Submitted by Emily O'Neal
Rome News Tribune April 27, 1960
A. C. Buffington Dies Today: Final Rites Set Thursday
A.C. Buffington, 66, of Rome, Rte. 1, died in a local hospital at 5:10 a.m. today.
Mr. Buffington had been in declining health for the past three years, but his
condition had been serious since Tuesday when he suffered an attack.
Mr. Buffington was born in the Texas Valley Community, July 17, 1893, where he
had resided all of his life and was the son of the late Thomas Buffington and Alva
Cordle Buffington. He was a member of the Antioch Baptist Church and prior to his
retirement, he was a well-known farmer and lumberman in the Texas Valley Community
and was a member of the Georgia Farm Bureau Federation.
Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Essie Green, to whom he was married Dec.
14, 1913; six sons, C.D. "Tim" Buffington, Reuben A., Claude R. and Billy M.
Buffington, all of Rome Rte. 1; Herman A. Buffington, Summerville and Edward H.
Buffington, Cartersville; step-mother, Mrs. Lula Buffington, Shannon; three brothers,
E.L. Buffington, Rte. l Armuchee, Lewis Buffington, Rome Rte. 3 and Gordon
Buffington, Rome Rte. 1; four sisters, Mrs. W.C. Hicks, Sr. and Mrs. Charlie
Vandiford of Rome, Mrs. Ralph Cordle, Rome Rte 3 and Mrs. J. C. Lowery, Shannon; 18
grand children, two great grand children, and a number of nieces and nephews also
survive.
Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in the Antioch Baptist Church
with the pastor, the Rev. Paul Camp and the Rev. W.F. Conn officiating. Internment
will follow in the Sand Springs cemetery.
Active pallbearers will include six nephews, Charles Flippin, Rufus McCrary,
Winfred Buffington, Richard and Frank Cordle and W.C. Hicks, Jr. They are asked to
meet at the home at 3 p.m. Thursday. An honorary escort will be composed of the
following friends, Tom Pledger, Howard Davis, Walter Selman, Earl Storey, Ed Dempsey,
Will Corbin, Roy Milsted and Tom Manis.
Jennings Funeral Home of Rome has charge of the arrangements.