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Rome, Ga., June 17. -- (Special)-- N. E. died yesterday at his home
here. Mr. Adamson was born in Henry county, Georgia, October 8, 1850. He spent
his early life in Atlanta, and had many relatives there. He had lived in Rome
for nearly fifty years. He is survived by his five daughters, Misses Nellie,
Mary, Blossom, Beulah Adamson and Mrs. George Nixon, of Rome; a son, N. E.
Adamson, Jr., of Portsmouth, Va., and a sister, Mrs. Nellie A. Smith of
Carrollton, Ga.
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Fulton Co., Georgia, June 18, 1919
Transcribed by Valerie (Johnson) Freeman
"The Herald & Advertiser" Friday, June 19, 1908
Newnan, Coweta Co.,
Georgia
RESOLUTIONS OF
RESPECT On the Death of Wesley Wilson Addy by Haralson Lodge No. 142, F. & A.M.
Bro. Wesley Wilson Addy was born in Lexington county, S.C. on Oct. 9, 1827
and died at his home near Haralson, Ga., Feb. 25, 1908, being 80 years of age.
When 17 years of age he moved with his father to Georgia and settled near
Haralson. In early life he was confirmed in Salem Evangelical Lutheran church in
Lexington, thereby assuming the baptismal vows made by his parents for him in
his infancy, and he ever lived a true, consecrated Christian life.
On
Feb. 20, 1851, he was united in marriage to Mrs. Gable Weems, nee Bernhard of
Henry County, Ga., from which union twelve children were born, eight sons and
four daughters, al of whom survive. His wife preceded him to the spirit world
several years ago. In the late War Between the States, he enlisted and did
service in the State Militia. He was a true and faithful soldier, cheerfully
performing any duty imposed upon him. At the close of the war, he returned to
his home and family near Haralson and devoted his time to the rearing of his
family and educating his children. He also reared two orphan nieces.
Bro.
Addy was made a Maston Mason in Haralson Lodge No. 142 on the 9th day of April
1864 and remained a faithful member until his death. Forty-four years a Mason,
he has gone to answer the roll call in the Grand Lodge above. He met all men
upon the level, squaring his life with all mankind by the square of virtue.
Bro. Addy was a true and affectionate husband, a kind, loving and indulgent
father, a good citizen, and a lovable neighbor, being ever ready to assist the
poor and needy. None knew him but to love him. He loved his church, and when
able attended his meetings regularly, being ever ready to assist in any
charitable work either in church or community. Therefore, be it resolved:
1. That in the death of Bro. Addy the community has lost one of its most
beloved citizens; Mt. Pilgrim Evangelist Lutheran church one of its oldest and
most devoted members and strongest supporters; and Haralson Lodge one of its
oldest and truest members.
2. That Haralson Lodge tender the bereaved
family our heartfelt sympathy in this their sad bereavement.
3. That a
page of our minute book be inscribed to his memory and that the Lodge wear the
usual badge of mourning for 30 days.
4. That a copy of these resolutions
be furnished the family of our deceased brother, and that a copy be sent also to
the Senoia Enterprise-Gazette and Newnan Herald and Advertiser with the request
that they publish the same.
A.J. Baughan
M.J. Stewart
L.O.
Hutchinson, Committee
Transcribed by Candace (Teal) Gravelle - August 2,
2006
[Note: W. W. Addy's wife was Margaret Isabella
Bernhard, daughter of Jacob Bernhard &
Esther Lites. Her first husband was
John M. Weems.]
Henry Co Weekly, Nov 8, 1907, Fri. (Henry Co GA)
ANOTHER OLD CITIZEN CROSSES THE BAR
Mr. Field ALLEN, one of the county's oldest and most highly
esteemed citizen died at the home of his son, Robert ALLEN, 3 miles west of
Luella on Monday morning at 12:30 o'clock from an illness of 3 months from
infirmities of old age. Mr. ALLEN would have been 85 years old the 14th of next
February and was one of that part of the county's well known old citizens. He is
survived by his aged wife and four sons, Messrs. Robert, Jake, Matt and John
ALLEN; and five daughters, Mrs Fannie Lou BRYANT, Mrs Henry GARNER, Mrs Tick
GARNER, Mrs Bird WILLIAMS and Mrs Sallie JENKINS. The funeral and interment was
at the BERNHARD burying ground near his old home on Tues morning at 11:00
o'clock.
