BAXLEY NEWS BANNER
Baxley, Georgia
Thursday, February 2, 1928


JOHN F. GRUBER DIES IN BACON COUNTY

John F. Gruber, 65 years old, a brother of the late Mrs. Duncan F. Branch and of Mr. Charlton Gruber, died at his home just over the line of Appling in Bacon County, Monday night leaving a wife, the daughter of the late Martin L. Deen, and several children.

For sometime last fall Mr. Gruber resided in Baxley where he operated a grist mill on the Branch estate, and his passing brings sorrow to those in the county where he was well known.

Funeral service was held and interment at Deen's Cemetery near Baxley, Tuesday.