Mrs. Addie Parker Tilghman, widow of the Late John Q. Tilghman, died suddenly and unexpectedly early Sunday morning at her home in the West End. For the past year she had not been in normal health, but a short while ago she underwent special treatment in a Jacksonville hospital, and this was seemingly beneficial. Last week she appeared unusually well, so it was planned that the family go to the St. Augustine Beach for a short weekend stay. All arrangements were made Saturday night for an early start Sunday morning. In the morning, her daughter, Mrs. L. E. Tenney, finding that she had not come down for breakfast, went up to her room to wake her, and there found her cold in death. The family physician was immediately called, and he declared that the end had come some two hours before, the cause being assigned to neuralgia of the heart.
The news of the sudden passing of this most estimable and well known resident spread quickly, and came as a distinct surprise and shock to the entire community, and was everywhere received with expressions of sincere regret and condolence for the bereaved family and other relatives.
The deceased was born in Dedham, Mass., in 1868, and in early womanhood came with her parents to Florida, purchasing an orange grove and making their home at Drayton Island. In 1891 she was married to Mr. John Q. Tilghman, prominent shingle manufacturer and one of Palatka's foremost citizens. To this happy union came two children, Mrs. L. E. Tenney and John Q. Tilghman, the well known young merchant, both of this city. Mrs. Tilghman, like her late husband, was active in local church and fraternal circles, having been a loyal and consistent member of the Methodist Church, and the Order of the Eastern Star. She gave liberally of her time and means to charity and was recognized as a "doer of much good" in the community. Her untimely passing is deplored by a large circle of friends not only in Palatka, but throughout the county.
The funeral was held from her late residence in the West end Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock. A large concourse of sorrowing friends followed the remains to their final resting place in West View Cemetery. Rev. Howard Dutill, of St. James Methodist Church, conducted the services at the home, while at the graveside the impressive ritualistic service of the Eastern Star was solemnized.
The following gentlemen acted as pallbearers: Messrs. W. P. Merriam, H. F. Lecks, F. H. Wilson, F. D. Wattles, Charles G. Grimm and Charles E. Rowton. (Palatka Times-Herald Obituary dtd Friday, 18 Jul 1919.)
The news of the sudden passing of this most estimable and well known resident spread quickly, and came as a distinct surprise and shock to the entire community, and was everywhere received with expressions of sincere regret and condolence for the bereaved family and other relatives.
The deceased was born in Dedham, Mass., in 1868, and in early womanhood came with her parents to Florida, purchasing an orange grove and making their home at Drayton Island. In 1891 she was married to Mr. John Q. Tilghman, prominent shingle manufacturer and one of Palatka's foremost citizens. To this happy union came two children, Mrs. L. E. Tenney and John Q. Tilghman, the well known young merchant, both of this city. Mrs. Tilghman, like her late husband, was active in local church and fraternal circles, having been a loyal and consistent member of the Methodist Church, and the Order of the Eastern Star. She gave liberally of her time and means to charity and was recognized as a "doer of much good" in the community. Her untimely passing is deplored by a large circle of friends not only in Palatka, but throughout the county.
The funeral was held from her late residence in the West end Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock. A large concourse of sorrowing friends followed the remains to their final resting place in West View Cemetery. Rev. Howard Dutill, of St. James Methodist Church, conducted the services at the home, while at the graveside the impressive ritualistic service of the Eastern Star was solemnized.
The following gentlemen acted as pallbearers: Messrs. W. P. Merriam, H. F. Lecks, F. H. Wilson, F. D. Wattles, Charles G. Grimm and Charles E. Rowton. (Palatka Times-Herald Obituary dtd Friday, 18 Jul 1919.)
Mrs. Addie Parker Tilghman, widow of the Late John Q. Tilghman, died suddenly and unexpectedly early Sunday morning at her home in the West End. For the past year she had not been in normal health, but a short while ago she underwent special treatment in a Jacksonville hospital, and this was seemingly beneficial. Last week she appeared unusually well, so it was planned that the family go to the St. Augustine Beach for a short weekend stay. All arrangements were made Saturday night for an early start Sunday morning. In the morning, her daughter, Mrs. L. E. Tenney, finding that she had not come down for breakfast, went up to her room to wake her, and there found her cold in death. The family physician was immediately called, and he declared that the end had come some two hours before, the cause being assigned to neuralgia of the heart.
The news of the sudden passing of this most estimable and well known resident spread quickly, and came as a distinct surprise and shock to the entire community, and was everywhere received with expressions of sincere regret and condolence for the bereaved family and other relatives.
The deceased was born in Dedham, Mass., in 1868, and in early womanhood came with her parents to Florida, purchasing an orange grove and making their home at Drayton Island. In 1891 she was married to Mr. John Q. Tilghman, prominent shingle manufacturer and one of Palatka's foremost citizens. To this happy union came two children, Mrs. L. E. Tenney and John Q. Tilghman, the well known young merchant, both of this city. Mrs. Tilghman, like her late husband, was active in local church and fraternal circles, having been a loyal and consistent member of the Methodist Church, and the Order of the Eastern Star. She gave liberally of her time and means to charity and was recognized as a "doer of much good" in the community. Her untimely passing is deplored by a large circle of friends not only in Palatka, but throughout the county.
The funeral was held from her late residence in the West end Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock. A large concourse of sorrowing friends followed the remains to their final resting place in West View Cemetery. Rev. Howard Dutill, of St. James Methodist Church, conducted the services at the home, while at the graveside the impressive ritualistic service of the Eastern Star was solemnized.
The following gentlemen acted as pallbearers: Messrs. W. P. Merriam, H. F. Lecks, F. H. Wilson, F. D. Wattles, Charles G. Grimm and Charles E. Rowton. (Palatka Times-Herald Obituary dtd Friday, 18 Jul 1919.)
The news of the sudden passing of this most estimable and well known resident spread quickly, and came as a distinct surprise and shock to the entire community, and was everywhere received with expressions of sincere regret and condolence for the bereaved family and other relatives.
The deceased was born in Dedham, Mass., in 1868, and in early womanhood came with her parents to Florida, purchasing an orange grove and making their home at Drayton Island. In 1891 she was married to Mr. John Q. Tilghman, prominent shingle manufacturer and one of Palatka's foremost citizens. To this happy union came two children, Mrs. L. E. Tenney and John Q. Tilghman, the well known young merchant, both of this city. Mrs. Tilghman, like her late husband, was active in local church and fraternal circles, having been a loyal and consistent member of the Methodist Church, and the Order of the Eastern Star. She gave liberally of her time and means to charity and was recognized as a "doer of much good" in the community. Her untimely passing is deplored by a large circle of friends not only in Palatka, but throughout the county.
The funeral was held from her late residence in the West end Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock. A large concourse of sorrowing friends followed the remains to their final resting place in West View Cemetery. Rev. Howard Dutill, of St. James Methodist Church, conducted the services at the home, while at the graveside the impressive ritualistic service of the Eastern Star was solemnized.
The following gentlemen acted as pallbearers: Messrs. W. P. Merriam, H. F. Lecks, F. H. Wilson, F. D. Wattles, Charles G. Grimm and Charles E. Rowton. (Palatka Times-Herald Obituary dtd Friday, 18 Jul 1919.)
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