Carrie Winn

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Mrs. John Lindsey, Sr., Pioneer,
Claimed by Death

LAUREL LEADER CALL
6 Jan 1951

Mrs. John Lindsey, Sr. age 87, died at 6 a. m. Saturday at the Robert Lindsey home in Taylorsville, where she had been living for about year and a half. Death followed a long illness.

The body has been brought to Laurel for services which will be held at the Fifth avenue Lindsey home at 2:30 p. m. Sunday. Burial will be in Lake Park Cemetery where Mrs. Lindsey will be laid to rest by the side of her husband, who died in 1934.

Dr. Grayson L. Tucker, pastor of the Presbyterian church, will officiate. Mrs. Lindsey was a devout member of that church. She and others of her family are numbered among the staunch members who saw the church grow and become a wholesome influence in the life of Laurel and its environs. As long as she was able she was active, in the women’s clubs in the church and was a member of Circle One at the time of her death.

Mrs. Lindsey, who was Miss Carrie Winn, was born in Lauderdale county during the Civil War. Her family moved to Enterprise In the late 1800s when that town lived up to its name. She married Mr. Lindsey and moved to Sandersville as a young bride. In 1901 Mr. and Mrs. Lindsey moved to Laurel where a large factory was established to build the famous eight-wheel log wagon patented by Mr. Lindsey. Their interests spread to the manufacture of hardwood and pine lumber which was produced by the Lindsey Lumber Company.

In addition to playing an active part in establishing Laurel as an Industrial city, Mrs. Lindsey and members of her family were active in the social and civic life of this community. She reared a family of splendid sons who took their part in the life of this area. All of her life Mrs. Lindsey was interested in flowers and those who passed by her Fifth Avenue home enjoyed seeing the blooms on the shrubs around the house and in the flower beds along the walks.

Mrs. Lindsey was a refined, cultured and gentle woman. She was characterized as sweet and loveable by those who were her neighbors and others who knew her well.

She is survived by two sons, Earl and John Lindsey, Jr. Another son, Robert, preceded her in death recently. Other survivors include: two grandsons, John Lindsey III, Robert Lindsey, Jr., Taylorsville; a granddaughter, Mrs. R. Z. Pepper, Laurel: a great grandson, Alexander Chisholm Lindsey, and a number of nieces and nephews of the Lindsey and Winn families.

Thompson Funeral Home has charge.
 

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