Transcribed by Nancy Morris, submitted with additional
information by Diane Allen Cooper
[Note: Henry Co pension application records reveal Fielding W. ALLEN
enlisted in the Bartow Artillery 22nd Battn. Aug 01, 1861 at Griffin, GA.
Fielding W. ALLEN married Matilda Ellen BERNHARDT in 1853 in Spalding Co GA.]
Empire State – Spalding County Georgia, Week of December 23, 1856
C. W. Black
Tribute of Respect
Pine
Grove Lodge, Henry County, GA
At a called meeting, we the following
committee, to whom was referee the duty of preparing suitable resolutions
expressive of the memory of our dear beloved Brother, who departed this life
November 26th, 1856, suddenly, with an attack of apoplexy, will respectfully
submit the following.
We are reminded of the uncertainty of life and the
certainty of death – that we live in a land of shadows, a fruitful field of
flaming promises alone. We had every reason to believe that our brother C. W.
Black, lived the life of a good mason; and that he is gone and the struggles of
the reluctant nature over his body sleeps in death, and the soul returned to
God, to Paradise; but there is no appeal or relief from the great law which
dooms us to dust. We flourish and fade as the leaves of the forest. In the death
of our departed brother, we lost one of our brightest jewels; his wife a loving
husband and his doting mother as obedient son. And in token our sincerity, be it
therefore Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with the bereaved family of our
deceased brother in their irreparable loss.
Resolved, That in respect for
the memory of the deceased, we will wear the usual badge of mourning on our left
arm, for thirty days.
Resolved, That the Secretary furnish the family of
the deceased brother with a copy of these resolutions. Also to the Empire State,
and the American Union for publication.
T. G. Barnett, A.G. Couch, D. S.
Smith, Committee
Transcribed by Don
Bankston - 2005
It becomes our sad duty
today to announce the death of Dr. J. H. Bryans occurred at his home in Indian
Springs at 9 o’clock on Wednesday night of heart failure after a sickness of a
few days. His remains will be laid to rest at Sharon, Henry County today. Dr.
Bryans had long been one of our best citizens and one of the leading physicians
of Middle Georgia and his death will surely be regretted.
Middle Ga.
Argus – Week of May 20, 1892
Transcribed by Don Bankston June 2004.
The death of Mrs. Nancy Carmichael, which
occurred at her home near McDonough last week, is sad intelligence to many
people in this county. Mrs. Carmichael was quite old. She was the widow of
“Uncle” Jimmie Carmichael who died about fifteen years ago.
Jackson Argus,
Week of Jan 1, 1897
Transcribed by Don Bankston April 2005
The Argus learns with regret of the death of Mrs.
Priscilla Carter, an aged and respected lady, living near Peeksville in Henry
County. Her death occurred last Sunday at the home of one of her sons. Mrs.
Carter was the mother of a number of splendid boys – the youngest of whom is
ex-Tax Collector W. L. Carter of Worthville. The Argus tenders sympathy to the
bereaved relatives.
Jackson Argus, Week of June 25, 1897
Transcribed by Don Bankston July 2006
The death of John Crawford which occurred at the John McKibben homestead in Henry
county last Sunday was attended with circumstances that were unusual and sad.
Several days ago he got up one morning to kindle a fire and as he knelt down
by the hearth stuck a pen pin in his knee. At that time very little was thought
of the occurrence but with the course of ten or twelve hours the little wound
began to pain him. Blood poison set in and he rapidly grew worse until death
came as a sweet messenger of peace and relieved him of great suffering.
Before his death he became blind and expressed his sorrow at not being able to
see his friends a last time. He was buried at New Hope Methodist church and
leaves a wife and three small children.
In connection with the death of
this excellent man a very touching incident occurred which shows that the milk
of human kindness has not yet soured in the souls of some people. Applications
were made to rent the premises occupied by the deceased which would have
deprived his widow of a home. But, speaking for himself and brother, Frank, Mr.
Ci McKibben said to the applicants:
You need not apply. John was a poor
man, but he was as kind as could be to my old father and mother and though he
owed Frank and myself some money and leaves nothing with which to pay we are
determined that his wife and children shall have a home here as long as they
want it.
