Obituary of Mr. N.C. Weeks

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: Weeks, Foster, Jacobs, Gantt, James

Date: 21 Nov 1950

"Heart Attack Fatal to Mr. N. C. Weeks, Retired Lumberman"

   The county and neighboring town, East Ellijay, especially, suffered an irreparable loss Tuesday in the death of Mr. N. C. Weeks.

   Mr. Weeks, 78 died suddenly Tuesday afternoon of a heart attack. Enjoying his usual good health Mr. Weeks was chopping wood, it was said, when the attack came. He was rushed to the local hospital but was pronounced dead upon arrival.

   A native of this county and a retired lumberman, Mr. Weeks spent the greater portion of his life in East Ellijay. However, the family resided for some ten years in Atlanta before he retired where he was connected with a lumber concern. He was a member of Watkins Memorial Methodist Church and a Mason.

   He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Lorena Foster, three daughters, Mrs. Ethel Jacobs and Mrs. Maude Gantt, both of Atlanta, and Miss Belle Weeks of East Ellijay; one son, Benton Weeks also of Atlanta; two brothers, Cliff Weeks of East Ellijay and Ralph Weeks of Munday, Texas, and one sister, Mrs. Robert James of Eton.

   Funeral services will be held today, Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at Watkins Memorial Methodist Church wit Rev. C. b. Cochran and Rev. Geo F. Erwin officiating. Burial will be made in East Ellijay cemeter with Masonic honors. Logan Funeral Home in charge.