The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-04-19
Two Deaths in Troy.

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community so fraught with sor-
row as was that of Troy and its vi
cinity in the death OF J. A. Rochell
and his daughter, Miss Judson, last
week A number OF years ago Mr..
Rochell was attacked with stroke
OF appoplexy. Since that time he
had not been in robust health and
had partially retired from active
business. A little more than two
years ago his wife passed away, leav-
ing three children--Judson, Hurt
and little infant daughter, Glenn.
Last Wednesday Mr.. Rochell was
Frustrated with another attack of
appoplexy, which ended with his
death Friday morning at z o'clock.
Saturday afternoon the burial took
place at the family churchyard near
the town cemetery. Distressed with
grief and exhaustion from continu-
Gus watching at her fathers bed
side and the loss of sleep, Judson
appealed to her friends to follow the
remains to the cemetery and leave
her at home, as she was not able
to walk. This they all did except
Miss Pressly and Judsons grand
mother Mrs Hurt
Only a short time had elapsed
after the procession reached the
grave when word came that Judson
was taken with violent commissions
The crowd rushed back to the resi-
dence, leaving barely enough to fill
up the grave, and found her fast
approaching death. Medical as
sistance afforded no relief, and in
few short hours Judson, in the
pride of beautiful girlhood, died OF
grief over the loss of her father.
We are told that instances of
this kind are not frequent. What
then must have been the intense
feeling and affection for her father
some of us are not capable of judg-
ing She was young girl, 20
years of age, with all the graces
that adorn womanhood in the hap
ply springtime of life. A few years
ago she graduated from the High
School in Troy, and since then,
such was the dispositi on and good
mes OF her heart, Judson's friends
were all who knew her, and in the
last sad hours many from every
station in lite came to pay tribute
to her memory. Monday morning
her body was laid to rest beside
her father.
IAN honest man is the noblest
work of God" was never more APP
propriate than when applied to the
character of ]. A. Rochell. For
many years he was one of the best
known grocers in the county, doing
business in Troy. When. about 20
years of age he was married to
Miss Mamie Hurt, daughter of p
H. Hurt, and few years afterwards
Joined the G. p. Church, of which
his wife was member. At the
time of his death he was 49 years
of age.
Jim Rochell was one of the best
friends the writer every had. Con-
fidences were often exchanged, and
we knew the heart OF the man to be
as pure as gold His talent for
making profitable investments was
known, but there were hundreds of
kind and charitable acts that did
not find the ears OF the public. We
have known him to do his share,
and then, with the promise that it
should not be told, he would make
an additional donation to some
worthy cause. He was strong in
friendship, a man of sound convic-
ton and noble purpose. Such in
deed was the man, whose death
caused the unutterable and fatal
grief of his daughter.
Both father and daughter were
devoted Christians and members of
the c. p. Church in Troy, where
services were conducted over their
remains by the pastor, Rev. Hamp
McLeskey.
An unfortunate accident in con-
nection with the above was the
coming of Harmon Rochell and his
sister, Miss Riley Rochell, from
Bradford to visit the sick uncle.
Reaching Fulton they we're in the
act Of changing cars when switch
engine caught both of them and
threw them down a steep bank.
Both we're crippled and had to re-
turn home. It is reported, how
ever, that their injuries are not of
such a character as to cause
alarm.