And though Frank and Ci McKibben are big, strong 250 pounders
their hearts were touched and they cried like children over the death of the man
who has proven such a faithful friend to their parents and to themselves.
Jackson Argus – March 11, 1897
Transcribed by Don Bankston April 2005
The committee to whom was referred the duty of
reporting suitable resolutions upon the death of brother John Crockett made the
following report:
We are again called upon to mourn the death of a
deceased worthy brother. John Crockett is no more! He expired at his residence
in Henry County, on the 10th day of August, at 4 o’clock p.m. surrounded by an
aggrieved family and weeping friends. He was a true Mason, a good citizen, an
affectionate husband, and a devoted parent. His loss is irreparable, both to his
bereaved family and the community in which he lived … [no other genealogical
information contained.]
Q. R. Nolan, R. M. Stell, H. Stokes, Committee
Empire State – Spalding County – Week of September 3, 1856
Transcribed by Don Bankston May 2004
McDonough, Henry County, Georgia
Carolyn was born 20 November 1927, DeKalb
County, Georgia and died 14 September 2008. She was married to her surviving
husband, Bob, for thirty-six years. Bob and Carolyn raised four daughters:
Gayle, Kathy, Debbie, and Ginny.
[Contributed by Bob F. Dalton to the "Dalton
Gang Letter" published by Melanie D. Crain, Vol. XIV, No. 1, Winter 2009]
Submitted by Louis Dolton, Topeka, Kansas
Mr. Tom Grant died last Friday after an illness of several months with
consumption. His remains were taken to Stockbridge on Saturday morning for
interment. Mr. Grant was a son-in-law of Mr. J. D. Swint and lived near
Jenkinsburg. He leaves a wife and two children to mourn his death.
Mr. Tom J. Grant, formerly
Southern Railway agent t this place, died at Jenkinsburg last Friday evening of
consumption. Mr. Grant was one of the cleverest agents we have ever had here and
everybody who knows him will regret to hear of his death. His bereaved wife and
child have our sympathy.
Boykin – Flovilla, Ga.
Jackson Argus – Week of
December 10, 1896
Transcribed by Don Bankston April 14, 2005
“Yesterday morning at 9:15 o’clock Mrs. Lowe JACKSON
breathed her last at the residence of her son, H. T. JACKSON, on Troup street
[now Third Avenue], in the this city. Mrs. JACKSON had been an invalid for some
time, and her death was not altogether unexpected. Her sufferings, and they were
great, were borne with that strength and patience which emanates alone from the
Christian heart. For a long number of years her’s [sic] has been a most
exemplary life, and she died as she had lived—with a trust in the Savior. Few
people ever die where Christian grace is more beautifully exemplified than it
was in the death of Mrs. JACKSON. She was conscious to the last departing
breath, and calling each of her children and her grand children to her dying
bed-side she tenderly embraced them each, bidding farewell, and telling them
that she was crossing the “shining shore” and was going to a place where there
was no more sickness, nor sor! row, nor parting, nor death. All who witnessed
the touching scene were deeply affected. A few years ago her husband left her
with the parting words to meet him in the better land. Yesterday she fulfilled
that mission.
“Mrs. JACKSON was born in Warren county, Ga., January 8th,
1809. Her maiden name was Sarah PACE, and on January 29th, 1824, she was married
to Lowe JACKSON. To them four sons were born—W. H. and H. T. JACKSON, of this
city, being two of them. For a long number of years they lived at the Cataula
house in Harris county; moved to Alabama; and subsequently to this city. In
early life Mrs. JACKSON united with the Baptist church and at the time of her
death was a member of the First Baptist church in this city. The writer, who has
known her from his boyhood, knew her to be a woman of the highest Christian
type, and while the bereaved children and grandchildren mourn her death, they
feel that all is well, for she has passed through this dark valley and the
shadow of death, and now enjoys that eternal rest prepared for the people of
God.”
The “Columbus (GA) Daily Enquirer-Sun,” Tuesday Morning, 21 JUN
1881.
Transcribed by John Mallory Land
[Note: Sarah PACE m. 29 JAN 1825 (sic) in Henry Co, GA, to
Low JACKSON, per LDS IGI NA. I am not kin to this family. I came across this
item while researching an unrelated matter.]
