The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-11-07
Death of Mr.. j. S. Shuck.

1t was great shock TO Cne people
of this city to learn Tuesday night Just
afterdark that Mr.. J. S. Shuek had
died suddenly at the home of his SON.
.iin-law, Mr.. C. w. Rentz, in this city.
Mr.. Shucksuffered with heart failure,
and had been forced to give up active
work on this account. He was a
newspaper man by profession, and
had been connected with the Rome,
Ga, Tribune, for several years, but
a few months ago he suffered an at
tack of heart failure, and his wife
and relatives persuaded to give up
his work at Rome and come to Bam-
berg. He was sitting in chair read
inc newspaper when the fatal at
tack came and without making an
outcry he quietly passed away, almost
as quickly as he could be reached and
put upon the bed.
The burial will take place this
"wednesday afternoon at 4:3O
o'clock. at South-end Cemetery in this
city. The honorary pail bearers are:
j. A. Byrd, j. d Copeland, S. w.
johnson. II. c.. Folk, C. B. Free, DR..
j. B. Black. Active: J. A. Murdaugh,
w. p. Riley, w. M. Brabham, V. J.
Hartzog, W. D. khoad, C. J. S.
BROKER. Rev. A. j. Foster, pastor
of the Bamberg Baptist church, will
conduct the services. Mr.. Shuck had
been a member of the Baptist church
for many years, and held his member
ship in the church at Aiken, he hav-
ing formerly lived there.
The deceased was sixty years old.
His father was the Rev. L. H. Shuck,
of Barnwell, a Baptist minister Of
sainted memory, who was the first
missionary to China, ard for fifty
wears labored and endured the hard
sships of a missionary's life in that
country. Mr.. Shuck was born on
Hong Kong Island, while his father
was on his way to China. His mother
died and was buried in China during
their residence in that country. Re
turning to Barnwell with his father,
they afterwards moved to California,
it seeming to be the delight of this
missionary to 60 into new and hard
fields and prepare the way for the
spreading of the gospel. His father
died ard was buried in Barnwell.
While at the Citadel, a mere boy,
the war broke out, and Mr.. Shuck
entered the Confederate army from
that institution. In fact the school
was broken up, for all the cadets en-
tered the army and did valiant ser
vice. After the.war he engaged in
the newspaper business in Aiken,
where he was the editor and pro-
prietor of weekly paper: After
wards he moved to Barnwell, where
he ran a paper for many years. Dur
ing his eventful life he had been
connected with thirteen newspapers
in this State, Florida, Georgia and
Alabama. He worked on the At
lanta Journal, the Constitution, the
Columbus EnquirerSun, the Rome
Tribune and other Georgia newspa'
Mr.. Shuck married Miss Kitty In
gram, of Barnwell, and she with
three daughters, survive him. Their
children are: Mrs. S. w. Jones, OF
Fitzgerald, Ga.; Mrs. ]. G. Davis, OF
Neptune, Fla, and Mrs. G. w.
Rentz, of this city. They have a
number of grand children.
MIR. Shuck has worked in almost
every department of the newspaper
business. He was strong and yer.
satile writer, and his mind was vast
storehouse of information on a va
riety of subjects. He was a great
reader, and kept posted on the lead
ing questions of the day.