The  Shelbyville  Republican
 Wednesday, June 11, 1924
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JAMES  GEORGIA
DIED  THIS  P.M.
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Well  Known  Colored  Resident
Passed  Away  Today
At  County  Infirmary.
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BODY  REMOVED  INTO  CITY
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          James Georgia,  well known colored resident, died at twelve-thirty o'clock, today at the county infirmary, following a long illness.  The deceased had been at the county institution for several months.  His health had been failing for a number of years.  He was about eight [I assume this is a typo for eighty] years old.
          The deceased had lived in this city since the civil war.  He was known to many persons in Shelbyville, where he had fired furnaces and had been employed in many homes.  Until about a year ago he was till active and then he was taken to the county institution.  He has been married, his wife having preceded him in death several years ago.
          He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Mamie Kendricks, of Cincinnati, and a son, Ed, of Indianapolis.
          Announcement of the funeral will be made Thursday by C. F. Fix & Son.  The body was removed to the Fix morgue this afternoon.
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Ibid.
Thursday, June 12, 1924
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FUNERAL  NOTICE.
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          The funeral of  James Georgia,  who died yesterday, will be held tomorrow afternoon from the Fix undertaking parlors.  Services will be held at the Wiley M. E. church, of which he was a member, at 3 o'clock, Rev. W. Cheers will officiate.  Interment will take place in the city cemetery in charge of C. F. Fix & Son.  Friends may call at the funeral parlors tonight and tomorrow until the time for the church service.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming


The  Shelby  Democrat
 Wednesday, June 11, 1924
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WELL  KNOWN  COLORED
RESIDENT  HERE  DEAD
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Jimmy  Georgia  Passed  Away ---
Was  Civil  War  Veteran  And  a
Slave  For  Many  Years
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          Jimmy Georgia,  80 years old, colored, civil war veteran and known by practically every resident of the city, died at the county infirmary at 12:30 o'clock today, from a complication of diseases with which he had suffered for several months.
          The body has been brought to the funeral home of  C. F. Fix & Son, and funeral arrangements will be announced later.
          Mr. Georgia was brought to this city, from Mobile, Ala., by a Mr. Gilbert  many years ago, and worked on the  McDaniel  farm near here, for a number of years.  He was a slave in Mobile before coming to Shelby county.  During the Civil war he enlisted as a drummer and served thru-out the entire conflict.  His first wife passed away a short time following their marriage in Mobile, and he was later united in marriage with  Miss Betty Morgan,  who preceded him in death some time ago.  Jimmy Georgia, was well known by both young and old in Shelbyville and until his health failed him was employed by various families here.  He was taken to the county infirmary about a year ago and his condition since that time had been of a very serious nature, resulting in death.
          He is survived by one daughter,  Mrs. Mayme Freeman, of Cincinnati, O., and one son,  Ed Georgia, of Indianapolis.  One daughter and a son preceded him in death several years ago.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

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