Mr. Mart H. Caldwell, who has been living with his nephew M. C. Flowers, for some months, passed away Saturday morning, and was buried Sunday in the cemetery at Belmont, Rev. H. Lisenby conducting the funeral services. The funeral was attended by quite a number of Demopolis people and friends from other localities.
Mr. Caldwell was a native of Greene County, and spent most of his life in this section. He was a bachelor, but took lively interest in the children of his close relatives. He was born near Forkland, December 5th, 1853, and began business there as a merchant and farmer. He afterwards lived at Dayton in this county, conducting a store there, and then went to Sumter county, which was the county of his residence untl he came to Demopolis. He was a man of various business interests, and was quite popular in his young-manhood, as well as in his marture years. He served his county as sheriff in the late nineties, making a reputation as a faithful and efficient officer. He leaves a half brother and two sisters in Meridian. Renfro Caldwell, Miss Ida Caldwell and Mrs. Lillian Tutt. Among his nephews and nieces are M. C. Flowers, Cedric Flowers and John Robert Flowers, of Demopolis, Mrs. Eugene Vaughan, of Westlaco, Texas, Bunyan and Bryan Tutt, of Meridian.
The Demopolis Times (Demopolis, Alabama); 17 October 1935; Thursday; page 1
Mr. Mart H. Caldwell, who has been living with his nephew M. C. Flowers, for some months, passed away Saturday morning, and was buried Sunday in the cemetery at Belmont, Rev. H. Lisenby conducting the funeral services. The funeral was attended by quite a number of Demopolis people and friends from other localities.
Mr. Caldwell was a native of Greene County, and spent most of his life in this section. He was a bachelor, but took lively interest in the children of his close relatives. He was born near Forkland, December 5th, 1853, and began business there as a merchant and farmer. He afterwards lived at Dayton in this county, conducting a store there, and then went to Sumter county, which was the county of his residence untl he came to Demopolis. He was a man of various business interests, and was quite popular in his young-manhood, as well as in his marture years. He served his county as sheriff in the late nineties, making a reputation as a faithful and efficient officer. He leaves a half brother and two sisters in Meridian. Renfro Caldwell, Miss Ida Caldwell and Mrs. Lillian Tutt. Among his nephews and nieces are M. C. Flowers, Cedric Flowers and John Robert Flowers, of Demopolis, Mrs. Eugene Vaughan, of Westlaco, Texas, Bunyan and Bryan Tutt, of Meridian.
The Demopolis Times (Demopolis, Alabama); 17 October 1935; Thursday; page 1
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