Solomon King Died
The Argus regrets to
announce the death of Mr. Solomon King, a highly respected citizen of Henry
county which occurred last Tuesday. The cause of his death was strangulated
hernia. Mr. King was a gallant confederate soldier and went into service with
the Zachray rangers. His comrades say he rendered valiant service until his lost
an arm.
Jackson Argus - July 30, 1897
Transcribed by Don Bankston July 2006
Mrs. Leguin, an aged lady who lived in the northern part of this county,
died last Tuesday and was buried on Thursday at Peeksville, Henry County.
Jackson Argus – Week of July 9, 1897
Transcribed by Don Bankston July 2006
At the Ripe Old Age of One Hundred and
Twenty-Eight Years
At the poor farm in Henry county early Friday morning,
Hiram Lester, one of the oldest men in the world, died, in his 129th year. He
was no pampered child of fortune, and in his latter days at least was a
comparative stranger to wealth.
But despite his poverty he was a noted
being – a human curiosity. Not for a brilliant career spent in public service;
not for matchless evidence in legislative halls, but because by being regular
and temperate in habit and by a simple observance of nature’s laws he has
succeeded in prolonging his life beyond the period of human expectancy.
Hiram Lester was born in North Carolina in the early part of 1768.
Since
his heart first began to throb six billions of people have come into existence,
and after a battle against death, have passed into the unknown beyond. When the
famous first continental congress convened in Philadelphia, in 1774, he was
seven years old.
When England’s George IV ascended the throne of our
mother country the snows of more than fifty winters had fallen upon his head.
William E. Gladstone, the greatest of English statesmen, would, on the day
of his birth, have beheld in Uncle Hiram an energetic and stalwart man.
Seventy-five years of actual life had furr(?) wed his brow when the first
message was transmitted by telegraph.
The beginning of the civil war
found him a man of ninety-three years.
At the opening of the Cotton
States and International Exposition he was more than 128; and death claimed him
just before he would have passed the 129th milestone on life’s road.
And
thus he has witnessed events in the world’s history that marked the beginning
and ending of import epochs.
It is said that his life was an active and
vigorous one. By energy and perseverance he won for himself in his earlier days
a sufficiency of this world’s goods on which to live in comfort. But when he
became too feeble to work his accumulations disappeared and he became an inmate
of the Henry county poorhouse, where he lived until the fall of 1891. At that
time he went to the Piedmont exposition with some friends, where he formed the
great drawing card in an exhibit at the exposition grounds. During this
exposition was celebrated the greatest event in the life of Mr. Lester.
At the Edgewood Avenue theatre, in Atlanta, on the night of November 11, 1891,
he and Mrs. Mary Mozeley were united in the holy bonds of wedlock. The happy
pair were perhaps the oldest couple to contract the marriage vow, the bride
being more than seventy and the groom one hundred and twenty-five years old.
This event attracted a great deal of interest and was witnessed by hundreds
of Atlanta’s citizens. Mr. and Mrs. Lester lived happily together until about
two months ago, when financial reverses drove Mr. Lester to the poorhouse for
the second time, and his wife went to live with relatives.
For several
weeks he had grown weaker, showing a gradual failing in his vitality.
On
Friday morning he passed away, being at the time of his death the oldest man in
the world.
He has a son, his youngest, in the Henry county poorhouse,
ninety-two years old. His only daughter lives in Heard county and is ninety-five
years of age.
Jackson Argus – Week of February 7, 1896
Transcribed b y Don Bankston
February 25, 2005
A telegram was received here this week announcing the death of Mrs. Harried Mason, which
occurred at her home at Sardis in Henry County last Monday.
Mrs. Mason
was nearly 80 years of age, and leaves a number of children, grandchildren and
great-grandchildren. Mrs. Parry Lee and Raleigh Harper of this place are her
grandchildren.
The deceased was a native of Virginia. She lived an active
life and was indeed a woman of great usefulness and for a long time lived only
for the good she could do. Her presence was a benediction. She has been called
to her reward.
Jackson Argus – Week of January 21, 1897
Don Bankston
April 24, 2005
The infant baby boy of Col.
and Mrs. M. M. Mills died on last Saturday. It remains were taken to Locust
Grove on Sunday for interment. We extend to the bereaved parents the sympathy of
the community.
