The Hayti herald., 1921-06-02
GEORGE WILBUR aooDNER

To the extreme sorrow of his many
good friends an dacquaintances here.
the critical illness of George w. Good
ner, foreman at the Office of the Re-
publican, terminated in his death
Sunday morning at about 12:f5
o'clock. His illness was Of short dNu-
ration. not having extended over a
period of more than ten days, but. ag
was related in this paper, it was rec';;
ognized as a serious ailment almost'
from the beginning. Diagnosed as
malarial fever, it later took on some
of the symptoms of typhoid and his
physician was never able to get u
deaction from the medicine admin
istered, his liver being in an afro
phied condition. virtual cyrrhosis,
in fact.
Funeral services for the deceased
were held at the Christian Church
Monday at p. M, conducted by the
minister, the Rev. Wright. and the
body laid to rest later at the local
cemetery-Little Prairie-a short
distance from the grave and few
hours after the funeral of another
old time printer of this county
"Uncle Mac" F. M. McClsnahan. At
the request of the widow, pail bear
ers from the three newspaper Offices
officiated at the funeral, the deceased
having been a lifelong member Of
the craft
Mr.. Goodner was born in Macon
county, Illinois, on Sept. 80. 1868,
being a little less than flfty-eight
years old when death o'eItook him.
He had been resident of Caruthers-
willie and of Pemiscot county many
years of his life and at one time or
mother had worked for practically
all the local papers. He was employ
ed on The Democrat force for a num-
ber of years while under the owner
ship of the late w. r. Lacey and he
was generally recognized as one of
the ablest. most efficient men in the
trade and his loss, we have no doubt,
will be keenly felt by our contemp9r-
ary, whose force he had headed for
the past two or three years.
He is survived by his aged father,
two brothers and one daughter, who
could not be here for the funeral, one )
sister, Mrs. Frank Colt, of Chicago, Z
who arrived a fe wdays before his
death. also a step-daughter, Mrs. G.
L. Mcclellan, and also five grand
children, near whose home he and
his wife lived. His father, who still
resides in Illinois. is in very feeble
health, we are told, and his demise
is expected at almost any time.
Mr. Goodner was a good citizen. q
good husband. father and neighbor,
and his untimely end is keenly de-
plored by all with whom he had come
in contact and who had come to know
an dto appreciate ris many excellent
traits of character. He has set his
last take" closed his last form"
and the great Foreman who presides
over all crafts alike has sounded the
call to lay aside the tools Of his call
ing and $50" has been marked up to-
all his earthly undertakings. We deA
sire to extend the sincerest condol\ y
ence to the bereaved widow and other
relatives and in so doing express, we
are sure, the sentiments of the whole
OF The Democrat force, who had
found in the departed fellow worker
a true and loyal frined and a nasso-
ciate whom 1t has been a pleasure to
Democrat.
There are many people in Hayti,
especially the business public who
will regret to learn of his death Mr..
Goodner. at several times. worked on
The Herald. His work was we'll done
his efforts appreciated.
The editor of this paper is deeply
moved at his death, and join the fra
ternity in extending sincere sympathy
to his wife and relatives.