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The Henry County Weekly
VOL, XLIX
MR. J. I. FQUCHE, HENRY
COUNTY WEEKLY FORMER
EDITOR SUCCUMBS TO DEATH
McDonough is called again to
mourn the loss of one of her most
prominent beloved citizens, in the
death of Mr. J. A. Fouche, who
after an illness of ten days answer-,
ed the last summons on Sunday
morning, March 4th, 1923.
BORN IN TALBOT
Mr. Fouche was born in Talbot
County, Ga., May 6, 1854. In his
infancy his parents moved to Cul
loden, Ga., where they resided un
til 1868, when they moved to
Barnesville, Ga. While living in
Barnesville Mr. Fouche worked
for the old Barnesville Gazette,
and for several years served on
newspapers in different points in
Middle Georgia.
In 1882 he moved to Henry
Countv and fora few weeks was
at Hampton, where he had an in
terest in The Henry County Week
ly, which was then located there.
In the early fall of that year the
old E. T. V. & G. Railroad reached
McDonough and when the paper
was moved to its new home Mr.
Fouche moved to McDonough,
since which time he' has resided
here.
EDITOR 25 YEARS
Mr. Fouche became editor of
The Henry County Weekly shortly
after coming to McDonough and
has edited it for 25 years. His
policies and management made it
one of the foremost weeklies of
the state.
A man of stainless character and
highest integrity he held the es
teem and confidence of his fellow
citizen who honored him by plac
ing into his hands at two different
times the trust of public office —
he being Clerk of Superior Court
of Henry County at the time of his
death.
During his whole public career
of almost 40 years in Henry Coun
ty there is no record that he ever
stooped to conquer or ever devia
ted from the path of truth and
honor.
Modest and retiring in disposi
tion, un ssuming and unobtrusive
in manner, he never craved or
labored for public applause or
praise but persued the even tenor
of his way with a devotion to duty
rarely equeled.
He had a genius for friendship
and many whose lives he touched
will miss the kindly genial greet
ings of his sympathetic heart.
Frail in body, he bore suffering
with fortitude and courage and
made the most of life despite the
handicap of ill health.
A faithful devoted husband, a
loving tender father, a true and
trusted friend, the whole commu
nity feels deeply the loss of this
exemplary citizen.
A loyal consistent membre of
Methodist Church, he lived the
prayer life according to his own
testimony and this close walk with
the unseen Friend was the secret
of his triumphant faith and walk.
He is survived by his wife, one
son, Mr. Alt' Fouche, of Atlanta,
one daughter, Ivliss Bess Fouche,
of McDonough, and one sister
Mrs. Elizabeth Matthews, of Annis
ton Alabama.
Funeral services were conduc
ted at Methodist Church Monday
A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of McDonough and Henry County.
SMITH-THOMPSON
Mr. and Mrs. Baylor Smith, of
McDonough, announce the en
gagement of their daughter, Annie
Pearl, to Mr. Ernest H. Thompson,
the marriage to be solemnized at
an early dale.
w. J. CUBE
Just as The Weekly was going
to press, the news came of the
death of Mr. W. J. Crabbe, a for
mer well known citizen, of Henry
County, who died at his home in
Atlanta yesterday. He was
brother of Mrs. W. B. Kelley and
Mrs. Abi Wallas of this place, and
we understand his remains will
be brought to McDonough for
pnterments to day.
afternoon at 3 o’clock by Rev. J.
A. Partridge and his remains amid
a profusion of flowers, and follow
ed by a great concourse of friends
and relatives, were laid to rest in
McDonough cemetery beside the
loved ones gone before.
He giveth His beloved sleep.
KcDONOUGH, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1923.
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SERIES OF MEETINGS ,
HI BMIST CHURCH
Arrangements haye been made
to hold a special series of meetings
at the McDonough Baptist church
to begin on Sunday morning
March 25th. and continue through
Friday, April 6th. Rev. C. A. De
vane. pastor at Cedartown Ha. is
expected to do the preaching. He
is one of our strongest young men
and most successful pastors. He
was chaplain in the army
over seas during the war
and his success with men
of all classes was very pronounced.
