Benjamin Marion Lovinggood, 85 years of age, passed away at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Smith, who live near Salem, on Thursday, the second day of November, just passed, after a comparatively short illness that had followed a gradual decline for some time, owing to the infirmities of age.  Mr. Lovinggood was a native of Oconee, and was born Sept. 29th, 1835.  He had practically all his life followed the business of farming, and had made a success of his life work.  For a number of years, however, since failing health and the infirmities of age had operated against his continued active labor, he and his wife had made their home with their daughter, Mrs. W. E. Smith.

     Mr. Lovinggood is survived by his wife, who was before her first marriage Miss Lucinda Whitmire.  At the time she married Mr. Lovinggood she was the widow of Thomas Finley, who died while in the service of the Confederacy during the early part of the war.  Three sons and one daughter survive him, these being H. M. Lovinggood, of Fair Play; Sam Lovinggood, of Bowersville, GA; Dyar Lovinggood, of Alabama, and Mrs. W. E. Smith, of Salem.

     Mr. Lovinggood was well known to the people of Oconee, and there are many who will learn of his death with sorrow.  He was a good man, a Christian, and a member of the Whitmire Methodist church.  On Friday, Nov. 3d, his body was laid to rest in the cemetery of the Whitmire church, a large number of sorrowing relatives and friends being present to pay the last sad tribute to the deceased.

     The aged widow and other relatives have the sympathy of many in their bereavement.