Alonzo Stonewall Jackson Harp's sister, Addie Harp Pritchett, wrote the following Memoriam to Alonzo in 1935:
Dear brother was paralyzed for twenty five years, confined to his room for four years and couldn't walk. His suffering was great but he bore his affliction with great patience. In a conversation with a minister he expressed himself ready to meet his Lord. At times I could hear him singing in his room. He loved music and alwasys went to church as long as he could walk. Dear brother, I would not call you back, but oh, how I miss you, no tongue can tell. I know you are free from pain, you suffer no more but are sweetly resting in the Lord where I hope to join you bye and bye.
Safe in the arms of Jesus,
Safe on his gentle breast,
There by his love ever shaded
Sweetly his soul shall rest.
A precious one from us has gone
A voice we loved is still.
A place is vacant in my home
Which never can be filled.
God in his wisdon has recalled
The boon his love has given,
And though his body is moulding here,
His soul is safe in Heaven,
His sorrowing sister,
Addie Harp Pritchett
Alonzo Jackson Harp was the son of Dr. Alfred Pleasant and Rebecca Dozier (West) Harp. He was born on June 1, 1863, in Upson County, Georgia and died on October 26, 1935. On May 20, 1894, in Fulton County, Georgia, he married Julia A. Thompson. Alonzo was afflicted with paralysis for 25 years and was confined to his room for the last four years of his life. He died in the home of his sister, Addie Harp Pritchett in Yatesville, Georgia. He was buried alongside other members of his family in Glenwood Cemetery, Thomaston, Georgia.
Dear brother was paralyzed for twenty five years, confined to his room for four years and couldn't walk. His suffering was great but he bore his affliction with great patience. In a conversation with a minister he expressed himself ready to meet his Lord. At times I could hear him singing in his room. He loved music and alwasys went to church as long as he could walk. Dear brother, I would not call you back, but oh, how I miss you, no tongue can tell. I know you are free from pain, you suffer no more but are sweetly resting in the Lord where I hope to join you bye and bye.
Safe in the arms of Jesus,
Safe on his gentle breast,
There by his love ever shaded
Sweetly his soul shall rest.
A precious one from us has gone
A voice we loved is still.
A place is vacant in my home
Which never can be filled.
God in his wisdon has recalled
The boon his love has given,
And though his body is moulding here,
His soul is safe in Heaven,
His sorrowing sister,
Addie Harp Pritchett
Alonzo Jackson Harp was the son of Dr. Alfred Pleasant and Rebecca Dozier (West) Harp. He was born on June 1, 1863, in Upson County, Georgia and died on October 26, 1935. On May 20, 1894, in Fulton County, Georgia, he married Julia A. Thompson. Alonzo was afflicted with paralysis for 25 years and was confined to his room for the last four years of his life. He died in the home of his sister, Addie Harp Pritchett in Yatesville, Georgia. He was buried alongside other members of his family in Glenwood Cemetery, Thomaston, Georgia.
Alonzo Stonewall Jackson Harp's sister, Addie Harp Pritchett, wrote the following Memoriam to Alonzo in 1935:
Dear brother was paralyzed for twenty five years, confined to his room for four years and couldn't walk. His suffering was great but he bore his affliction with great patience. In a conversation with a minister he expressed himself ready to meet his Lord. At times I could hear him singing in his room. He loved music and alwasys went to church as long as he could walk. Dear brother, I would not call you back, but oh, how I miss you, no tongue can tell. I know you are free from pain, you suffer no more but are sweetly resting in the Lord where I hope to join you bye and bye.
Safe in the arms of Jesus,
Safe on his gentle breast,
There by his love ever shaded
Sweetly his soul shall rest.
A precious one from us has gone
A voice we loved is still.
A place is vacant in my home
Which never can be filled.
God in his wisdon has recalled
The boon his love has given,
And though his body is moulding here,
His soul is safe in Heaven,
His sorrowing sister,
Addie Harp Pritchett
Alonzo Jackson Harp was the son of Dr. Alfred Pleasant and Rebecca Dozier (West) Harp. He was born on June 1, 1863, in Upson County, Georgia and died on October 26, 1935. On May 20, 1894, in Fulton County, Georgia, he married Julia A. Thompson. Alonzo was afflicted with paralysis for 25 years and was confined to his room for the last four years of his life. He died in the home of his sister, Addie Harp Pritchett in Yatesville, Georgia. He was buried alongside other members of his family in Glenwood Cemetery, Thomaston, Georgia.
Dear brother was paralyzed for twenty five years, confined to his room for four years and couldn't walk. His suffering was great but he bore his affliction with great patience. In a conversation with a minister he expressed himself ready to meet his Lord. At times I could hear him singing in his room. He loved music and alwasys went to church as long as he could walk. Dear brother, I would not call you back, but oh, how I miss you, no tongue can tell. I know you are free from pain, you suffer no more but are sweetly resting in the Lord where I hope to join you bye and bye.
Safe in the arms of Jesus,
Safe on his gentle breast,
There by his love ever shaded
Sweetly his soul shall rest.
A precious one from us has gone
A voice we loved is still.
A place is vacant in my home
Which never can be filled.
God in his wisdon has recalled
The boon his love has given,
And though his body is moulding here,
His soul is safe in Heaven,
His sorrowing sister,
Addie Harp Pritchett
Alonzo Jackson Harp was the son of Dr. Alfred Pleasant and Rebecca Dozier (West) Harp. He was born on June 1, 1863, in Upson County, Georgia and died on October 26, 1935. On May 20, 1894, in Fulton County, Georgia, he married Julia A. Thompson. Alonzo was afflicted with paralysis for 25 years and was confined to his room for the last four years of his life. He died in the home of his sister, Addie Harp Pritchett in Yatesville, Georgia. He was buried alongside other members of his family in Glenwood Cemetery, Thomaston, Georgia.
Gravesite Details
Headstone Photograph Courtesy of Keith Amos / Portrait Photograph Courtesy of the Thomaston Upson Archives
