Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-17
MIZE ZEFUNERALAT
3 SUNDAY; OWEN
BURIAL AT 4::30
Both Victims of Thursdays Trag-
edy To Be Laid To Rest In
Oak Grove Cemetery Here

1nlfty-SlX nOufS d1Jer Jney ufONileu
in Flint river Thursday AFTERNOON,
the bodies of Arthur Mize and Foy
Owen were recovered from the wa
tiers of that stream at daylight to-
day. Owens body was found within
three hundred yards of where the
men disappeared, and had apparently
been fouled by one or more of the
many hooks used in dragging the
river bottom for the bodies, A largo
wound in the head indicated the
corpse had been caught by Grags, and
torn loose by force of the current.
M. A. York and Roy c. Black,
who were engaged in patrolling
> the river, first saw the body of Owen.
Shortly afterward these same men
discovered the body of Mize floating
on the rivers surface at a point
quarter Of a mile below where he
was drowned. There are no marks
on the body of Mize, indicating that
he driftcd away from the scene of
the drowning soon afterward and
before dragging for the bodies be-
gan.
First news of the finding of the
bodies reached Americus shortly af-
ter o'clock this morning in a tele-
phone message from d. l.. Todd, to
members of the Amcricus fire de.
partmcnt. Todd reported first find
ing the body of Owen, and prepara-
tions were made Immediately for
sending an ambulance to the river to
brings the corpse into Americus.
Before the ambulance had left the
city, word came of the finding of
Mize's body, and the hunt that had
kept all Americug excited since
Thursday evening ended.
Scores of persons who went to the
scene of the drowning Immediately
| following news of the unfortunate
occurrence, remained there contin-
uously until both bodies had been re-
covered, working increasingly and
with only brief rest periods. All of
these gave their efforts voluntarily,
and through regard for the families
of the two men, every inch of the
rivers bed in the vicinity of the
drowning being covered with drags,
many persons endangering their own
lives in the effort to recover the
bodies as quickly as possible.
Funeral services for Mr.. Mlze viii
be held from the residence of his par
ents on Lee street Sunday after
noon at 3 o'clock. DR.. Carl W.
Minor, pastor of the First Baptist
church, and a close friend of Che
family, will conduct the services by
special request of the family. Inter-
ment will be in Oak Grove cemetery.
The active pallbearers will be
Lewis Ellis, James Lott, Denver L.
Todd, Cleve Tillman, Wallis Mott, w.
E. Taylor, Roy Black and Edgar
Shipp. An honorary escort will be
composed of members of the Kiwanis
club, Of which he was an enthusias-
! tic member.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Mar
| tha Cannon Mize, oTA2 small daugh-
ter, Martha, his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hugh /. Mize and one br other,
Milton Mize, all of whom reside in
Americus. A large and prominent
family connection throughout the
| state also survives.
Mr.. Mize who was 27 years of
age, was prom;< ent in Sunday school
and Baraca work of the First Bap-
tist church, having been in constant
attendance on it's sessions for several
1 years.
Services for Mr.. Owen will be con-
Quoted from the family residence on
Elmore street Sunday afternoon at
4:30 o'clock, Rev. Henry T. Brook
shire, pastor of the Central Baptist
church, officiating. Interment will
be in Oak Grove cemetery.
! The pallbearers will be Parrot
Poole and Burrell Kent, j.
T. Braswell, Sam L. Mcdaniel, W.
D. Harvey and Dudley Gatewood,
Jr. The members of the Baraca
class of the Central Baptist church
will act as an honorary escort.
Surviving relatives are his moth
er, Mrs. NJ. j. Owen, three sisters,
Mrs. Dovie Owen Draughon, Mrs.
Cooper Bradley, Miss Julia Mae Ow-
en-, and one brother, Roy Owen, all
Of whom reside in this city.
Mr.. Owen, who died on his goth
birthday, was one of the best known
young men of this community, num-
bering his friends by the score. OF
genial disposition and kindly man.
ner he earned the high regard of all
with whom he came in contact. He
was formerly employed in the press
room of the Times-Recorder, where
ne served faithfully and well for two
years, winning high place in the
estimatio nof employer and asso-
ciates. At the time of his death he
was employed by the Mize Grocery