James M. Few

OBITUARY:

FORMER CITIZEN PASSES AWAY IN ATLANTA

Mr. James M. Few Died Sunday and Remains Interred Here Tuesday. Nearly Eighty Years Old.

The remains of Mr. J. M. Few, who died Sunday afternoon at his home, 119 Park Avenue, Atlanta, arrived in Madison Tuesday morning at ten o'clock, and were buried from the train in the new cemetery. Rev. J. R. King conducted the service at the grave. Mrs. Broughton, Mrs. Perkins, Mr. Furlow, and Mr. James Boughton sang "Abide With Me" and "Shall We Meet." The pall bearers were Messrs. P. M. Atkinson, J. W. and R. S. Douglas, J. H. Hunter, R. U. Thomason and Pete Bearden. There were a number of pretty floral offerings.

James M. Few was the son of Seaborn and Lucinda Few, and was born just outside the corporate limits of Madison nearly eighty years ago. He lived in Madison until about 35 years ago, moving first to South Georgia for several years, thence to Atlanta, where he has since lived. He was married in Augusta, and is survived by his wife and three daughters -- Mrs. M. F. Auten, Mrs. Etta Hampton, and Miss Lilly Few, all of Atlanta. Another daughter, Mrs. Nora Overby, and two sons, Henry and Frank, are dead. He also leaves three sisters -- Mrs. Dick Orr, of this county, Mrs. Fannie Goodman, of Atlanta, and Mrs. Mary Dodge, of Iowa. He had but one brother, Mr. Lucius Few, of this county, who died several years ago.

He never united with any church. He was a veteran of the Civil War, and an upright and highly esteemed man.

Sources:

1. "Some Descendants of Richard Few of Chester County, Pennsylvania And Allied Lines, 1682-1976," Florence Knight Fruth, McClain Printing Co. (1977), indicates that James M. Few is buried in the City of Madison (GA) Cemetery; however, his name is not listed in the Directory of Graves, Old Madison Cemetery, Compiled and published by the Bank of Madison, December 1990.

2. 1850 Federal Census, District 62, Morgan, GA.

3. The Madisonian, 26 June 1914, obituary.

4. "Some Descendants of Richard Few of Chester County, Pennsylvania And Allied Lines, 1682-1976," Florence Knight Fruth, McClain Printing Co., 1977.

5. The Madisonian, 26 June 1914, Obituary.