Died, in East Armuchee Valley, Walker county, Ga., Feb. 16, 1886, Miss Rebecca Keown. She was buried on the 8th, in the Concord burial grounds, in presence of a large congregation of relatives and friends; Funeral services conducted by Rev. B. F. Hunt.
She was the daughter of Nathan L. and Nancy Keown, and leaves many relatives and friends to mourn their loss. But, ah! why should we mourn her absence, she has only cossed over the river and entered into that peace and happiness that awaits the people of God. Miss Rebecca embraced religion in early life and joined the Baptist church at Macedonia, where she lived a faithful and a devoted Christian.
For nearly two years she was deprived of attending her church or mingling in society, suffering the greatest agonies from rheumatic affection. Yet in her calmest times, she would engage with her relatives and friends in singing praises to God. A short time before she died, when she could only lisp a few words at a time she hummed the tune, "Sweet By and By". She realized that by and by would soon be now. She was only waiting for Angels to beckon her to come. She was ready, anxiously waiting for the Master to call her home to a land of rest. We will have her among us no more. Her last battle has been fought and the victory won.
Source - Walker County Messenger- March 18, 1886 - Page - 2.
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She was the daughter of Nathan L. and Nancy Keown, and leaves many relatives and friends to mourn their loss. But, ah! why should we mourn her absence, she has only cossed over the river and entered into that peace and happiness that awaits the people of God. Miss Rebecca embraced religion in early life and joined the Baptist church at Macedonia, where she lived a faithful and a devoted Christian.
For nearly two years she was deprived of attending her church or mingling in society, suffering the greatest agonies from rheumatic affection. Yet in her calmest times, she would engage with her relatives and friends in singing praises to God. A short time before she died, when she could only lisp a few words at a time she hummed the tune, "Sweet By and By". She realized that by and by would soon be now. She was only waiting for Angels to beckon her to come. She was ready, anxiously waiting for the Master to call her home to a land of rest. We will have her among us no more. Her last battle has been fought and the victory won.
Source - Walker County Messenger- March 18, 1886 - Page - 2.
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Died, in East Armuchee Valley, Walker county, Ga., Feb. 16, 1886, Miss Rebecca Keown. She was buried on the 8th, in the Concord burial grounds, in presence of a large congregation of relatives and friends; Funeral services conducted by Rev. B. F. Hunt.
She was the daughter of Nathan L. and Nancy Keown, and leaves many relatives and friends to mourn their loss. But, ah! why should we mourn her absence, she has only cossed over the river and entered into that peace and happiness that awaits the people of God. Miss Rebecca embraced religion in early life and joined the Baptist church at Macedonia, where she lived a faithful and a devoted Christian.
For nearly two years she was deprived of attending her church or mingling in society, suffering the greatest agonies from rheumatic affection. Yet in her calmest times, she would engage with her relatives and friends in singing praises to God. A short time before she died, when she could only lisp a few words at a time she hummed the tune, "Sweet By and By". She realized that by and by would soon be now. She was only waiting for Angels to beckon her to come. She was ready, anxiously waiting for the Master to call her home to a land of rest. We will have her among us no more. Her last battle has been fought and the victory won.
Source - Walker County Messenger- March 18, 1886 - Page - 2.
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She was the daughter of Nathan L. and Nancy Keown, and leaves many relatives and friends to mourn their loss. But, ah! why should we mourn her absence, she has only cossed over the river and entered into that peace and happiness that awaits the people of God. Miss Rebecca embraced religion in early life and joined the Baptist church at Macedonia, where she lived a faithful and a devoted Christian.
For nearly two years she was deprived of attending her church or mingling in society, suffering the greatest agonies from rheumatic affection. Yet in her calmest times, she would engage with her relatives and friends in singing praises to God. A short time before she died, when she could only lisp a few words at a time she hummed the tune, "Sweet By and By". She realized that by and by would soon be now. She was only waiting for Angels to beckon her to come. She was ready, anxiously waiting for the Master to call her home to a land of rest. We will have her among us no more. Her last battle has been fought and the victory won.
Source - Walker County Messenger- March 18, 1886 - Page - 2.
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