LEE Greenville Advocate, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 1894 ville Advocate, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 1894 Mrs. Martha Lee was born in Macon Co. Ga. May 7th, 1817, and died in Bolling, Ala.,Nov. 23, 1894. She died at the home of Mr. Archibald, her son-in-law, whose generous kindness to her is worthy of mention. It was the privilege of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Archibald to minister to the wants of her aged mother in her last years as well as her dying hours. Her remains were interred in Wetumpka where she lived many years; also lived near Troy, Alabama. [There was more of obit. Photo was too blurred to see clearly.] ----------------------------------- GAFFORD Greenville Advocate, 1-23-1895 Mrs. Lucinda Gafford, living five miles north of Greenville, died very suddenly last Friday. The deceased was 80 years of age, and a devoted member of the Methodist church. She was living with her son Joseph Gafford, at the time of her death. Mrs. Gafford was a sister of Mr. Archy Stallings, and an aunt of Congressman Stallings. After many years of pilgrimage to this world this good woman has gone to her reward in the great beyond. Obituary Died at the home of her son, Mr. J. E. (F?) Gafford, five miles east of this city, January 18th, 1895, Mrs. Lucy Gafford. Deceased was born near Millegeville, Ga., March 22nd, 1814, but moved with her parents to that state when quite small, and in 1831 was married to Mr. James Gafford. She resided in this county up to the death of her20husband which occurred in 1882. She has since made her home with her youngest son. She was the mother of nine children, five of whom survive her and she was an aunt to Congressman J. F. Stallings… [more omitted] ---------------------------- GAFFORD Greenville Advocate, Feb. 23, 1898 and Mar. 9, 1898 MRS. ANNA GAFFORD DEAD Mrs. Anna B. Gafford, relict of the late Hon. S. F. Gafford, died Friday afternoon, 18th inst., at the residence of Mr. James Dees, three miles west of the city. She had been ill for a week or more, and what was at first considered a severe cold developed into pneumonia. Her death was very unexpected to many of her friends who had not known she was so seriously ill. The funeral took place Sunday morning at the Presbyterian church in this city, which for many years she constantly attended, and from which her membership had never been removed. The service was conducted by Rev. Luther Link, after which the large audience repaired to the cemetery near the Methodist church where the body was deposited by the side of the husband of her youth. Much of the early married life of Mr. and Mrs. Gafford was spent in this city, and it was in those days that Mr. Gafford represented the county in the legislature. Since his death, about twenty years, the family have lived at their home a few miles distant. Mrs. Gafford was aware of her approaching death, and spoke of being resigned and willing to go. -- A TRIBUTE A LOCAL LADY WRITES OF MRS ANNA B. GAFFORD Montgomery Journal "Where is the promise of many years, Once written on my brow? Ere sorrows, agonies, and fears Brought with them all that speaks in tears Where sleeps that promise now." Thus wrote Adelaide McCord in her last poem, and thus no doubt felt. Anna Gafford, as she lay dying in the old Gafford Homestead, Friday last--dying of a broken heart. Forty-two years ago she stood, a bride, none more beautiful than she, none more honored than he, who had won her heart and won laurels in the halls of his native state as a representative from Butler Co., Ala. She was born in South Carolina, and was removed from that state to Montgomery, Ala., in infancy. In her young girlhood she met Col. Gafford at Butler Springs, the resort of all south Alabama. She was married in 1856 in this city and removed to the Gafford homestead. Mrs. Gafford was the widow of the late Hon. Frank Gafford and mother of six of his children. One of those is John Gafford, now in the Montgomery jail. She was a very worthy woman with a heart that beat for the woes of humanity. She did her best in the trying environments of her life, bravely meeting the cares when deprived of the one, good and true who was the head of her family and who stood next to none in the esteem of the people of Butler county. Little did his great, kind heart dream of all from which he was saved and the troubled years have brought to her whom he would have shielded. Mrs. Gafford taught school near Montgomery before her marriage and had a sister, Miss Mary McDuffie living in this county and perhaps a brother also, who was once employed on a morning paper. Peace, troubled soul! May God in His infinite mercy and power heal thy broken heart. Death oft becomes a friend. She was "a good mother," to quote from that son who now grieves for her in the Montgomery jail. Poor John! He says: "I never knew until I heard of her death that I could shed tears. I thank God that I can weep, or I should have gone mad!" She was a woman of great dignity and presence, of the kindliest hospitality. Her sorrows have been many; may her rest be sweet. Oh, how hard, inscrutable are the ways of God. May He bless these dark hours of her children. ---ONE WHO LOVED HER. -------------------------------- HINSON Greenville Advocate, 8-29-1900 Mr. Asa Hinson, father of Messrs. George and A.T. Hinson of this city, died very suddenly at his home, seven miles out on the Fort Dale road, last Saturday night. The old gentleman was in his usual health at dark. Some time after supper he went out on the porch to get a drink of water when he fell, dying almost instantly. A stroke of paralysis or apoplexy was