Obituary of Samuel Gaillard FitzSimons Jr. (1961) with birth announcement and infant photograph of his grandson, Samuel Gaillard FitzSimons IV

A page combining the obituary of Samuel Gaillard FitzSimons Jr. with the birth announcement and infant photograph of his grandson, Samuel Gaillard FitzSimons IV, and a memorial keepsake folder.

Newspaper obituary clipping (upper left):

S. G. FitzSimons Rites Set Monday

Funeral services for Samuel G. FitzSimons, 57, will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow in the chapel of Hardage and Sons Northside Funeral Home, with Rev. Johnson H. Pace Jr., rector of the Holy Cross Episcopal Church, officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.

Mr. FitzSimons, who lived at 824 W. 66th St., died Friday morning in a hospital here, following an illness of three weeks. He was born in Charleston, S.C., and had lived in Jacksonville nine years, moving here from Moncks Corner, S.C. He was a member of the Holy Cross Episcopal Church and was an engineer with the State Road Department.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary H. FitzSimons; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Ann McLane and Miss Grace FitzSimons, all of Jacksonville; a son, Samuel G. FitzSimons of Pine Bluff, Ark.; two sisters, Mrs. Donald Alston of Johns Island, S.C., and Mrs. J. P. Walker of Jacksonville; one grandchild and several nieces and nephews.

[Editorial: the wife is Mary Hadlock FitzSimons (see p. 366); daughter “Mrs. Mary Ann McLean” is Mary Ann FitzSimons McLane; the son in Pine Bluff is Samuel Gaillard FitzSimons III, whose infant son (one grandchild = SGFS IV) is shown at right; “Mrs. Donald Alston” is the deceased’s sister Caroline FitzSimons Alston of Johns Island; “Mrs. J. P. Walker” is the compiler Amy FitzSimons (Mrs. James Pickens Walker).]

Birth announcement (upper center):

A small folded card with a blue border, printed in plain script:

Samuel Gaillard FitzSimons IV

December 24, 1961

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel G. FitzSimons III

Pine Bluff, Arkansas

Infant photograph (upper right):

A small black-and-white snapshot of a smiling baby propped under a soft white blanket. Above the photograph in pencil:

Samuel Gaillard Fitz-Simons — IV Age 4 months

Memorial folder (lower left):

A printed funeral-home memorial folder, folded; the front panel reads:

A Memorial Record for Friends and Relatives

The front is decorated with a watercolor sprig of lilies. The inside leaves (only partly visible at the right edge) carry the printed details of the service — names and addresses in Charleston, S.C., and Jacksonville, Florida, with reference to a “Funeral Home” — for the same Samuel G. FitzSimons whose obituary appears above.

“In Remembrance” card (lower center):

A small printed card showing a pencil drawing of two clasped hands in prayer, captioned beneath:

In Remembrance