FROM DAYS GONE BY March 21, 1919

March 21, 1919.

Both Wrightsville and Kite are in mourning as two great men from each city passes into the great beyond. These prominent men were Dr. Jeremiah Wesley Brinson and Hon. William N. Kight.
Dr. Jeremiah Wesley Brinson, Sr. passes away quietly at his home on March 12th after being seriously ill but a few hours. He died in the presence of his wife and other members of his family. He was out Tuesday seeing around his home and family an paid a visit to his son, Mr. DeWitt Brinson as late as 8pm. Coming home he retired and the family said he rested well until around 4 am when he awoke the family telling them he was ill and felt the pain in his body from which he had suffered short attacks within the past few months. About 7 he began to grow weaker and the family realized the end was near. At 8 am relatives and friends were summoned to his bedside and his son, Dr. Earl Brinson, and Dr. S. M. Johnson attended during his last moments. Death came peaceably, quietly and serenely at 8:30 am.
Dr. J. W. Brinson was one of the most prominent citizens of Johnson County all the time since 1873, when he first came to the city entering the practice of medicine and the dug business, a business he had just sold to his son at the first of the year, Dr. J. W. Brinson, Jr. But he continued doctoring up to the week of his death, and as a physician was wanted far and near, his services being still in demand.
He was a Royal Arch Mason of the local lodge, a member of the Methodist church since coming to Wrightsville, an was a honest Christian gentleman. His drugstore building, which still stands on the corner of Elm and Marcus streets in the heart of Wrightsville, was the first brick building built in the town.
On March 2, 1875 he was married to Miss Amanda Sikes, and to their union were born eight children, five boys and three girls. Next to the youngest was Robie Madge Brinson who was already dead. The others who survived him, together with their mother were: Mrs. Leila Anthony Kittrell, Dr. J. W. Brinson, Jr., Mrs. Leah Maze Bryan, Col. William Chauncy Brinson, Dr. Edison Brinson and Mr. DeWitte Talmadge Brinson. He had only one brother, Mr. David Brinson, county warden of Emanuel County, and one sister, Mrs. Gussie Outlaw. He was born October 21, 1852 and was 66 years old. He was buried at Westview.
Honorable William N. Kight, of Kite, was relieved of all his sufferings on the afternoon of March 13th when the death angel knocked on his door and summoned him to pay the debt that all must pay. He had been in bed and about his room for about two years, having been stricken with paralysis and continuing attacks during the long, weary months of his illness.
He was a member of the Missionary Baptist church and of the Kite Lodge F. & A. Internment was in the Kite cemetery services performed by the Masons. He had been a Mason since 1873, joining the order in Wrightsville and transferring to Kite upon its organization in 1890, as a charter member. He held the office of secretary there for 13 years. In 1912-1913 he was the Senator in the upper house of the General Assembly of Georgia, which office he filled most creditably.
He left a wife, seven children, three brothers, four sisters, and a host of relatives and friends to mourn his departure. Mr. Kight was in his 68th year.