawrence Edwards. She died of malaria and was ill for several months.  She was a Christian worker. (long poem)

[Contributed by Lois Danley and Sharon Watson]

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