| Obit For | George William Gurley, Jr. |
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| Headline | PURDY BUSINESS MAN DIES OF PNEUMONIA Funeral of George Gurley, Jr. Held at Gurley Home in Purdy Wednesday Afternoon With Masonic Honors. |
| Text | George William Gurley, Jr., 24 years old, son of Hon. A.M. Gurley and wife of Purdy, died of pneumonia at 5:30 o’clock, Monday afternoon, Jan. 25, following an illness of about ten days. Two weeks ago George attended the annual convention of hardware and implement dealers at Kansas City. He returned feeling very badly but attended a meeting of the board of directors of the First National Bank of Purdy that evening and later a meeting of the Masonic Lodge. He was confined to his bed for about two days with what appeared to have been the “flu”.. Sunday following he was up and ate a very hearty dinner and soon took his bed again. In a few days a serious case of pneumonia rapidly developed. He put up a brave and manly fight and told those about his bedside that he was going to recover so great was his hope and confidence. Local physicians, Dr. West of Monett. A Springfield nurse and members of the family did all that skill, trained and loving hands could but all in vain. George William, Jr. was born at Purdy Sept. 9, 1895, and was the oldest child of Mr. And Mrs. A.M. Gurley. He was married to Miss Sybil Cox of Purdy in April 1915. They have one child, Jack, six months old. Mrs. Gurley has been in very bad health for the past few weeks having been a part of the time in the West Hospital in Monett for treatment. She was able to be brought home Friday. George Gurley was one of this county’s prominent young business men with a bright future for a successful business career. From a mere boy he has been learning the hardware business and had begun to assume many of the responsibilities of the large business done annually by the Gurley Bros. Stores. He was also a director in the First National Bank of Purdy. Few young men in this county of his age had as wide a business experience as he. He was liked by everybody being a young man of pleasing and amiable disposition and always accommodating. His death in the very bloom of his young manhood is indeed a sad one and has brought deep grief to numerous friends all over the county. In addition to his wife and little son, he leaves father and mother, one sister, Miss Kathryn who is attending Monticello College at Monticello Ill and a younger brother Amos Jr. Funeral services were being held at the Gurley home this afternoon, Wednesday conducted by Rev. Denton R. Wood of this city and the Masonic fraternity with the Knight Templar as escorts. Cassville Republican. |
| Newspaper or Funeral Home | Wheaton Journal |
| Date | Jan. 31, 1920, Friday |
| Death Cert Link | Death Certificate |
| Resource | MO Historical Society Microfilm |
| Submitted by | Jack Fly Don Warner - Deceased |
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