Jackson Argus – Week of September 10, 1896
Don Bankston
March 21, 2005
The many friends and relatives of Mrs. Levi Moore, who
lived four miles from town, will be pained to learn of her death which occurred
at her father’s, Mr.Turner at Hampton on Friday. About a year ago she was
made a happy bride with a bright and prosperous future before her, but alas the
great reaper death, has seen fit to claim her as his own. We sympathies with or
young friend Levi in his sad affliction and could not console him with amore
encouraging thought than “All things work together for good to them who love
God”.
Middle Ga. Argus – Week of
November 30, 1893
Transcribed by Don Bankston June 2004.
Dbt. 75. D 4/29 [1885] Res. 4 miles south of Atlanta.
Moved to Fulton
Co. from his plantation in Henry Co. about 35 years ago. Since then he has
resided on his farm near Atlanta and was one of Fulton Cos. best and most
substantial citizen. P. E. McD., of McDaniel's Station, Gordon Co., GA. and Ira
O. McD. of Bartow Co., father of Gov. McD. and his brothers.
Mr. McD.
was the father of 11 children, 9 of whom still live. Within the past 2 weeks he
lost a son and a dau. Interred in family burying ground near his residence.
Transcribed & Submitted by Linda Blum-Barton
[Reference Source:
Franklin Garrett's Necrology Database at The Atlanta History Center; Fulton Co.,
GA. Microfilm - Obit Abstracts, Fulton, Roll #8]
Friends of T. C. Nolen of McDonough regret to hear of his death on Thursday
morning. He died of the Brights disease.
Middle Ga. Argus – Week of June
9, 1893
Transcribed by Don Bankston June 2004.
Dr. North
Killed by Fast Train.
Hampton, Ga., March 29--Dr. A. G. North, one of the
most prominent citizens of Hampton, was struck and killed by the south-bound
Florida limited of the Central of Georgia railway today about noon.
Dr.
North was returning from church at the time and attempted to cross the railroad
tracks. The fast train was upon him before he seemed to realize the danger and
he was hurled 35 yards. He died instantly.
The Weekly Constitution, Atlanta, Ga., Mar 30 1903
Transcribed by Linda
Blum-Barton March 2006
Mr. J. G. Phinazee is a prominent
citizen of Monroe County, who lives near High Falls. For some months his wife has
shows signs of mental derangement and had made an attempt to take her own life while
under the strange hallucinations, but on Wednesday she succeeded in
accomplishing her design by going in to a room to herself, placing a paper about
her clothes an saturating her apparel with kerosene oil an then setting herself
on fire. She was shortly discovered but too late to save her life. She lingered
about five ours and died. No cause could be found to induce her to act so
rashly.
Her remains were brought to Jackson on Tuesday and conveyed to
McDonough, her old home, for burial. She was the mother of Messrs. Tom Sutton
and Paul Turner of McDonough, who have our sympathies, as well as the husband
and other relatives and fiends.
Middle Ga. Argus – week of November 30, 1893
Transcribed by Don Bankston June 2004.
Solomon Pruitt died on Tuesday the 30th ult.
Mr. Solomon who has lived in the vicinity of Locust Grove, started out to walk
over his farm land, was soon brought back home in an unconscious condition by
his son who was at work upon the place, and found his father lying upon the
ground unconscious, and soon expired.
Mr. Pruitt was 70 years of age and
one of our beloved citizens and strict members of the Methodist church. The
remains were buried at Indian Creek church.
Jackson Argus – Week of April 9,
1897
Don Bankston April 26, 2005
Christian Index page 39
In McDonough, Henry Co. on the 2nd inst. William
Ragland, Esq. in his 71st year. He was born in Northampton Co. NC and moved
thence to Chatham Co. NC. In 1814 he moved to Jasper Co. Ga. then to Henry Co.
Ga. Toward the close of the Revolution, though only a youth he was in the
service and was taken prisoner with others by the Tories at Col. Alston's house
on Deep River. He was a highly esteemed and respected citizen and member of the
Methodist Church. Mar. 22 1836
Submitted by Gerry Hill
Mrs. B. B. Strickland died at her home in the upper
part of this county last Friday after an illness of about two weeks of
pneumonia. The interment occurred at Wynn’s Mills in Henry county on Sunday.
