The Dawson journal., 1884-08-28
JUDGE W. T. CAMPBELL.


and grief.
JUDGE W. T. CAMPBELL.
The first to go was Judge w. T.
Campbell, one of the most upright
men in every particular that ever
lived in the county. He died on
last Monday morning about day
light, after an illness of only one
day and two nights. Judge Camp
bell had long been great sufferer
from occasional attacks OF erysip-
elias and it was one Of these that
SO suddenly carried him of He
was in Dawson on las. Saturday
evening apparently as well as usual
and went home, ate hearty sup
per and retired without the slight
estcomplaint. Monday morning $
sun rose upon him as a corpse.
! Sach is the fichleness of life-its
uncertainty Judge Campbell was
n years Of age. lie left no i'm
mediate family, but several nieces
and one or more nephews, all Of
whom Judge Campbell had raised
and educated, and who regarded
him more in the light Of father
than an uncle. Judge Campbell
had no church connections but we
are told by those who knew him
best that he was man of eminent
charity-that he stood with an
open heart and an open hand,
ever ready to relieve the necessi-
ties Of the distressed and suffering,
that he never turned the needy
away empty. In common with
the people OF Terrell we mourn
his loss, for IN the twenty years
that he had lived in our county he
had made many friends and but
few enemies, which was fully at
tested by the large concourse of
stricken ones that followed his
last remains to the City Cemetery
on last Tuesday morning. The
funeral exercises were conducted
by the Rev. b. W. Davis, pastor Of
the Baptist church.
JUDGE j. W. BRAGAN.
In the death Of Judge j. W.
Bragan, who died On last Monday,
not only does the county sustain a
severe anliction but the church
loses one of its best and purest
members. Judge Dragan was
eminently a Christian man. No
man in the church to which he
belonged was more devoted to the
principles which he professe3
than was Judge Bragan. lie
came to Dawson about FIVE years
ago from Cuthbert, and during
the time made many friends.
Judge Bragan had been severely
afflicted for more than q year With
dropsy, the disease from which he
died. He was great sufferer.
but under all circumstances he
found comfort and solace in the
religion which he professad. AT
the time of his death Judge Bra
gan was about 65 years Of age.
Hisremains were carried to Cuth-
bert, his old home, on last Tues
day afternoon, attended by his
pastor, Rev. 2. S. Twitty, who
performed the last sad rites Of
burial service, Deceased leaves &
fond wife and several devoted
children to mourn his loss.
JUDGE L. NJ. LESSARD.
On the day after the two deaths
above recorded, last Tuesday, died
Judge L. NJ. Lennard. No man
in Terrell county was more wide
ly known than Judge Lennard,
and no man more devotedly love |
by his friends and neighbors. He
was a pure, good man, and will be
sadly missed in the administra-
ton of county affairs. At the
tiae of his death, Judge Lennard
was serving the county in the
capacity Of School Commissioner,
position he had filed with great
credit to himself for many years.
Judge Lennard was eminently a
useful man, not only to church
and state, but rs well to society.
No mans influence was felt more
for good than Judge Lennard's,
and he viii be sadly missed by ali
classes CT society. lie was not
only member of the church, but
along with it a pious mana man