Submitted by Emily O'neal
Rome News Tribune Feb. 26, 1939
Funeral Sunday for J. W. Boggs
Funeral services for James Walter Boggs, 44, who died Friday night at his
residence, 803 Ave. B, will be held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the
Pisgah Baptist Church. The Rev. H. F. Joyner and the Rev. H. E. Wright will
officiate, with burial in the adjoining cemetery.
Mr. Boggs had been ill for six weeks with a heart ailment. A resident of
Floyd County all his life, he had lived in Rome for the past five years and
was connected with the O'Neill Manufacturing Company.
Surviving are his widow, the former Miss Ruth McCain, son Vaughn Boggs
of Rome; two daughters, Mrs. John Byars, of Lavender Station, Miss Jewell
Boggs of Rome; his mother, Mrs. L.J. Boggs of Rome; two brothers, H.F. of
Rome, and G.W. Boggs of Texas Valley; a sister, Mrs. Emma Lee Johnson, of
Rome.
Pallbearers, who are requested to meet at the residence at 2:15 o'clock,
will include W. H. Johnson, Robert Price, Charles Evans, Robert McCullough,
Euen Tanner and O. S. Holcomb.
(Note: died Feb. 24)