Obituary for Thomas Matthew Awbrey (Awbrey-193)

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Roanoke, AL

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From the Roanoke Leader, May 19, 1915:

"The oldest person in Roanoke and in Randolph County passed away shortly after midnight Mon. morning when the Hon. T. M. Awbrey, known locally as 'Uncle Matt', passed away at the home of his son, James Thomas Benjamin Awbrey, Esq. The deceased lacked only one week of being 97 years of age. Mr. Awbrey, Thomas Mathew Awbrey, had an interesting career. He was for more than 60 years a member of the Baptist Church at Western, Ga. (this church was organized by the Awbrey, Glanton, and Zachary families), where the funeral services were conducted in the presence of a large congregation. He had also been a Mason over 60 years. He formerly represented Heard County, Ga. in the Legislature and was the Heard County member of the Ga . Assembly in the Constitutional Convention of Ga. in 1877. Mr. Awbrey came to West Ga. with his parents when the Indians still inhabited this country. Before the enfeeblemen tof old age crept upon him, he was an interesting talker on the scenes of the early days of his life and the pioneer days of West Ga. For several years before his death, he was blind and nearly deaf. He made his home with his son, James Thomas Benjamin Awbrey, in Roanoke, Ala., where he was constantly and dutifully cared for until called to his reward."