Mrs. Strickland’s maiden name was Miss Virginia Childs. She was a member of
the Baptist church and was never happier than when engaged in church work. Her
husband found in her a charming helpmate and during their wedded life they were
ever happy in the captainship of each other.
Mrs. Strickland contributed
much good to the world in her children. It was her fortune to raise six girls
who are respected and admired wherever they are known.
Jackson Argus – Week
of January 21, 1897
Don Bankston April 24, 2005
We learn that the little son of Mr. Clem Thompson who
lives just over the line of Butts in Henry county, died with a horrible case of
hydrophobia on Wednesday of last week. The little fellow had been bitten by a
rabid dog about four weeks ago, but the family supposed that all danger was
over, when he was taken violently and in a short time died in a perfect rage.
Middle Ga. Argus – Week of February 25, 1884
Transcribed by Don
Bankston April 2004.
Died in Jackson, Butts County, Ga. On the 7th ult. Mrs. Mary L. Thompson, daughter of
Maj. Tandy W. Key, late of Henry County in the 31 year of her age.
She
had been for several years a consistent and useful member of the Baptist church;
of mild and cheerful disposition, she was loved by a wide circle of friends and
acquaintances. Her death was sudden, but found her ready for the call, as her
previous life attested. She was the mother of 6 children which she has left to
the care of a bereft husband, who mourn her loss. She rests from her labors
while her works follow her. Her memory is dear to those she left behind. May
they cherish and imitate the pious example of her godly life. (Christian Index
and Southern Christian Advocate please copy)
Empire State –Spalding
County – Week of March 5, 1856
Transcribed by Don Bankston April 2004.
REV. MITCHELL THURMAN DIED
Attends the Teachers’ Institute and is Stricken Down as He Returns
Rev.
Mitchell Thurman of Henry county died at the home of his sister Mrs. B. J.
Lunquest on Indian Springs street at 12 o’clock, noon, last Sunday. His death
was caused by strangulated hernia.
Mr. Thurman had been attending the
teachers’ institute at Indian Spring and towards the close of the session was
not feeling well. He came to Jackson on Saturday and stopped with his sister,
Mrs. Lunquest. Dr. W. C. Bryant was called in and after an examination told Mr.
Thurman that he pronounced the troubled strangulated hernia and that an
operation would have to be performed. Mrs. Thurman insisted that he had been in
that condition before and that he was sure that his trouble was not hernia. The
Dr. then set about trying to move the bowels, but after exhausting the best
known agencies in a fruitless attempt he told the patient again that the trouble
was unquestionable strangulated hernia. Dr. R. G. Bryans was then called in for
consultation and it was agreed that the only hope was in an operation. On
account of night having come on the operation had to wait until morning as it
could not be performed by lamplight. During the night vomiting set in and the
patient was very weak the next morning. The operation was performed successfully
and the strangulation was relieved, but this relief, coming as it did after
poison had set in, was of no avail and the end came at noon.
Hernia is
said to be strangulated when a portion of the intestine or omenturn that is
protruded is so tightly constricted that it cannot be returned to the abdomen,
but has its circulation arrested. If relief is not speedily afforded the
strangulated part becomes gangrenous. The causes of strangulation are various,
but this condition most commonly arises from a sudden violent effort, by which a
fresh portion of intestine is driven into a pre-existing hernia, which is
distends to such a degree as to produce this complication. The most prominent
early symptoms are flatulence, colicky pains, etc. They are succeeded by
vomiting first of the contents of the stomach, then of the mucus and bile, and
lastly of faecal)?) matters, owing to inverted peristaltic action. If relief is
not obtained the inflammation that commences in the sac extends to the
peritoneum and the ordinary signs of peritonitis appear. Then comes gangrene or
mortification of the part and the patient speedily sinks.
It was
unfortunate, but unavoidable, that at the surgeons should have been misled by
the patient.
The funeral service occurred on Monday at the Methodist
church and the interment was at the city cemetery.
A large number of the
relatives and friends were present at the funeral. The deceased was a brother of
Col. Thurman of Griffin and Dr. Thurman at Barnesville. He leaves a wife and
several children.
