Atlanta Constitution 27 May 1906 p 18
Mrs. Scrutchin Breathes Last
She Has Been Desperately Il (sic) for Several Days
Was One of Most Prominent Women of Atlanta, Being the Daughter of the Late Chief Justice Jackson

At a late hour last night, after several days of desperate illness, Mrs. J. G. Scrutchin, principal of State street school and daughter of the late chief justice of Georgia, James Jackson, breathed her last.

Mrs. Scrutchin counted her friends in this city by the hundreds, even by the thousands, and this announcement of her death will cause sorrow in countless homes.

The funeral services were announced some time after her death. They will be conducted Monday afternoon at St. Mark's church by Dr. Charles O. Jones. The pallbearers will be as follows: J W Slaton, A L Waldo, J A McCord, W L Peel, R C Congdon and Professor L D Scott.

Who Mrs. Scrutchin Was
Mrs. Scrutchin was the eldest daughter of the late Chief Justice James Jackson, of Georgia, and a sister of Mrs. William L. Slaton, Mrs. Addie Jackson Rawson and Mrs. Webster Davis, of New York. She was related to the most distinguished people of Georgia, among her connections' (sic) being the Cobbs, Jackson, Grants and Yanceys.

Besides her husband and two sons, Thomas and J. G. Scrutchin, Jr., she is survived by her stepmother, Mrs. James G. Jackson, to whom she was tenderly devoted, and her three sisters, Mrs. Slaton, Mrs. Rawson and Mrs. Davis.

Mrs. Scrutchins was one of Atlanta's most prominent and beloved women, prominent not only by right of birth and social position, but in the activity of her full and beautiful life, which expressed itself in her educational and phlianthropic (sic) work, and in her public-spiritedness.

She was a graduate of the Wesleyan Female college of Macon, and with the thoroughness of the course she mastered there she combined continued study of the highest forms of literature and science and was recognized as one of the most scholarly women in Georgia, as well as one of the state's most successful women educators.

She has been one of the leading spirits in the progress of the public school system of Atlanta, having held the highest positions within the giving of the board of education for twenty years. For the last ten years she has been the principal of the State street school and has held various offices in the Georgia Educational Association and other associational import.

Was on Jury of Award
During the Louisiana Purchase Fair she was appointed on the jury of awards in the department of mineralogy and subsequently was appointed on the superior jury of awards, an honor which, was at the time acknowledged by all southern women who recognized in her a worthy representative in so high a position, which she filled with distinguished ability.

Mrs. Scrutchin was a consistent and devoted member of the Methodist church, through which she worked unceasingly along mission and charity lines.

As Miss Minnie Jackson she was one of Atlanta's most admired young women, possessing with unusual physical beauty and grace all the accomplishments that are associated with the woman of refinement and culture. She had a voice of strength and rare sweetness and after her marriage she and Mr. Scrutchin were among the organizers of the first musical association established in Atlanta-the old Beethoven Club.

From her girlhood she has filled a place in the community and in her every relation she has so completely met her obligation that her life is an example of the highest type of Christian womanhood-one that so splendidly merits the Divine praise, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant."

Atlanta Constitution 28 May 1906 p 12
Scrutchin-Friends of Mr. and Mrs. James Jackson, Mrs. Ada Jackson Rawson, Mr. and Mrs. William M. Slaton, Mr. and Mrs. Webster Davis are invited to attend the funeral of Mrs. J. G. Scrutchin this afternoon at 3 p.m. from St. Mark's Methodist church. Interment at Oakland. . .