The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-10-31
DIR. J. J. CLECKLEY DEAD.
Beloved Physician Succumbs to Pneu-
monia Following Influenza.

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| II, when it was learned that Dr..
J.. Cleckley was dead. DR.. Cleckley
was a victim of pneumonia which
| followed Spanish influenza. He had
been seriously i'll for only a few days,
diving at 5 o'clock Thursday morning
at his home in this city.
When the epidemic of Spanish
influenza became prevalent in Bam-
berg, DR.. Cleckley worked untiringly
to allay the suffering not only of his
own patients but of all who called
upon him. With one of the city's
| physicians i'll at that time, he was
| called upon to give medical atten-
ton to scores of cases throughout
! this territory. In giving professional
| attention to those suffering with the
dreaded influenza, he himself became
inoculated with the germs. Although
he was sick and weary with his prac-
tice he did not give in to his own
| sufferings until the last moment, do
ing everything in his power to check
the disease in the city and surround
ing country. When he could go no
longer he went home, and the disease
made rapid progress and soon assum-
ed alarming proportions. The best
medical talent in this State and from
Augusta visited Dr.. Cleckley, but
| pronounced his case hopeless, as
pneumonia had set in, and all that
loving, willing and anxious hands
and hearts could do availed nothing.
For two or three days before his
| death, when his condition was so
| serious and the end was imminent,
| there was a pail of sadness through
out Bamberg and the whole county
and territory where the practice of
this good man extended.
All that is mortal of DR.. Cleckley
was laid to rest in Sonthend ceme-
terry Friday afternoon, in the pres
ence of hundreds of Borrowing
friends and relatives. The funeral
services were conducted by the Rev.
R. H.. Jones, pastor of Trinity Metho-
| dist church, and as the remains were
lowered into the grave to mingle
again with the dust from which they
came many strong men gave vent to
their feelings at the loss the COM
munity and the State has sustained.
| The funeral services, though simple,
| because of the circumstances, were
| full of feeling. A most feeling prayer
was offered by Rev. Mr.. Jones which
touched the hearts of all, and made
them feel anew the keenness Of the
loss, which to so many people in
Bamberg is a personal one. The fol-
lowing gentlemen acted as ~pallbear-
| ers: Honorary: W. E. Spann, A. l..
Kirkland, J. F. Brabham, H.. G. Folk,
| w. S. Bamberg, G.. A. Jennings, DR..
G.. F. Hair, G.. Frank Bamberg, G. o.
Simmons, A. w. Knight, W. M. Brab-
ham, J. J. Smoak, A. NJ. Denbow, H..
J. Brabham. Active: H. F. Bam-
berg, DR.. H. J. Stuckey, J. A. Wyman,
G. D. C.. Adams, DR.. F. B. McCrackin,
C. R. Brabham, Jr., j. F. Jennings,
J. D. Copeland, Jr.
John Jennings Cleckley, M. D.,
was born thirty-nine years ago in the
Cope neighborhood. His parents
we're the late DR.. J. D. Cieckley and
Mrs. Eugenia Jennings Cleckley. His
father died when he was quite a boy,
and his mother still survives him.
He attended the public schools of his
neighborhood, and when a young man
went to Wofford college, from which
institution he was graduated. De-
Gliding on the practice of medicine
as a profession, he entered the South
Carolina Medical college, in Charles
ton, remaining in thu. institution for
one year. He then attended the Uni
versity of Maryland, graduating from
that institution with high .honors.
Upon his graduation he came to
Bamberg and began the practice of
his profession, some fifteen years ago.
At that time the practitioners in
Bamberg included the late and la
mented Drs. Brunson and Barton, and
DR.. J. B. Black was also an active
physician at that time. DR.. Cleckley
rose rapidly in his profession, and
soon attained a reputation as one of
the leading physicians in this section.
DR.. Cleckley has had many honors
conferred upon him by medical bod
les, and he was known throughout
the State as being a most learned
and conscientious physician. When
war with Germany was declared last
year, DR.. Cleckley was named by the
| war danartment &C tho medical mem-