the cause of death. Mr. Hinson was about 70 years of age and was one of this county’s oldest and most substantial citizens. He was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, and was buried in the family grave yard at or near Indian Creek Church. Besides the two sons mentioned as living in this city, he leaves a wife and two other sons, Mr. W. E. Hinson, of Montgomery county, and a younger son who was living with him. He also leaves a daughter, Mrs. Elbert Harrison. The Advocate extends sympathy to the bereaved wife and children in this sudden dispensation of Divine Providence. -------------------------------- SCARBOROUGH Greenville Advocate, 5-23-1900 IN MEMORIAM Mrs. Sarah Patton Scarborough was born April 4th, 1832. Was the daughter of Mr. Matthew Patton, who was an own cousin of Gov. Patton. The family emigrated from the Northern part of Ireland the early part of the present century. She was the wife of Lieut. A. B. Scarborough, who died in the army of Virginia the last year of the war. She, at the age of sixteen, graduated at the first commencement of a regular chartered college in Greenville. Her essay, quaintly written in scriptural language, so impressed the board of trustees that they asked her to give it to them, and strange to say, when the anniversary of that day rolled around forty-four years afterward, she was able to repeat it almost verbatim to some friends in her home. A short-hand writer being present, took it down and sent it to the Advocate as perhaps many of your readers may remember. She had been an invalid all of her life, and had been totally deaf for forty years, hearing not even the loudest sound, and understanding only by the motion of the lips. She had a brilliant mind and was an extensive reader. She lived her religion instead of talking about it. Those dearest to her called her “Saint Courageous” on account of the way she bore her many afflictions. Although so afflicted she made opportunities for carrying sunshine into the lives of others. Notwithstanding her pride of ancestry and gentle birth, she has often been heard to say that she valued more than anything of the kind the epitaph on her father’s tomb, in the old cemetery, “Emphatically he was an honest man;” honesty and all that it implies being so deeply imbedded in her nature. This epitaph was written by his dear friend, Mr. Thomas Herbert, (father of Secretary Herbert). Her health had been gradually falling for some time and she would often tell her friends that she was expecting the call to come up higher, which would be welcome but for leaving her daughter. The end came suddenly and peacefully at half-past five o’clock Sunday afternoon, May 10th. When the call came she was surrounded by many friends and loved ones. The handsome casket was covered with the beautiful floral offerings of her many devoted friends. She was interred in Magnolia cemetery May 31st, Rev. A. J. Briggs officiating.---A Friend. -------------------------- FAIL Nov. 1, 1901 The Living Truth TRIBUTE OF RESPECT To the memory of our dear brother, Elsbery Fail, who was born Nov 12, 1821, and departed this life Sept. 19, 1901. We mourn not as those who have no hope, for he was a consecrated Christian and faithful worker in the Lord’s Vineyard and a faithful member of Gravel Hill Baptist Church. We feel that his spirit is rejoicing with the redeemed. We deeply deplore our loss and sympathize with his two daughters who survive him. His wife preceded him to the land of the blest. May He who has promised to be a helper in trouble draw near to the bereaved to comfort them by his grace. Adopted by the church in conference Oct. 27, 1901. JA Rhodes, JW Henderson, Mary Whitehead, Committee. ------------------------------------- STEWARD The Living Truth, 4-25-1902 DIED Julius W. Steward of South Butler died last Tuesday morning at 4 o’clock of Pneumonia. He was a good citizen, a good neighbor and highly thought of by all who knew him. A wife and several children survive him. Mr. Steward was a Methodist and a member in good standing of Wesley Chapel. --------------------------------------------- BLACK The Living Truth, 5-30-1902 DIED.--At the home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Black after a lingering illness Hazard Black passed away last Monday morning in his forty-fifth year. The funeral service was conducted by Rev. W. A. Taliaferro. The body was laid to rest in the old cemetery near the Methodist church. Among the relatives present were Messrs. A. J. and William Black, Dr. H. Black, Mrs. Frank Coker, Jno. Bates, Miss Ellen Black, Irby Black. ------------------------------- TAYLOR [Note by CMS: I can't find the source note for the following obit, but I believe it could have been in the same newspaper as the obit right above it (Hazard Black), and I believe it matches this person from the Pioneer Cemetery listing: Margery Catherine Herbert Taylor, 1820 - 1902] MRS. KATE TAYLOR DEAD Died at her home in this city in her 82nd year on Thursday morning May 22, at 10 o’clock Mrs. Kate Taylor. The deceased had been in feeble health for some time and on account of her age the end was not unexpected. The body was buried at the old cemetery Friday evening Dr. G. R. Upton of the Episcopal church of which church deceased was a member conducting the burial service. Mrs. J. A. Black of Luverne, Mess. Alfred and Ned Taylor and Mrs. D. B. Taylor, Mrs. Ernest Vinson, Misses Mildred and Fannie Taylor of Georgiana were of the relatives present at the burial. ---------------------------- CROSS The Living Truth, 12-31-1909 Death of S.R. Cross Last Monday Mr. S. R. Cross, one of the best known citizens of our county, whose home is