The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-28
Mr. SAMUEL K. DICK
CLAIMED BY DEATH.
One of Marietta's Foremost
Citizens Passed Away
Monday Afternoon.


ternoon at 3:15 o'clock
1t was not generally known that he
was i'll, and but few knew that his
condition was serious. The announce.
ment of his death was a great shock
to his hosts of warm personal friends
in every walk of life, for he was loved
by all with whom he had come in con
tact during his residence of fourteen
years in Marietta.
several months ago his health be-
gan to fail but there was no indication
that he would not live for a number
of years.
Recently he resigned from the Wa
ter Board, giving the condition of his
health as the cause, but he still seem
ed to be in average health. A week
ago, however, he was compelled to
take his bed and by Sunday his con-
dltion was alarming.
His system failed to respond to the
medicines given him and he sank into
state of Inconsistencies and passed
away Monday afternoon.
Mr.. Dick has been recognized as
one of the foremost men of Cobb
County and was prominently identi-
fed with the business affairs of Ma
rietta. He was vice-president of the
First National Bank and a director of
the Kennesaw Marble Company He
was most quiet and unassuming gem
tleman but he could be counted on to
take liberal and useful part in every
movement for the good of the city.
His death is deeply lamented not
only because of the warm personal es-
TEEN in which he was held but be-
cause he was such sturdy figure in
the material affairs fthe community.
Captain r. W. Boone, president of
the First National Bank, was one of
Mr. Dicks closest friends and spoke
very tenderly of him.
I'VE were associated together here
in the bank for about fourteen years, !"
he said, ''He was an extremely mod
est man and unassuming He did
countless acts of kindness but never
wanted his benefactions known. His
kindness of heart was illustrated by
the fact that in all the years of our
association / never heard him speak
an unkind or uncharitable word of
any human being and in the fourteen
years in which we have been together
in the bank we have never had sin
gle word of disagreement about any
thing. He had as many friends as
any other man in the city and they
included not only men of culture but
those in the humber walks of life
VINO understood the kindness of his
heart and the deep sympathy and sin
cerity of his nature. The young men
in the bank here were strongly attached
to him.,
Samuel Kenny Dick was born at
| cambridge, Tenn, Nov. 23rd, 1S41. He
entered the Confederate army at the
opening of the war and carried a
knapsack and musket from the be
ginning to the end. He was in the
| same command with Samuel M. In
man. After the war, Mr.. Dick came to
Georgia. In Tennessee he was the
boyhood companion of the Inmans and
he went into the cotton business with
Inman & Co, in Houston, Texas, in 1881.
! He was married to Miss Deanie
Porter of that city in 1888, and in
! 1876 they came to Marietta and made
/ this city their home. Mr.. Dicks moth
er and brother had lived here and
/ both died in this city. Mr.. Dick is
survived by Mrs. Dick, and his sons
/ Mr. Jackson Porter Dick, who is with
! Inman, Akers & Co in Atlanta, and
Mr.. Samuel Kenny Dick, who is a stu
dent at the University in Athens. He
! had one daughter, Sarah Esther Dick
who. died in 1904.
The late Walker P. Inman's first
wife, and Mrs. Samuel NJ. Inmans
! first wife were both sisters of Mr.
Dick. His other sisters are Mrs
Glenn Harris and Mrs. Helen Hines
of Atlanta; Mrs. j. A. Smith, OF
cambridge and Mrs. Sam Graves, OF
Tennessee.
Mr. Dick was member of the
Presbyterian Church and the funeral
was conducted from that church
! Wednesday at eleven o'clock The
pail bearers were his nephews.
The floral tributes were numerous
and most beautiful. Many were sent
from Atlanta and they attested the
tender affection in which Mr.. Dick
was held and the loving sympathy
that is felt for the members of his
family, who are SO deeply bereaved