His life was that of a loyal, cheerful Christian and he
has no doubt met with the Christian’s reward.
Jackson Argus – Week of June 25, 1897
Transcribed by Don Bankston
July 2006
No sadder thought or feeling can ever cross our threshold than
to know that mother is gone. Never more to met the fond and loving embrace of
our dear mother is too sad. Such were our feelings on the 23rd of last December
as we stood by and saw the casket lowered down in the grave, and heard the
solemn sound of the dirt as it gently fell from the hands of many friends. But
then, how bright and beautiful it seemed only to know our dear mother is “asleep
in Jesus.”
Mrs. Mary C. Tucker was born June 26, 1814 and died at her
home in Henry County December 28, 1891. She was a member of the Baptist Church,
joined when quite young, and all along the rugged path of life she ever looked
to him “Who doeth all things well”. At the age of 26, she was married to Mr. B
F. Tucker of Butts County. They had three little girls born to them. When the
youngest was only two years old the father died, leaving her in quite a helpless
condition but her never tiring energy and Christian fortitude helped her to
surmount the many obstacles as they themselves through life.
Middle Ga.
Argus – January 19, 1892
Transcribed by Don Bankston June 2004.
Died in Henry County, on the 20th of February, of
scarlet fever, Susan Tucker, in the 14th year of her age, daughter of Caroline
Tucker. She professed a change of heart, but had never united with the Church.
She gave evidence on her death bed that all was yet well, that the merits of a
Crucified Lamb were sufficient to cleanse her from all sin. Possessed of a
noble, generous heart, she has won for herself the esteem and admiration of
many; and tho gone, the memory of Suckey still liveth. Yes, dear companions of
by gone years can scarcely realize thy departure so young in years. Sleep on,
departed one, till the resurrection morn; then we hope to meet thee around the
great white throne to chant unending anthems of praise to Father, Son and Holy
Ghost.
Empire State – Griffin Ga. – Week of March 19, 1856
Transcribed by Don Bankston April 2004.
Died at the residence of her son J. P. Williams, in Henry County, on the 12th
(?) ult., Keziah Williams, a widow lady, in the(73rd-78th) year of her age. She
was baptized many years since by Rev. J. W. Calloway at Philadelphia church in
the above named county. Since that time, she has lived a consistent member of
the Baptist Church. She was a kind and affectionate mother. We trust she has
gone to reap the reward of the faithful in Christ Jesus. She bore her affliction
with patience, and said on a dying pillow, she was ready and willing to go. May
this bereavement be sanctified to the good of her children and friends in
general.
Empire State – Spalding County – Week of June 11, 1856
Transcribed by Don Bankston May 2004.
Memoriam
It has pleased our Heavenly Father to call from our midst our worthy and
amiable sister, Annie Wyatt, who was born May 17, 1867, and died February 24,
1892. She was married to Mr. G. W. Wyatt of Stockbridge, Henry County, Ga.,
September 27, 1891. She has been a consistent member of the Methodist Church.
Middle Ga. Argus – Week of March 8, 1892
Transcribed by Don Bankston
June 2004.
The
whole town was thrown into a gloom of sadness on Monday morning when the
announcement that the young and noble Splint Wynn was no more, that his immortal
spirit had taken its everlasting flight to that land from “whence no traveler
ever returned.”
Mr. Wynn was well known to most of our readers, he having
for several years been one of our leading dry good salesmen. For two years he
has been chief of the clothing department of the New York Store, and his place
there will be hard to fill. Last year he attached himself to the Methodist
church and had lived a consistent member to the time of his death.
His
remains were laid away at New Hope church, in Henry County on Tuesday by his
brethren of St. John’s Lodge F. & A. M. Rev. J. H. Eakes preached the funeral.
Masonic Resolution
St. John’s Lodge, No. 45, F. & A. M. – October 2,
1893
Whereas, it pleases an all-wise God to take from our midst, on the 25th
of September last, our Brother E. S. Wynn, therefore, be it.
Raised to
Degree of Master Mason, July 16,1892. Died in good standing with the Lodge and
all Brother Masons, September 25, 1893
[No other genealogical information
in resolution.]
Middle Ga. Argus – October 12, 1893
Transcribed by Don
Bankston June 2004.
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