PICKETT, Clara - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Again has God in His infinite power and wisdom seen fit to call from our midst another precious soul. Miss Clara Pickett was born near Wallace, Fountain County, Feb. 17, 1870, and departed this life April 22, 1896, aged 17 years, two months and five days.

The funeral services were conducted at the Lutheran Church by Rev. Bane, and the remains were laid to rest in the Lutheran Cemetery on the Alamo and Wallace Road.

She has been afflicted with consumption for about two years and her sufferings in the past year were terrible, but were borne with patience, and though life was sweet to her in the association of kindred and friends, she was willing to die, saying at all times, “God’s will be done,” and when her friends gathered around the grave to take a last view of all that remained of the poor girl, they could not realize that she had lived and suffered death, but looked as one fresh from the hands of God waiting for the breath of life. It is hard indeed to think that one just in the bloom of youth should be forced so early to lie down by the roadside to rest before half her journey on earth was completed. At school, dear girl, your playmates will sadly miss you. She was always kind and had a good word for everyone, and as her playmates gaze at the vacant seat they realize that one is absent, but they will not forget her, and in years to come her name will be cherished among her playmates. It will teach us the awful lesson that death is sure and life is uncertain.

We will all endeavor to so live that we shall meet her in the great beyond. May she rest in peace and may her pure white soul forever dwell with the good angel who took her by the hand and wandered away in the bowers of eternal summer.