Obituary of W.F. Quillian

The following obituary was transcribed by Suzanne Forte (suzanneforte@bellsouth.net) from a scrapbook in her possession, belonging to her great grandmother, Cora Lorena Foster Weeks. Lorena was born Jan 25, 1877 in Freestone Co, Texas and died Jan 6, 1952 in Gilmer County, Georgia. This obituary was presumably from the Gilmer County newspaper, the Times Courier, but could have been from the Atlanta, Georgia, newspaper, the Atlanta Journal/Constitution.

Surnames: Quillian, Foster

Date: 4 Jul 1946

"Funeral Held Saturday At Watkins Memorial for W. F. Quillian"

   Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at Watkins Memorial Methodist Church for Mr. W. F. Quillian. Rev. C. B. Cochran, pastor, officiated. Interment was in the Ellijay cemetery with B.C. Logan & Son in charge of funeral arrangements.

   Mr. Quillian, 77, died at his home in Ellijay Thursday afternoon of the 4th about 3:00 o'clock following an illness of several weeks duration.

   A native of this county, Mr. Quillian resided in East Ellijay many years and was well-known through Gilmer, having once offered as a candidate for state senator. He was a carpenter by trade but some fifteen years ago moved to Ellijay where he established a grist mill which he continued to operate until his health gave way.

   He was married to Miss Alice Foster, who, with three daughters, Misses Frankie, Mary Louise and Dorothy Quillian survive. Another daughter Miss Flora Quillian preceded him in death on December 28th, of last year.