Marion County GaArchives Obituaries.....Armstrong, J.P. March 1894 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00010.html#0002476 December 5, 2004, 10:17 pm The Marion County Patriot, March 23, 1894 The Marion County Patriot, No. 12 March 23, 1894 Page Three A Difficult Operation Drs. W.A. Drane and J.A. Weaver, assisted by Dr. T.B. Sheppard and Judge Dunham, performed a very difficult and dangerous operation on Mr. J.P. Armstrong last Wednesday morning. It will be remembered that Mr. Armstrong had his left arm terribly mangled in a gin last fall a year ago, and it was recently discovered that the bone between the elbow and the shoulder was not united so the physicians decided to perform another operation last Tuesday by cutting off the ends of the bones and fit them together in order that they might unite. It was discovered in this operation that the upper portion of the broken bone was dead, and it was decided that this dead bone must be taken out. That was the operation which was performed Wednesday. Mr. Armstrong is a man of wonderful nerve and stood the operation finely, although he has heart trouble and could not take enough anesthetics to place him in an unconscious state. The operation lasted about twenty minutes and was very successfully performed, though the patient was in a very weak condition after it was over. It is hoped that Mr. Armstrong will not have to undergo anymore such trying ordeals and that his arm will soon heal again. He has suffered much with it, though patiently, since it was first hurt. Mr. Armstrong was in a very critical condition all day yesterday, and it was feared he would not be able to survive the shock. It is the prayer of this town that he be spared. The Marion County Patriot, No. 13 March 30, 1894 Page Three Mr. J.P. Armstrong Dead Mr. J.P. Armstrong, whom we mentioned last week as being in a critical condition after a severe surgical operation, died at 11:30 o’clock Thursday night of last week, only a few hours after the last paper was printed. His remains were buried at the Methodist cemetery Friday afternoon, after the funeral services were held at the church by Rev. D.F. Riley, and the large number of people who attended attested the esteem in which he was held in Buena Vista. He came here from St. Augustine, Fla., several years ago and soon won the esteem and friendship of all with whom he became associated. During his residence in Buena Vista no man has spoken against him. He was quiet and reserved in his manners, honest and conscientious, and as upright in all his dealings with his fellow man as it is possible for mortal to be. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, but had sent for his letter to unite with the Methodist church here. He was a model Christian man, devoted to the church and Sunday School, and he has left an example worthy of imitation. During all his suffering, from the time of his accident eighteen months ago until his death, he bore it with remarkable Christian fortitude. When the last operation was performed, and so many odds against his surviving the shock, he remarked to those present just before taking chloroform that if he should never wake “they would know where to find him.” He had been unfortunate since in Buena Vista and was poor in this world’s goods, but he left a priceless heritage to his wife and child – an assurance that he would be redeemed with the blessed. He was about thirty-five years old and in the prime of manhood. He leaves a wife and little child to mourn his untimely death to whom the sympathies of the people of this community are extended. The Marion County Patriot, No. 13 March 30, 1894 Page Three A committee composed of F.G. Nelson, W.M. Williams and the editor was appointed at the Methodist Sunday School last Sunday to draft resolutions of respect on the death of one of its best members, Mr. J.P. Armstrong. Additional Comments: Transcriber's note: I was unable to locate the resolutions written for J.P. Armstrong. Apparently it was included in some of the missing issues of the newspaper. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 4.6 Kb