Crawford County Obits

1918, Wednesday Sept. 18th, pg 13A, Macon Telegraph Newspaper carried the following obituary:
MRS. CAROLINE JOYNER
Mrs. Caroline Joyner, age 70 years, died at her home at Lizella, yesterday morning at 10 o'clock after a lingering illness of nine months. Mrs. Joyner was stricken with a stroke of paralysis and rapidly grew worse until the end came. She was born in Crawford county and was a member of the Baptist church. She leaves five boys and one daughter, Henry Joyner of Lizella; C. O., W. V. and Arthur Joyner; Mrs. Mollie Upchurch. The funeral services will be held from Skipperton Church this morning at 11 o'clock. Rev. Horace Moseley officiating. The interment will be in the cemetery at Skipperton. NOTE: This person's maiden name was Caroline R. Rowland. She was the daughter of William & Rebecca Rowland. She married Osborn Joyner about 1873. The obit mentions Skipperton Church. According to the staff in the genealogical department of Washington Memorial Library of Macon, Skipperton Church is referring to Elam/New Elam Baptist Church on Hartley Bridge Road in Bibb County. *****Submitted by Cheryl Aultman ←

The Butler Herald
Thursday, September 26, 1918
Page One
Car Overturns; One Killed; Four Hurt
Friends of Mr. Joe Sams in Taylor County, where he was reared and until a few years ago resided in Daviston district were deeply grieved when news reached here of the unfortunate accident in which he lost his life while he was enroute to Macon to visit his brother who is at Camp Wheeler being sent there recently from this county. Mr. Sam’s mother, uncles and other relatives in this county who survive have the heartfelt sympathy of many friends as well as the wife and father-less children. The following account of the accident appeared in the daily papers of Monday. Macon, Ga., Sept. 23rd – Joe T. Sams, a well-to-do farmer of Roberta, died at the Macon Hospital at 6 o’clock last night from a fractured skull received in an automobile accident on the Columbus road yesterday afternoon. Four others in the car were injured. J.B. Visage, also a farmer of Roberta, bruises and injuries to his spine. Mrs. J.B. Visage and little child, slightly injured. James Sams, brother of Joe T. Sams, bruised
On Way to Base Hospital
The party left Roberta yesterday morning in a Ford car, enroute to Camp Wheeler to visit another brother of Sams, who is ill at the Base Hospital. They intended to stop at the home of City Fireman C.E. Hammock, friend of the families, at No. 865 First Street, on their way to the camp. Coming along the Columbus road at a rapid rate of speed shortly before 11 o’clock a tire blowout caused the machine to overturn in the ditch. The accident occurred at the six-mile post. Visage was at the wheel of the machine at the time of the accident. The Macon Hospital was notified of the accident and dispatched an ambulance to the scene.
Injured Are Brought Here
The injured persons were brought to the hospital as soon as possible, some in the ambulance and others in a passing automobile. An examination of Sams showed that he had a fracture at the base of the skull and other injuries. The doctors held out no hope for him from the start. Sam’s father-in-law, Tom Hortman, of Roberta, and other members of the family arrived at the hospital late yesterday afternoon, just before Sams died. The injured man was unable to recognize members of the family. Sams was a native of Taylor County, but three or four years ago he married Miss
Josey Hortman, of Roberta, purchased a farm near that place andmoved his family there. He has several brothers, one of whom was in the army stationed at Camp Wheeler. Besides his wife he leaves two small children. The body was removed to Hart’s undertaking parlors and later was carried through the country to the family home at Roberta. The funeral is to take place Reynolds. Mr. Sams was 28 years of age and is survived by his wife and two children, his mother, Mrs. G.S. Sams, one sister and four brothers. He was a member of the Woodmen of the World and of the Methodist church at Roberta. *****Submitted by Carla Miles ←