near Georgiana, was taken sick with acute indigestion at 2 o'clock in the afternoon and died that evening at 8. Mr. Cross was a good citizen and highly respected by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. ------------------------------ HARTLEY The Living Truth, 2-18-1910 DEATH OF JOSEPH S. HARTLEY Died last Friday at his home three and one half miles north of Greenville, in his 78th year, Mr. Joseph S. Hartley. Burial was made Saturday at the family burial ground near his home. A number of sons and daughters survive him, all of whom are counted among the most highly respected people of this county. Mr. Hartley's parents were among the pioneer settlers of Greenville and he was born here and during his long and useful life there was never anything but good spoken of him. About two years ago he suffered a stroke of paralysis and later another stroke and then the third which proved fatal. As a citizen and soldier, he met all the requirements. ----------------------------------- PARKER Butler County News, 3-29-1923 MRS. EUGENIA PARKER Our community was saddened by the death of Mrs. Eugenia Parker, wife of J. B. Parker, of near McKenzie, on March 12th, where she had lived all of her married life. She was Miss Eugenia A. Sellers before her marriage, and was married to J. B. Parker on Dec. 3rd, 1871. She leaves to mourn her loss her devoted husband and six children, D. T. Parker, W. W. Parker, J. C. Parker, Mrs. P. W. Odom, Mrs. Z. K. Patrick, and Mrs. E. L. Booker, 35 grand children and 26 great grand children. In early life she joined the Latter Day Saints church, of which she was a faithful member. To know her was to love her. She carried that cheerful Christian spirit with her into many homes, and surely there will be a crown of righteousness laid up for her at the right hand of our Heavenly Father. We join the bereaved in their sad hour. ---A Friend. ---------------------------- MCINVALE Butler County News, 1-18-1951 In Loving Memory On Nov. 25, 1950, Dick McInvale died at the home of his son Haywood in Mobile. He had been suffering since last June and at the beginning of his sickness he thought it was a cold and cough, and doctors treated him but couldn't help him. He was carried from his home at Bay Minette to New Orleans, La., to hospital and the doctors x-rayed him and found cancer on lungs, but they couldn't help him so he was brought back home. His suffering was so very great until the very last. He said it was so very hard to bear, but he wasn't afraid to die, he was ready to go and meet his dear Lord, who had been so good to him. He wanted to live here on earth with his loved ones and friends longer, but he said it was the Lord's will for him to go and be happy with Jesus, the Lord and Saviour, where there would be no more sickness, pain, troubles, and sorrows. He had visions of the beautiful place where there will always be happiness and rejoicing with the Lord and Saviour and told his loving and faithful wife and his loving son and wife to be brave and not cry when he was gone, for he would be happy in Heaven. He was a most loving and devoted husband, kind and loving father and grandfather. His little grandchildren loved him dearly. They are being brought up in church and Sunday school and they would sing to him and it was a joy to hear them. He united with Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church in early life and always loved the church dearly. He believed and trusted in God his Saviour. He could make friends where ever he went and loved them. He was kind and thoughtful of his loved ones and friends out of the home. He was born in Butler County 59 years ago last June the 13th. He was the oldest son of Mr. Jirden McInvale and Mrs. Annie Sellers McInvale. He married Miss Ettie Bell Vickery 36 years ago on Nov. 29, 1914. They lived a happy life together. They had only one child born to them, their son Haywood. He leaves a broken hearted wife and son and wife and 2 little grandchildren and brothers and sisters and their families and a great host of relatives and friends to mourn his passing. He will be sorely missed by all who loved him, but let's all remember he has gone up higher to that beautiful city of God that our hold on God may be stronger if we all live and trust Him and His promises we will all meet him in that bright and happy world to which he has gone. The loss is great and loved ones and friends are sad, but it's joy and happiness to know he left such a sweet and good testimony behind to comfort and help all prepare to meet him in the sweet by and by and share the beauties and wonders and happiness of Heaven where all of God's children can be happy and rejoice forever and forever with Jesus our Saviour. By his request he was laid to rest in Mt. Pisgah cemetery by his parents. The funeral was conducted by Rev. Neaz Sellers, assisted by Rev. Merton Griffin. Johnson's Funeral Home in charge. Written by his loving aunt, Aggie Sellers ----------------------------- MCKENZIE Greenville Advocate, 1-16-1895 Mr. Elias McKinzie, father of Messrs. W. F. and J. M. McKenzie, of our city, died at this home eight miles east of Greenville on last Thursday night. Two days before his death the deceased was stricken with paralysis and gradually sank until death released his spirit. Mr. McKinsie was quite an old man and was very active and superintended his farm. A good man, a good citizen and neighbor and one of Butler county’s oldest citizens has been numbered with the great majority beyond the dark river of death. The family have our sympathy in their great sorrow. ------------------------------------
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