His intense zeal, deep spirituality,
Wupled with a sincere interest i:i
men and devotion to truth, backed
by a strong personality, make him
an ideal helper in a protractted
meeting. Every one will find in
him a warm friend and a brother
beloved. —The singing will be un
der the direction of that royal
spirit and competent leader, John
D. Hoffman, of Atlanta, one of
our Home Board singers. Those
who were here in 1920 will recall
his splendid service in that meet
ing. In fact his return to us was
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at the earnest request of many
who greatly appreciated him on a
former occasion. I feel that we
arp,very fortunate id securing the
help of these consecrated men of
God. But that in itself does not
mean a gracious revival. The
responsibility is ours to help for
ward every effort made by these
bretheren by earnest prayer and
faithful co-operation. That Me
Donough needs a genuine revival
of true religion is not an open
question. It is all important how
ever that we REALIZE that need
and feel it so deeply and desire it
so intensely that we will deyote
ourselves unreservedly to its ac
complishement. We most cordial
ly invite the co-operation of all
Christians in our town and com
munity and sincerely desire your
presence at every service and
your prayers for the out-pouring
of the Holy Spirit. Everybody
will find a hearty welcome.
Further announcements will be
made as occasion may require and
the time of the meeting draws
nigh.
W. W. Arnold. Pastor.
Do not forget “Stunt” program
to be given soon by Woman’s
Auxiliary of Presbyterian Church.
An evening full of fun has been
planned and all are cordially invit
ed to be present.
$1.50 A YEAR
MEMOIR
The following Memoir was de
livered by the Rev. J. A. Par
tridge at the Methodist church
Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock:
James Alfred Fouche was born
in Talbot County, May 6th, 1854,
and died March 4th. 1923 in Mc-
Donough, Georgia. Nearly sixty
nine years of age.
It is not always that a pastor has
the privilege of conducting the
funeral service of one of his mem
bers whose life has been such as
to permit of utmost freedom and
libei tv in the framing of the eulo
gistic sentences employed on an
occasion of this kind. Indeed
there is not infrequently no small
degree of embarrassment connect
ed with the arrangement of a ser
vice for the dead. This is due to
the fact, as you doubtless might
suppose, that during life there
was so much of inconsistency in
the subject whose rem iins are
after all brought to the church for
its last service.
It would be superfluous for me
to state that the absence of all
this embarrassment is strickingly
noticeable in the service upon
which we have entered this after
noon.
Casting about for an appro
priate text is not the easiest of
pastoral tasks unless we laKe ad
vantage of the occasion to address
our remarks to the living who vet
remain in waiting for the last
summons and then try to convey
a message of comfort to the be
reaved famiiy whose hearts are
breaking underneath the burden
of conscious hopelessness.
Not so at-this hour. As soon as
I had learnd that the passing of
our brother whose remains lib
before us might hm iiom-iy expect
ed, some how there flashed be
fore my thoughts the text so force
fully fitting:
“Mark- the perfect man, and be
hold the upright: for the end of
that man is peace.”
The iife of Brother Fouche has
been in this community an op n
book. Every one with whom he
came in contact had the privilege
of freely looking over its pages.
And every one who might have
availed himself of this privilege
has turned away with the convic
tion that there was not a stain to
be found.
1 havn been granted the privi
lege of briefly reviewing a few of
his striking characteristics with
each of which all of you no doubt
are more familiar than I. You
have known nim for years; Kfor
a little more than two years. But
to have had a two-years acquain
tance intimately is to have had
ample opportunity to observe
either the smoothness of unbroken
fidelity to Christian principles, or
the irregularities in the exercise
of such virtues. These latter,
with all who have known him for
so long a time, I failed to discover.
The irregularities were not there.
There was always a calm, heaven
born peace regardless of what
others might have termed the dis
turbing conditions of life and no
man can live without experiencing
these disordering circumstances
thev are the common lot of us all.
However, it takes more than
human strength to maintain an
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