Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1918 — J. W. SPEAKS PASSES AWAY [ARTICLE]

J. W. SPEAKS PASSES AWAY

J. W. Speaks, who was stricken with i paralysis last week and was taken to the county hospital Saturday, died at 1:40 o’clock Monday morning, aged sixty-nine years, one month and fourteen days. Mr. Speaks was born in Missouri, but had resided in Jasper county for rjuite a good many years, and much of this time in Rensselaer. ‘Bis wife died several years ago. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Orson Lewis, now of California, and four sons, Lester and Ernest Speaks of Hammond; Howard Speaks of Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and Fred, who lived at home with his father. \ Howard had been notified of the critical condition of his father and arrived home Monday morning only a short time after his father had passed away. The funeral will be held today at 2 o’clock at the Baptist church, services being conducted by the pastor, Rev. t). C. Hill, and burial made in Weston cemetery.