Sharp - Bessie
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 23 June 1899
Bessie, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Sharp, died Thursday morning shortly after two o’clock at the residence on West Main Street. She has been ill for many weeks with spinal meningitis and made a most gallant fight for her life. Her death fell upon her parents with telling force. The funeral will occur this afternoon at 3:30 at St. Bernard’s Church. - thanks to "S" for both of these obits and all her great work on this site
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 30 June 1899
Again has God in His infinite power and wisdom seen fit to call from our midst another precious flower, Bessie Marie Sharp. Bessie Marie, only daughter of Willis and Mary Sharp, died at the home of her parents, 908 West Main Street, on Thursday morning, June 22, 1899, at 2 o’clock, of cerebro spinal meningitis, after an illness of over ten weeks, at the age of six years and sixteen days. She leaves a father, mother, and a host of friends and relatives to mourn her loss.
One by one the sickle of time clips the flowers of life, some in bud, some in bloom and some withered by age. This was a bud that had not yet bloomed. It has budded on earth to bloom in heaven. Death has taken from a happy family a jewel of the highest price, an idolized daughter and a loving friend. Her sweet life faded away as quietly and with the grandeur of a glorious sunset: grand because of its purity and glorious because of the assurance of rising again, for those that die in the Lord shall again live. Dear father and mother, grieve not. Let God’s love seal and soothe your wounded hearts and the consolation of a grand reunion wipe away your tears. The span is short between now and eternity, when the broken links will be joined with golden bands of happiness. Till then, dear Bessie, farewell. The funeral was held this afternoon at 4 o’clock. Interment was at Calvary Cemetery.
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 30 June 1899
Again has God in His infinite power and wisdom seen fit to call from our midst another precious flower, Bessie Marie Sharp. Bessie Marie, only daughter of Willis and Mary Sharp, died at the home of her parents, 908 West Main Street, on Thursday morning, June 22, 1899, at 2 o’clock, of cerebro spinal meningitis, after an illness of over ten weeks, at the age of six years and sixteen days. She leaves a father, mother, and a host of friends and relatives to mourn her loss.
One by one the sickle of time clips the flowers of life, some in bud, some in bloom and some withered by age. This was a bud that had not yet bloomed. It has budded on earth to bloom in heaven. Death has taken from a happy family a jewel of the highest price, an idolized daughter and a loving friend. Her sweet life faded away as quietly and with the grandeur of a glorious sunset: grand because of its purity and glorious because of the assurance of rising again, for those that die in the Lord shall again live. Dear father and mother, grieve not. Let God’s love seal and soothe your wounded hearts and the consolation of a grand reunion wipe away your tears. The span is short between now and eternity, when the broken links will be joined with golden bands of happiness. Till then, dear Bessie, farewell.
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 23 June 1899
Bessie, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Sharp, died Thursday morning shortly after two o’clock at the residence on West Main Street. She has been ill for many weeks with spinal meningitis and made a most gallant fight for her life. Her death fell upon her parents with telling force. The funeral will occur this afternoon at 3:30 at St. Bernard’s Church. -s