Tuesday, November 22, 1949
JUDGE W.B. KENT DIES AT SARDIS
LAST RITES WEDNESDAY
PROMINENT MONTGOMERY COUNTY JURIST SUCCUMBS AT 79
"VIDALIA, Ga., Nov. 21.---Judge William B. Kent, Sr., husband of Lallie Calhoun Kent, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W.W. Hillis of Sardis, this afternoon. He was born in Montgomery County January 30, 1870. He had been living in Alamo for 36 years where he maintained his residence until his death. His father was the late William Kent of North Carolina and his mother was the late Martha Beckwith Kent of North Carolina. He was a member of the Alamo Baptist Church and a member of the Masonic Lodge there. Funeral services will be held from the Alamo Baptist Church Wednesday at 1 p.m. Officiating pastor will be the Rev. J. Walter Hendricks of Savannah who will be assisted by the Rev. C.A. Morrison. Burial will be in the Oconee Cemetery at Athens. Active pallbearers will be Erick Kent, Jurelle Calhoun, Kent Currie, Harvey Kent, L.W. Kent, and Arthur Jennings. Honorary pallbearers will be the Alamo Masonic Lodge.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. William B. Kent, Sr., of Alamo; one daughter, Mrs. W.W. Hillis of Sardis; one son, William B. Kent, Jr., of Alamo; two grandchildren, Mrs. A.P. Sherrill of Walnut Hill, Fla., and Wyecliffe Hillis, Augusta, and one great-grandson, Alan Sherrill, Jr.
The Judge was the last of a family of nine to survive. He was a former judge and solicitor of City Court of Montgomery County. He represented both Montgomery and Wheeler County in the General Assembly and introduced the bill creating Wheeler County. He was the first Ordinary of Wheeler County.
Judge Kent received two degrees from the University of Georgia in 1897. He was also an alumnus of Mercer University. He was captain of the Georgia championship football team of 1897 and was captain of the team when Richard Von Gammon, the famous Georgia quarterback, was killed playing against the University of North Carolina. After this a bill was introduced and passed in both houses outlawing football in the state of Georgia.
Judge Kent and Mrs. Von Gammon, Richard's mother, were instrumental in having the governor veto this measure–therefore he earned the title of having helped save football in the state of Georgia.
He was grand marshal of the Masons of Georgia and was also a trustee of the Masonic Hall for several years. He was a Shriner and held 25 and 50 year medals from his Masonic Lodge." – Source: SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS, Tuesday, November 22, 1949
JUDGE W.B. KENT DIES AT SARDIS
LAST RITES WEDNESDAY
PROMINENT MONTGOMERY COUNTY JURIST SUCCUMBS AT 79
"VIDALIA, Ga., Nov. 21.---Judge William B. Kent, Sr., husband of Lallie Calhoun Kent, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W.W. Hillis of Sardis, this afternoon. He was born in Montgomery County January 30, 1870. He had been living in Alamo for 36 years where he maintained his residence until his death. His father was the late William Kent of North Carolina and his mother was the late Martha Beckwith Kent of North Carolina. He was a member of the Alamo Baptist Church and a member of the Masonic Lodge there. Funeral services will be held from the Alamo Baptist Church Wednesday at 1 p.m. Officiating pastor will be the Rev. J. Walter Hendricks of Savannah who will be assisted by the Rev. C.A. Morrison. Burial will be in the Oconee Cemetery at Athens. Active pallbearers will be Erick Kent, Jurelle Calhoun, Kent Currie, Harvey Kent, L.W. Kent, and Arthur Jennings. Honorary pallbearers will be the Alamo Masonic Lodge.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. William B. Kent, Sr., of Alamo; one daughter, Mrs. W.W. Hillis of Sardis; one son, William B. Kent, Jr., of Alamo; two grandchildren, Mrs. A.P. Sherrill of Walnut Hill, Fla., and Wyecliffe Hillis, Augusta, and one great-grandson, Alan Sherrill, Jr.
The Judge was the last of a family of nine to survive. He was a former judge and solicitor of City Court of Montgomery County. He represented both Montgomery and Wheeler County in the General Assembly and introduced the bill creating Wheeler County. He was the first Ordinary of Wheeler County.
Judge Kent received two degrees from the University of Georgia in 1897. He was also an alumnus of Mercer University. He was captain of the Georgia championship football team of 1897 and was captain of the team when Richard Von Gammon, the famous Georgia quarterback, was killed playing against the University of North Carolina. After this a bill was introduced and passed in both houses outlawing football in the state of Georgia.
Judge Kent and Mrs. Von Gammon, Richard's mother, were instrumental in having the governor veto this measure–therefore he earned the title of having helped save football in the state of Georgia.
