Mr. Jas. H. Ashford Dies

Mr. James H. Ashford died at his home on Candler street Monday morning at 11:00 o'clock at the age of 49 years.

The funeral was conducted from the First Baptist church yesterday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock by Rev. E. P. Campbell, the pastor assisted by Rev. T. R. Kendall, Jr. Interment was at Alta Vista cemetery.

Mr. Ashford had for over twenty-five years been a printer, and twenty years or more of his work in the profession had been spent in this city. He was a man who was loved by everyone who knew him and who commanded the respect and esteem of all by his clean life, exemplary habits and straightforward dealings. It has been truly said that "Mr. Jim," as he was called by so many of his printer friends was one of God's noblemen, and his death closes a life which was spent in quietness, gentleness and industrial pursuit. He was a faithful member of the First Baptist Church and was a regular attendant upon its services. The printing industry sustains the loss of one of its finest members, and the community the loss of one of its best citizens in his death.

He is survived by his wife and three children, Edgar, Virginia, and James K. Ashford; his mother, Mrs. E. J. Ashford; one brother, Mr. W. K. Ashford, all of this city, and four sisters, Mrs. C. S. Merck, Mrs. H. A. Daniels, and Miss Eva Ashford, of this city and Mrs. J. W. Markham of Jacksonville.

J. H. Ashford

Mr. James H. Ashford, age 49, who died at his home on the corner of Candler and Prior streets Monday night at 11:30 o'clock, after a lingering illness of about 4 years duration, was a man who taught others how to live, lived himself and was a blessing to all things living.

He was that fine type of man who dignified honest labor; exemplified the Christian religion; graced the society of which he was a part and rendered real the home life, and upon such virtues of heart, mind and soul rest the security of government and civilization-he was a Christian gentleman in the purest and best sense of the term.
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The funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the First Baptist church conducted by the pastor, Rev. E. F. Campbell, assisted by Rev. T. R. Kendall, Jr., of the First Methodist church, following which the interment took place at Alta Vista.

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