Obituary July 10, 1914 Columbus, GA
Particulars of the drowning of Rabun Ware, 21 years of age in Queenstown Lake, fifteen miles east of Birmingham on the afternoon of July 4 have been received by Columbus relatives of the deceased. The young man was a son of the late Robert A. Ware, formerly of the city, who moved to Birmingham more than twenty years ago. He was a nephew of Mrs. Jane Martin and a cousin of Mrs. Joseph S. Harrison of this city. The young man's father was, during his residence here, one of Columbus' best known and most prominent citizens. The Birmingham Age-Herald of the day following the tragic death of the young man, contained the following account of it:
"Rabun Ware, inspector of meters for the Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company, and a leader in Sunday school work at Woodlawn, was drowned yesterday afternoon about 1 o'clock at Queenstown Lake, about fifteen miles east of Birmingham on the Seaboard railroad. The body was recovered after several hours' search by swimmers at the lake.
"According to eye witnesses of the tragedy, Ware and his Sunday school class whom he had taken on a Fourth of July picnic yesterday morning to Queenstown Lake, went in bathing immediately after the noonday lunch. They had not been in the water very long when on a dive near shore Ware went down like a plummet and never came up again. He had been seized with a fatal cramp. Among members of his class who saw the drowning were Howard Vaughn, of 255 Cedar street, Woodlawn, and Horace and George Simpson of 141 Fifty-ninth street, Woodlawn. The body was recovered by George W. Cocke, of 2816 Twelfth avenue north, and George Hayes of Eaton.
"Rabun Ware was 21 years of age and was born and reared in Woodlawn. He was a graduate of the high school and since boyhood had been prominent in Sunday school circles. He was a leader in Christian work in Woodlawn as well as a teacher in the Sunday school class of the Woodlawn Presbyterian church. His tragic death cast a gloom over the younger people in the eastern suburb of Birmingham last night. His mother, Mrs. Robert A. Ware, was protrated by the shock, when the news was broken to her by members of the family.
"Rabun Ware is survived by his mother, three sisters, Miss Ethel Ware, Miss Louise Ware and Mrs. B.B VanHooten of Macon, Ga, and two brothers, Joseph C. Ware and Robert Ware. The deceased was also promient in the Boy Scouts.
Particulars of the drowning of Rabun Ware, 21 years of age in Queenstown Lake, fifteen miles east of Birmingham on the afternoon of July 4 have been received by Columbus relatives of the deceased. The young man was a son of the late Robert A. Ware, formerly of the city, who moved to Birmingham more than twenty years ago. He was a nephew of Mrs. Jane Martin and a cousin of Mrs. Joseph S. Harrison of this city. The young man's father was, during his residence here, one of Columbus' best known and most prominent citizens. The Birmingham Age-Herald of the day following the tragic death of the young man, contained the following account of it:
"Rabun Ware, inspector of meters for the Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company, and a leader in Sunday school work at Woodlawn, was drowned yesterday afternoon about 1 o'clock at Queenstown Lake, about fifteen miles east of Birmingham on the Seaboard railroad. The body was recovered after several hours' search by swimmers at the lake.
"According to eye witnesses of the tragedy, Ware and his Sunday school class whom he had taken on a Fourth of July picnic yesterday morning to Queenstown Lake, went in bathing immediately after the noonday lunch. They had not been in the water very long when on a dive near shore Ware went down like a plummet and never came up again. He had been seized with a fatal cramp. Among members of his class who saw the drowning were Howard Vaughn, of 255 Cedar street, Woodlawn, and Horace and George Simpson of 141 Fifty-ninth street, Woodlawn. The body was recovered by George W. Cocke, of 2816 Twelfth avenue north, and George Hayes of Eaton.
"Rabun Ware was 21 years of age and was born and reared in Woodlawn. He was a graduate of the high school and since boyhood had been prominent in Sunday school circles. He was a leader in Christian work in Woodlawn as well as a teacher in the Sunday school class of the Woodlawn Presbyterian church. His tragic death cast a gloom over the younger people in the eastern suburb of Birmingham last night. His mother, Mrs. Robert A. Ware, was protrated by the shock, when the news was broken to her by members of the family.
"Rabun Ware is survived by his mother, three sisters, Miss Ethel Ware, Miss Louise Ware and Mrs. B.B VanHooten of Macon, Ga, and two brothers, Joseph C. Ware and Robert Ware. The deceased was also promient in the Boy Scouts.
