Death Claims Fine Oktibbeha Citizen

First of Six Brothers Passed Away at Home Near
Maben; Burial Made at Providence

Maben - S. (Major) O'Brian, 75, passed way at his residence about a
mile east of this town on August 6, 1937, after having been ill health
for two years.  He was born in Oktibbeha County 4 miles south of Maben
on May 16, 1862.  In November, 1886, he was married to Miss Martha
Burchfield.  From this union of families, there came a number of fine
children who have lived lives of this kind of which any parents might be
proud.

The deceased was the first of six O'Brian brothers to be claimed by
death.  He was a very successful farmer, as he was successful in every
other undertaking of his long and fruitful life.  He was loyal to his friends
and was a kind, devoted and sacrificing father, husband and brother.

He was a member of the Double Springs Masonic Lodge No. 251, and 
of the Maben chapter of the Woodmen of the World.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Martha O'Brian; four daughters, Misses
Ola and Clemmie O'Brian, Maben'; Mrs. Charlie Norwood and Mrs. Therman
Johnson, Maben; four sons, J. C., Keed, Ogle and Charlie, Maben; a sister
Miss Mary O'Brian, Maben; and five brothers, C. F., J. M., G. M., B. F., D. C., all of Maben; and five grandchildren.

Funeral services, attended by hundreds of friends of the deceased and the
family, were held at Providence Church at 11 a.m., August 7th, with the Rev. 
E. L. Jernigan and the Rev. C. W. Kitchens, in charge.  Burial under the
direction of Southern Undertakers, was made in the Providence cemetery.
Pallbearers were: W. C. Sanders, E. H. Sanders, A. N. Butts, W. M. Shuffield,
C. J. Sherman and H. E. Turner.

Photographed at the Oktibbeha County Courthouse and submitted
by Mary Whitaker Davis
Transcribed by C. L. Herrick on June 22, 2008