John Garfield Jewell, 62, former State Senator from Richmond County, NC in the 1939 session of the General Assembly, died in local hospital Wednesday April 2, 1947 at 4 pm following a short illness. He was a retired conductor of the Seaboard Airline Railroad. He retired six years ago. Funeral services will be held Friday April 4, 1947 at 4 pm at Hamlet United Methodist Church where he was a member. Rev J.J. Boone, assisted by Rev R. B. Cuthbertson will conduct the funeral. The body will remain at Pate's Funeral Home until 3 pm Friday April 4, 1947 when it will be taken to the church. Interment will be in Mary Love Cemetery. Surviving are his wife Katherine Howie Jewell; one son, James K. Jewell of Wadesboro; three daughters, Mrs. W.H. Slough of Salem, VA., Mrs. Michael Joya of Hamlet, and Katherine Jewell of Hamlet and Wadesboro; three grandchildren; one brother G.M. Jewell of Roanoke, VA.; one sister, Mrs. Marcellus Rogers of Washington, D C. Mr. Jewell was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors.
John Garfield Jewell, 62, former State Senator from Richmond County, NC in the 1939 session of the General Assembly, died in local hospital Wednesday April 2, 1947 at 4 pm following a short illness. He was a retired conductor of the Seaboard Airline Railroad. He retired six years ago. Funeral services will be held Friday April 4, 1947 at 4 pm at Hamlet United Methodist Church where he was a member. Rev J.J. Boone, assisted by Rev R. B. Cuthbertson will conduct the funeral. The body will remain at Pate's Funeral Home until 3 pm Friday April 4, 1947 when it will be taken to the church. Interment will be in Mary Love Cemetery. Surviving are his wife Katherine Howie Jewell; one son, James K. Jewell of Wadesboro; three daughters, Mrs. W.H. Slough of Salem, VA., Mrs. Michael Joya of Hamlet, and Katherine Jewell of Hamlet and Wadesboro; three grandchildren; one brother G.M. Jewell of Roanoke, VA.; one sister, Mrs. Marcellus Rogers of Washington, D C. Mr. Jewell was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors.
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