Obituary July 10, 1914 Columbus, GA
Particulars of the drowning of Rabun Ware, 21 years of age in Queenstown Lake, fifteen miles east of Birmingham on the afternoon of July 4 have been received by Columbus relatives of the deceased. The young man was a son of the late Robert A. Ware, formerly of the city, who moved to Birmingham more than twenty years ago. He was a nephew of Mrs. Jane Martin and a cousin of Mrs. Joseph S. Harrison of this city. The young man's father was, during his residence here, one of Columbus' best known and most prominent citizens. The Birmingham Age-Herald of the day following the tragic death of the young man, contained the following account of it:
"Rabun Ware, inspector of meters for the Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company, and a leader in Sunday school work at Woodlawn, was drowned yesterday afternoon about 1 o'clock at Queenstown Lake, about fifteen miles east of Birmingham on the Seaboard railroad. The body was recovered after several hours' search by swimmers at the lake.
"According to eye witnesses of the tragedy, Ware and his Sunday school class whom he had taken on a Fourth of July picnic yesterday morning to Queenstown Lake, went in bathing immediately after the noonday lunch. They had not been in the water very long when on a dive near shore Ware went down like a plummet and never came up again. He had been seized with a fatal cramp. Among members of his class who saw the drowning were Howard Vaughn, of 255 Cedar street, Woodlawn, and Horace and George Simpson of 141 Fifty-ninth street, Woodlawn. The body was recovered by George W. Cocke, of 2816 Twelfth avenue north, and George Hayes of Eaton.
"Rabun Ware was 21 years of age and was born and reared in Woodlawn. He was a graduate of the high school and since boyhood had been prominent in Sunday school circles. He was a leader in Christian work in Woodlawn as well as a teacher in the Sunday school class of the Woodlawn Presbyterian church. His tragic death cast a gloom over the younger people in the eastern suburb of Birmingham last night. His mother, Mrs. Robert A. Ware, was protrated by the shock, when the news was broken to her by members of the family.
"Rabun Ware is survived by his mother, three sisters, Miss Ethel Ware, Miss Louise Ware and Mrs. B.B VanHooten of Macon, Ga, and two brothers, Joseph C. Ware and Robert Ware. The deceased was also promient in the Boy Scouts.
Particulars of the drowning of Rabun Ware, 21 years of age in Queenstown Lake, fifteen miles east of Birmingham on the afternoon of July 4 have been received by Columbus relatives of the deceased. The young man was a son of the late Robert A. Ware, formerly of the city, who moved to Birmingham more than twenty years ago. He was a nephew of Mrs. Jane Martin and a cousin of Mrs. Joseph S. Harrison of this city. The young man's father was, during his residence here, one of Columbus' best known and most prominent citizens. The Birmingham Age-Herald of the day following the tragic death of the young man, contained the following account of it:
"Rabun Ware, inspector of meters for the Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company, and a leader in Sunday school work at Woodlawn, was drowned yesterday afternoon about 1 o'clock at Queenstown Lake, about fifteen miles east of Birmingham on the Seaboard railroad. The body was recovered after several hours' search by swimmers at the lake.
"According to eye witnesses of the tragedy, Ware and his Sunday school class whom he had taken on a Fourth of July picnic yesterday morning to Queenstown Lake, went in bathing immediately after the noonday lunch. They had not been in the water very long when on a dive near shore Ware went down like a plummet and never came up again. He had been seized with a fatal cramp. Among members of his class who saw the drowning were Howard Vaughn, of 255 Cedar street, Woodlawn, and Horace and George Simpson of 141 Fifty-ninth street, Woodlawn. The body was recovered by George W. Cocke, of 2816 Twelfth avenue north, and George Hayes of Eaton.
"Rabun Ware was 21 years of age and was born and reared in Woodlawn. He was a graduate of the high school and since boyhood had been prominent in Sunday school circles. He was a leader in Christian work in Woodlawn as well as a teacher in the Sunday school class of the Woodlawn Presbyterian church. His tragic death cast a gloom over the younger people in the eastern suburb of Birmingham last night. His mother, Mrs. Robert A. Ware, was protrated by the shock, when the news was broken to her by members of the family.
"Rabun Ware is survived by his mother, three sisters, Miss Ethel Ware, Miss Louise Ware and Mrs. B.B VanHooten of Macon, Ga, and two brothers, Joseph C. Ware and Robert Ware. The deceased was also promient in the Boy Scouts.
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