Davine has worked very hard and is placing all the Obits she can find on the Macon County Web Page www.rootsweb.com/~gamacon I ask that you also send in all your records for the county site. We will be keeping all the records for Macon on the county site. I am still searching for a good query system for the page. Please post your queries at Genforum, it is linked from the front page of Macon County. I want to remind everyone to post your queries to the mail list. The list has an excellent archives that dates back to when the list was first made available. Regards, Margie Macon County Citizen - Oglethorpe, Ga. Sept. 3, 1926 PROMINENT CITIZEN DIES OF INJURIES - Mr. Tolbert E. Fowler, of Ideal, Instantly Killed By Gin. Mr. T. E. Fowler, of Ideal, one of the most prominent, respected and loved men of this section of Georgia, was instantly killed in his gin in Ideal, Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The shocking news of the heart breaking tragedy was received here early Saturday afternoon and caused universal sorrow here and throughout this section. It appears the machinery needed some slight repair which Mr. Fowler attempted to correct, when he was jerked into the saws, horribly mangling the unfortunate man about the head and body. Death was practically instantaneous. Mr. Fowler was a leading citizen of his community, kind lovable and charitable. He was the friend of everybody and loved by all classes. He stood for all that was good and was a power in his community. The deceased was a successful farmer and business man, and his home life was perfect. He was forty six years of age and was born and reared in the vicinity, where he spent his useful life and met his tragic death. Mr. Fowler was a consistent member of the Baptist Church, and was always to be found at services. The deceased is survived by relatives throughout the state and by the immediate family, his widow, who was Miss Mamie Payne, and six children: his father, John B. Fowler, Montezuma; four brothers, J. W. Fowler, Montezuma; C. J. Fowler, Perry, Carl Fowler, Thomasville; Ernest Fowler, Montezuma and a sister, Mrs. Elmer I. Matthews, Montezuma. The funeral and interment occurred Sunday afternoon at the Ideal cemetery. Rev. Mr. Helms conducting the services. He was also buried with Masonic honors. The funeral was attended by probably one of the largest concourse of friends ever seen in Macon County. Pallbearers: Messrs. B. H. Hambrick, W. C. Chapman, Jesse Williams, A. M. Parks, C. A. Pye. [Note: Tobert E. Fowler Born 6-4-1880 Died Aug.28, 1926] [Mary Ann Payne Fowler Born 8- 29, 1878 Died 9-15-1955] --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.391 / Virus Database: 222 - Release Date: 09/19/2002