passed away from a heart attack..Was editor of several Newspapers.
Funeral services for Darden H. Harkreader (1879-1947), age 65, former local resident and newspaper man, who succumbed to a heart attack in a Jacksonville hospital Saturday morning, were held at Kyle Chapel, Jacksonville, Monday morning, with Rev. H. A. Lindsey, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating. The body was then brought to Palatka for interment in Oak Hill East Cemetery.
A native of Wilson County, Tennessee, Mr. Harkreader had wide experience on Southern newspapers, starting as a reporter on the Birmingham, Ala., News, and later going to the Nashville Tennesseear, where he came into prominence as a political writer. Later he assisted in establishing the Decatur, Ala., Daily, and was its editor for some years. He was also a former editor of the Columbia, Tenn., Daily Herald. Coming to Florida he located at Daytona Beach, and during the “boom” period was with the Daytona News. From 1927 to 1937 he was editor of the Palatka News, and for the past ten years has been informational representative of the State Welfare Board, with offices in Jacksonville.
Mr. Harkreader was probably best known as a political writer, and in Tennessee he toured the State with the late Governor Austin Peay, and was active in his campaign. As a resident of Florida, he directed publicity for the successful campaigns of Governor David Sholtz, Governor Fred Cone and Senator Claude Pepper.
Mr. Harkreader is survived by his widow, Mrs. Kathleen McIntosh Harkreader of Jacksonville; a sister, Miss Julia Dillon Harkreader, and a brother, Charles F. Harkreader, both of Lebanon, Tenn. (Palatka Times-Herald Obituary dtd Friday, 5 Dec 1947.)
Funeral services for Darden H. Harkreader (1879-1947), age 65, former local resident and newspaper man, who succumbed to a heart attack in a Jacksonville hospital Saturday morning, were held at Kyle Chapel, Jacksonville, Monday morning, with Rev. H. A. Lindsey, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating. The body was then brought to Palatka for interment in Oak Hill East Cemetery.
A native of Wilson County, Tennessee, Mr. Harkreader had wide experience on Southern newspapers, starting as a reporter on the Birmingham, Ala., News, and later going to the Nashville Tennesseear, where he came into prominence as a political writer. Later he assisted in establishing the Decatur, Ala., Daily, and was its editor for some years. He was also a former editor of the Columbia, Tenn., Daily Herald. Coming to Florida he located at Daytona Beach, and during the “boom” period was with the Daytona News. From 1927 to 1937 he was editor of the Palatka News, and for the past ten years has been informational representative of the State Welfare Board, with offices in Jacksonville.
Mr. Harkreader was probably best known as a political writer, and in Tennessee he toured the State with the late Governor Austin Peay, and was active in his campaign. As a resident of Florida, he directed publicity for the successful campaigns of Governor David Sholtz, Governor Fred Cone and Senator Claude Pepper.
Mr. Harkreader is survived by his widow, Mrs. Kathleen McIntosh Harkreader of Jacksonville; a sister, Miss Julia Dillon Harkreader, and a brother, Charles F. Harkreader, both of Lebanon, Tenn. (Palatka Times-Herald Obituary dtd Friday, 5 Dec 1947.)
passed away from a heart attack..Was editor of several Newspapers.
Funeral services for Darden H. Harkreader (1879-1947), age 65, former local resident and newspaper man, who succumbed to a heart attack in a Jacksonville hospital Saturday morning, were held at Kyle Chapel, Jacksonville, Monday morning, with Rev. H. A. Lindsey, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating. The body was then brought to Palatka for interment in Oak Hill East Cemetery.
A native of Wilson County, Tennessee, Mr. Harkreader had wide experience on Southern newspapers, starting as a reporter on the Birmingham, Ala., News, and later going to the Nashville Tennesseear, where he came into prominence as a political writer. Later he assisted in establishing the Decatur, Ala., Daily, and was its editor for some years. He was also a former editor of the Columbia, Tenn., Daily Herald. Coming to Florida he located at Daytona Beach, and during the “boom” period was with the Daytona News. From 1927 to 1937 he was editor of the Palatka News, and for the past ten years has been informational representative of the State Welfare Board, with offices in Jacksonville.
Mr. Harkreader was probably best known as a political writer, and in Tennessee he toured the State with the late Governor Austin Peay, and was active in his campaign. As a resident of Florida, he directed publicity for the successful campaigns of Governor David Sholtz, Governor Fred Cone and Senator Claude Pepper.
Mr. Harkreader is survived by his widow, Mrs. Kathleen McIntosh Harkreader of Jacksonville; a sister, Miss Julia Dillon Harkreader, and a brother, Charles F. Harkreader, both of Lebanon, Tenn. (Palatka Times-Herald Obituary dtd Friday, 5 Dec 1947.)
Funeral services for Darden H. Harkreader (1879-1947), age 65, former local resident and newspaper man, who succumbed to a heart attack in a Jacksonville hospital Saturday morning, were held at Kyle Chapel, Jacksonville, Monday morning, with Rev. H. A. Lindsey, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating. The body was then brought to Palatka for interment in Oak Hill East Cemetery.
A native of Wilson County, Tennessee, Mr. Harkreader had wide experience on Southern newspapers, starting as a reporter on the Birmingham, Ala., News, and later going to the Nashville Tennesseear, where he came into prominence as a political writer. Later he assisted in establishing the Decatur, Ala., Daily, and was its editor for some years. He was also a former editor of the Columbia, Tenn., Daily Herald. Coming to Florida he located at Daytona Beach, and during the “boom” period was with the Daytona News. From 1927 to 1937 he was editor of the Palatka News, and for the past ten years has been informational representative of the State Welfare Board, with offices in Jacksonville.
Mr. Harkreader was probably best known as a political writer, and in Tennessee he toured the State with the late Governor Austin Peay, and was active in his campaign. As a resident of Florida, he directed publicity for the successful campaigns of Governor David Sholtz, Governor Fred Cone and Senator Claude Pepper.
Mr. Harkreader is survived by his widow, Mrs. Kathleen McIntosh Harkreader of Jacksonville; a sister, Miss Julia Dillon Harkreader, and a brother, Charles F. Harkreader, both of Lebanon, Tenn. (Palatka Times-Herald Obituary dtd Friday, 5 Dec 1947.)
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