OBITUARIES.
Gibson Co.,
Dear Bro. Goodwin:
It becomes my painful duty to record the death of our beloved brother William Ross Davjs,
who fell asleep in Jesus on the. 30th day of October, 1860, at his residence,
near Union Meeting House, aged 50 years, 9 months and 13 days.
He confessed his faith in the Son of God, and was buried
with his Lord in baptism, about 11 years before his death, and became a member
of Union congregation and lived a worthy member of the same until his death.
He was a kind husband and father. he served as Deacon of, the church for about
8 years before his death, with honor to himself and the church, He was ever
ready to help the church to sustain the cause, and the needy was relieved and
cared for. His disease was complicated and severe, which he bore with christian
fortitude and resignation for some months. He leaves a kind companion, 5
children and many friends to mourn their loss; but their loss is his eternal
gain, for we are assured he has gone to reap his reward in heaven. May the
Lord enable his bereaved companion to bear her loss with christian resignation,
so that she and all the relatives may live the life of the righteous, that
their last end may be like his, and meet him in heaven,
"Dearest
friends are doomed to sever,
And
to meet on earth no more; Yet, blessed thought, 'tis not forever,
For
we will meet on
With
the blood-washed throng above, We shall meet and chant the story
Of
the Saviour's gracious love.."
Elijah
Saulmon
The Christian Record
January 1861, page 31