Macon Telegraph May 30,1938
William (Billy) Hazlehurst, Jr., 27, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Hazlehurst, 1009 Clinton Road, died in the city-county hospital in LaGrange, Ga., at 6:30 a.m. yesterday.
The former Lanier High School and University of Georgia football player died of typhus fever, believed to have been contracted a week ago when bitten by a flea
.
Members of his family were at the hospital when he died. The body arrived here yesterday.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel at the Burghard-Connally funeral home with the Rev. Walter Clem, rector at St, Paul's Episcopal Church, officiating.
Active pallbearers will be Ben Smith and H. D. Adams, Macon; Ed Powell, Ralph Hardy, C. J. Jones and Collier Jordan, all of LaGrange. Honorary pallbearers will be Benning M. Grice and Eugene Killen, Macon; Frank Iler, Fred Perkerson, Ben Carter and Victor Webb, all of Lagrange.
Since he was graduated from the University of Georgia with a BS degree in 1933, Mr. Hazlehurst had been… [part not readable]
When he was first stricken a week ago, physicians believed his case was mild, members of the family reported. His condition changed daily and he failed to rally following the crisis Friday night, it was learned here.
Surviving are his parents; two brothers David [Marshall] and [Robert] Rogers Hazlehurst of Macon, and a sister, Mrs. Jones Brown; Philadelphia, Pa., formerly Miss Ida [Mary] Hazlehurst of Macon.
Mr. Hazlehurst was born in Macon and attended the public schools here, having been graduation from Lanier in June, 1929. At Lanier, he was a guard on the football team, captain of the ROTC company and a member of the AOS Club. Although smaller than the average football linesman, young Hazlehurst developed into one of the most aggressive guards ever coached by Harry Mehre at the University of Georgia and won his letter in football during his junior and senior years. At Georgia he also was prominently identified with other student activities, having served as president of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity chapter and of the Pan-Hellenic council.
William (Billy) Hazlehurst, Jr., 27, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Hazlehurst, 1009 Clinton Road, died in the city-county hospital in LaGrange, Ga., at 6:30 a.m. yesterday.
The former Lanier High School and University of Georgia football player died of typhus fever, believed to have been contracted a week ago when bitten by a flea
.
Members of his family were at the hospital when he died. The body arrived here yesterday.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel at the Burghard-Connally funeral home with the Rev. Walter Clem, rector at St, Paul's Episcopal Church, officiating.
Active pallbearers will be Ben Smith and H. D. Adams, Macon; Ed Powell, Ralph Hardy, C. J. Jones and Collier Jordan, all of LaGrange. Honorary pallbearers will be Benning M. Grice and Eugene Killen, Macon; Frank Iler, Fred Perkerson, Ben Carter and Victor Webb, all of Lagrange.
Since he was graduated from the University of Georgia with a BS degree in 1933, Mr. Hazlehurst had been… [part not readable]
When he was first stricken a week ago, physicians believed his case was mild, members of the family reported. His condition changed daily and he failed to rally following the crisis Friday night, it was learned here.
Surviving are his parents; two brothers David [Marshall] and [Robert] Rogers Hazlehurst of Macon, and a sister, Mrs. Jones Brown; Philadelphia, Pa., formerly Miss Ida [Mary] Hazlehurst of Macon.
Mr. Hazlehurst was born in Macon and attended the public schools here, having been graduation from Lanier in June, 1929. At Lanier, he was a guard on the football team, captain of the ROTC company and a member of the AOS Club. Although smaller than the average football linesman, young Hazlehurst developed into one of the most aggressive guards ever coached by Harry Mehre at the University of Georgia and won his letter in football during his junior and senior years. At Georgia he also was prominently identified with other student activities, having served as president of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity chapter and of the Pan-Hellenic council.
Macon Telegraph May 30,1938
William (Billy) Hazlehurst, Jr., 27, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Hazlehurst, 1009 Clinton Road, died in the city-county hospital in LaGrange, Ga., at 6:30 a.m. yesterday.
The former Lanier High School and University of Georgia football player died of typhus fever, believed to have been contracted a week ago when bitten by a flea
.
Members of his family were at the hospital when he died. The body arrived here yesterday.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel at the Burghard-Connally funeral home with the Rev. Walter Clem, rector at St, Paul's Episcopal Church, officiating.
Active pallbearers will be Ben Smith and H. D. Adams, Macon; Ed Powell, Ralph Hardy, C. J. Jones and Collier Jordan, all of LaGrange. Honorary pallbearers will be Benning M. Grice and Eugene Killen, Macon; Frank Iler, Fred Perkerson, Ben Carter and Victor Webb, all of Lagrange.
Since he was graduated from the University of Georgia with a BS degree in 1933, Mr. Hazlehurst had been… [part not readable]
When he was first stricken a week ago, physicians believed his case was mild, members of the family reported. His condition changed daily and he failed to rally following the crisis Friday night, it was learned here.
Surviving are his parents; two brothers David [Marshall] and [Robert] Rogers Hazlehurst of Macon, and a sister, Mrs. Jones Brown; Philadelphia, Pa., formerly Miss Ida [Mary] Hazlehurst of Macon.
Mr. Hazlehurst was born in Macon and attended the public schools here, having been graduation from Lanier in June, 1929. At Lanier, he was a guard on the football team, captain of the ROTC company and a member of the AOS Club. Although smaller than the average football linesman, young Hazlehurst developed into one of the most aggressive guards ever coached by Harry Mehre at the University of Georgia and won his letter in football during his junior and senior years. At Georgia he also was prominently identified with other student activities, having served as president of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity chapter and of the Pan-Hellenic council.
William (Billy) Hazlehurst, Jr., 27, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Hazlehurst, 1009 Clinton Road, died in the city-county hospital in LaGrange, Ga., at 6:30 a.m. yesterday.
The former Lanier High School and University of Georgia football player died of typhus fever, believed to have been contracted a week ago when bitten by a flea
.
Members of his family were at the hospital when he died. The body arrived here yesterday.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel at the Burghard-Connally funeral home with the Rev. Walter Clem, rector at St, Paul's Episcopal Church, officiating.
Active pallbearers will be Ben Smith and H. D. Adams, Macon; Ed Powell, Ralph Hardy, C. J. Jones and Collier Jordan, all of LaGrange. Honorary pallbearers will be Benning M. Grice and Eugene Killen, Macon; Frank Iler, Fred Perkerson, Ben Carter and Victor Webb, all of Lagrange.
Since he was graduated from the University of Georgia with a BS degree in 1933, Mr. Hazlehurst had been… [part not readable]
When he was first stricken a week ago, physicians believed his case was mild, members of the family reported. His condition changed daily and he failed to rally following the crisis Friday night, it was learned here.
Surviving are his parents; two brothers David [Marshall] and [Robert] Rogers Hazlehurst of Macon, and a sister, Mrs. Jones Brown; Philadelphia, Pa., formerly Miss Ida [Mary] Hazlehurst of Macon.
Mr. Hazlehurst was born in Macon and attended the public schools here, having been graduation from Lanier in June, 1929. At Lanier, he was a guard on the football team, captain of the ROTC company and a member of the AOS Club. Although smaller than the average football linesman, young Hazlehurst developed into one of the most aggressive guards ever coached by Harry Mehre at the University of Georgia and won his letter in football during his junior and senior years. At Georgia he also was prominently identified with other student activities, having served as president of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity chapter and of the Pan-Hellenic council.
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