REFN: 1005 Memorial:
ABRAM GRUVER, October 10, 1851 to March 20, 1922
."Many sympathizing friends attended the funeral yesterday afternoon of
the late Abram Grover. Held from the home of his daughter, Mrs. Chauncie (Mary) Dunham, 734 South Crawford St.. There was a beautiful array of floral
pieces. Rev. Miles 0.
Wolfe, Pastor of the Baptist Church took his text from St. John I :15 "Let not your heart be troubled. And he read Rev. 21 speaking in a consoling manner
to the bereaved relatives. A good man has gone to his reward. Beautiful music was rendered
by a quartile-Misses Scholfield. W. Y. Allen, Ben Potter & Creed
Hutcherson. With Miss Pearl Coyan, pianist. The Hymns are "The Streets I am told are paved with pure Gold", "I'm Coming Home", and "Remember".
GRANDAD GRUVER..
In Memorial: Published in the Pentecostal Holiness Advocate ABRAM GRUVER
Abram Grover was born October 10, 1851 in Ohio on a farm. His parents
later moved to Jones County, Iowa(should be Wyoming) where he met and married Miss Alice N. .Johnson. To this union were born six girls and three
boys. Mr Grover was living
in St. Clair County, Missouri at the time of his death. He departed this
life March 20, 1922. He was seventy years, five months and ten days old. He was a kind and loving father very devoted to his family. In fact during his
long illness he
would never consent to anyone except his children nursing him.
He was a man who feared God from youth. He was saved and became a member of the first M. E. Church when only a boy of eighteen years. When we
children were growing up he would sit around the fire at nights and talk to us about heaven and tell
us Bible stories. It is a blessed thing to look back on his past life as
I write these few lines, and know he was always a clean man. His life was never marred with drink and many other things so few people have not indulged
in. Father was ever
exhorting we children to live right. On his death bed his only thoughts seemed to be of his children, especially the boys. He left a wonderful
testimony. Some few days before death he called two of the children to him, and told them he had a
vision of a beautiful city .He said. Oh it is so beautiful; and he tried
to show them how it looked, said it was so beautiful, and he was going.
He said. "I want everyone of you children to follow me after I am gone". His body was laid to rest in the Evergreen Cemetery, Fort Scott,Bourbon County, Kansas. He
leaves five daughters, three sons, seventeen grandchildren. and two great -grand-children to mourn his loss, and a host of friends.
During his illness I had the privilege to care for him several nights,
sitting up all night, as it required close watching and tender nursing to
keep him as long as we did. When the nights would grow weary as they always do for sick folks I
would read and pray with him, and every time he would get quiet and sleepy. It seemed "thus saith the Lord" pleased and comforted him when nothing else could comfort him. I had to leave and another sister took my place.
The last time I saw him,
his farewell to me was; "Essie, I am trusting Jesus. He is the only one
that can help me now ." Oh! praise God, I can never forget his sweet way of calling me every time he wanted help. I praise God this morning for such
parents as I had, and
for the bright testimony they both left at death.
Mother's prayer was beautiful. She told the Lord she was willing to come if He would only save every one of her children. Her last expression was a smile
that tasted even after death. That smile stile lingers with me.
I can never cease to praise God for his wonderful love to me and mine. Let each of us children strive to enter into this rest that we may dwelt with mother
and father throughout eternity .Heaven will be wonderful to us when we all gather there.
We are fast passing one by one, and if Jesus tarries very long we will all rest beneath the earth.