He was grand marshal of the Masons of Georgia and was also a trustee of the Masonic Hall for several years. He was a Shriner and held 25 and 50 year medals from his Masonic Lodge." – Source: SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS, Tuesday, November 22, 1949
Tuesday, November 22, 1949
JUDGE W.B. KENT DIES AT SARDIS
LAST RITES WEDNESDAY
PROMINENT MONTGOMERY COUNTY JURIST SUCCUMBS AT 79
"VIDALIA, Ga., Nov. 21.---Judge William B. Kent, Sr., husband of Lallie Calhoun Kent, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W.W. Hillis of Sardis, this afternoon. He was born in Montgomery County January 30, 1870. He had been living in Alamo for 36 years where he maintained his residence until his death. His father was the late William Kent of North Carolina and his mother was the late Martha Beckwith Kent of North Carolina. He was a member of the Alamo Baptist Church and a member of the Masonic Lodge there. Funeral services will be held from the Alamo Baptist Church Wednesday at 1 p.m. Officiating pastor will be the Rev. J. Walter Hendricks of Savannah who will be assisted by the Rev. C.A. Morrison. Burial will be in the Oconee Cemetery at Athens. Active pallbearers will be Erick Kent, Jurelle Calhoun, Kent Currie, Harvey Kent, L.W. Kent, and Arthur Jennings. Honorary pallbearers will be the Alamo Masonic Lodge.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. William B. Kent, Sr., of Alamo; one daughter, Mrs. W.W. Hillis of Sardis; one son, William B. Kent, Jr., of Alamo; two grandchildren, Mrs. A.P. Sherrill of Walnut Hill, Fla., and Wyecliffe Hillis, Augusta, and one great-grandson, Alan Sherrill, Jr.
The Judge was the last of a family of nine to survive. He was a former judge and solicitor of City Court of Montgomery County. He represented both Montgomery and Wheeler County in the General Assembly and introduced the bill creating Wheeler County. He was the first Ordinary of Wheeler County.
Judge Kent received two degrees from the University of Georgia in 1897. He was also an alumnus of Mercer University. He was captain of the Georgia championship football team of 1897 and was captain of the team when Richard Von Gammon, the famous Georgia quarterback, was killed playing against the University of North Carolina. After this a bill was introduced and passed in both houses outlawing football in the state of Georgia.
Judge Kent and Mrs. Von Gammon, Richard's mother, were instrumental in having the governor veto this measure–therefore he earned the title of having helped save football in the state of Georgia.
He was grand marshal of the Masons of Georgia and was also a trustee of the Masonic Hall for several years. He was a Shriner and held 25 and 50 year medals from his Masonic Lodge." – Source: SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS, Tuesday, November 22, 1949
JUDGE W.B. KENT DIES AT SARDIS
LAST RITES WEDNESDAY
PROMINENT MONTGOMERY COUNTY JURIST SUCCUMBS AT 79
"VIDALIA, Ga., Nov. 21.---Judge William B. Kent, Sr., husband of Lallie Calhoun Kent, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W.W. Hillis of Sardis, this afternoon. He was born in Montgomery County January 30, 1870. He had been living in Alamo for 36 years where he maintained his residence until his death. His father was the late William Kent of North Carolina and his mother was the late Martha Beckwith Kent of North Carolina. He was a member of the Alamo Baptist Church and a member of the Masonic Lodge there. Funeral services will be held from the Alamo Baptist Church Wednesday at 1 p.m. Officiating pastor will be the Rev. J. Walter Hendricks of Savannah who will be assisted by the Rev. C.A. Morrison. Burial will be in the Oconee Cemetery at Athens. Active pallbearers will be Erick Kent, Jurelle Calhoun, Kent Currie, Harvey Kent, L.W. Kent, and Arthur Jennings. Honorary pallbearers will be the Alamo Masonic Lodge.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. William B. Kent, Sr., of Alamo; one daughter, Mrs. W.W. Hillis of Sardis; one son, William B. Kent, Jr., of Alamo; two grandchildren, Mrs. A.P. Sherrill of Walnut Hill, Fla., and Wyecliffe Hillis, Augusta, and one great-grandson, Alan Sherrill, Jr.
The Judge was the last of a family of nine to survive. He was a former judge and solicitor of City Court of Montgomery County. He represented both Montgomery and Wheeler County in the General Assembly and introduced the bill creating Wheeler County. He was the first Ordinary of Wheeler County.
Judge Kent received two degrees from the University of Georgia in 1897. He was also an alumnus of Mercer University. He was captain of the Georgia championship football team of 1897 and was captain of the team when Richard Von Gammon, the famous Georgia quarterback, was killed playing against the University of North Carolina. After this a bill was introduced and passed in both houses outlawing football in the state of Georgia.
Judge Kent and Mrs. Von Gammon, Richard's mother, were instrumental in having the governor veto this measure–therefore he earned the title of having helped save football in the state of Georgia.
He was grand marshal of the Masons of Georgia and was also a trustee of the Masonic Hall for several years. He was a Shriner and held 25 and 50 year medals from his Masonic Lodge." – Source: SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS, Tuesday, November 22, 1949
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