The DeFuniak Herald - September 1918 - Obituaries

1918 Sep 12-- Mrs Albert Lindsey died Sunday after a long illness. The funeral was held onMonday. 1918 Sep 19-- D J Adkison died at his home Saturday morning from typhoid and was buriedSunday at the Pleasant Ridge cemetery with Masonic honors. Wilhelm Schmidt, age 82, a German, who lived the life of a hermit was found deadin his cabin last Friday (September 13, 1918).  Charles Garrett found the body. The old man had not beenseen for the past 2 or 3 weeks and no foot tracks were noticed abt his place.  He cameto this part of Florida abt 30 yrs ago and his only confidants were Mr & Mrs Leight.He homesteaded 160 acres on Freeport road, build a shack and lived alone. His wifehaving died in Germany before he came to America.   He had no family  in this country,and left, by will, all his property to Mr & Mrs Leight. 1918 Sep 26-- W D Williams of Westville died Wednesday of last week and was buried thereon Thursday. Mr Williams was an old newspaper man, establishing the Advertiser,now published by his son, E A Williams, at Bonifay, at Cerro Gordo in 1902. Mrs James Booth died at Dorcas Thursday (September 26, 1918) from Spanish influenza. The funeral washeld Saturday, by Rev Daniel Anderson, her first cousin, preaching the sermon.Mrs Booth was reared in the Sandy Creek neighborhood was 60 yrs of age and wasthe daughter of Norman L Anderson. She removed to Covington Co Ala with herparents where she married Mr Booth and then to Florida. Contributed by Lois Danley and Sharon Watson