The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-07-18
OBITUARY.

On the night of 25th of June at the
residence of j. S. McAuUlty, Eaq, David
Woods departed this life in the eighty-third
year of his age, leaving one daughter, four
grandchildren and many relatives and
friends to mourn their loss.
Squire David Woods was born in Orange
county North Carolina, on 2Sth day of Oc-
tober 1895; was married to Miss Mary Rob
i. inson in 1921 and emigrated westward
early in 1924, and settled in Tenn. in the
part now called Hardeman-county. Was a
member of the first court organized in Har-
deman county, and served on the bench for
eighteen successive years. Was member
Of the Methodist church for forty years, and
died trusting in Jesus for salvation. How
beautiful the history of the Christian We
can cheerfuIly pen the deeds of their lives
and with hope, speak of their death. The
above history of itself says great deal for
! Squire Woods. When God was going to
to recount the life and death of his servant
David, he says: "For David after he had
| served his OVID generation by the will of
God, fell on sleep and was laid unto his IA
theirs, and saw corruption Squire Woods
had served his generation and has passed
! away to his reward.
He was an honest man, had no enemies.
was of strict integrity, loved and respected
/ by all, was great favorite of tho young;
they were always glad to see uncle Davie,
| as they all called him. l had known him
several years and never saw him out of hui
I hut no, ole III
full. He took great delight in talking of
the things of the past, and would relate
! them in an interesting manner. He could
/ give you the history of almost any family
/ in Hardeman and many others. But now
| this distinguished link between this and
/ the past generation is served, and uncle
! Davie Is goneI Thus one by one the pio-
neers of old Hardeman have fallen until
scarcely one is left to unite US to the past
! When Squire Woods first came to Tennes-
see, there was no Hardeman here, and but
very few white families in the limits of our
county. The Polk, the Shinault, and per
! haps one branch of the McKinnie were
about all. He was present at the organiza-
ton of the first county court, and was a dis
tinguished member OF the same, as has been
before stated for eighteen years.
l was called to see him en- the 18th of
FEBRUARY last, found him somewhat indispos-
cd though not very sick, saw him two or
three times and discontinued my visits, but
was called TO see him again in few days;
found that he was then paralyzed in his
lower extremity on one side, for in a short
time his true dieease unmarked itself by a
few black spots on his toes and foot, which
showed it to be Senile Gangrene. It pur-
sued its fatal course until all of his foot and
part of his leg and HE knee became gan
grenous, and on the 25th of June, after n
painful illness of nearly four and halt
months, he passed calmly and serenely
away TO the other shore. He survived all
of his children but one, J. S. McAnulty's
wife, has two half -brothers yet alive. We
should always remember, though we should
attain to the age of Squire Woods, that
while we are living we are dying, and pre-
pare for the solemn change. We would say
to the bereaved strive to make your lives wor-
thy of imitation too, 50 that when the
solemn hour shall come, you may be ready
also to be gathered unto your fathers and
pass into that rest which remaineth to the
faithful.
In the death of Squire Woods, our com.
munity has lost one of its most distinguish.
ed citizens, the Methodist church one Of its
oldest members, the grandchildren an at,
fectionate grandpa, and the daughter de
voted father. Let us be watching and wait
ing so that when the messenger comes, we
may be prepared to meet father Wood on
the shining shores of the Paradise of rest,
J. H. MCKINHIE