Crawford County Obituaries
February 1963
Dent, J. T. Sr.
Macon Telegraph, Friday Feb. 15, 1963, pg
18A
J. T. Dent Sr. Rites Today
Funeral services for J. Tom Dent Sr., 78, of 1030 Courtland Ave., prominent
Macon businessman who died yesterday, will be held at 4:30 p.m. today in the
chapel of Hart's Mortuary. Dr. Walter L. Moore will officiate and burial will
be in the Macon Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Tom Cater, Calder B. Clay
Sr., Charles H. Davis, J. Holland Brown, B. S. Fitzpatrick, J. L. Sullivan,
Horace Weems and Brantley
Weems. Mr. Dent was born in Crawford County, the son of Edgar Eugene Dent and
Mrs. Pamelia (sic) Worsham Dent and had lived here most of his life. He was
graduated with honor in law from Mercer University in 1906. He was former
officer and secretary-treasurer of the Freeman-Dent-Sullivan Company. Mr. Dent
was a charter member of the Kiwanis Club, a mason and member of the Baraca Bible
Class of Vineville Baptist Church. Surviving are his widow, the former Miss
Helen MacDonald, Macon; a daughter, Mrs. D. L. Turner, Atlanta; a son, J. Tom
Dent Jr., Macon; five grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. John B. Parker, Macon; three
brothers, Arthur L. Dent, Dallas, TX; R. Eugene Dent, Macon; and Earl Dent,
Miami, Fla.; and several nieces and nephews. *****Submitted by
Cheryl Aultman
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