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AN EXCELLENT YOUNG MAN STRICKEN
DOWN.
H. Turpin Huckabee, as Noble q
Youth as Ever Lived, Now Sleeps
Beneath the Sod.
LowSDEsyILLE, s. c., Nov

LowSDEsyILLE, s. c., Nov s. 1880
The Unsuitable hand Ot death, IN It has stri X
en- down SO many In our conn community ,hnn WILLIE
victim, and Mr. Fl. Turpin Huckabee has passS-
ed TO the great beyond.
Turpin Huckabcc, rs he was familinr!y
and died Nov. 3, 1855, after an illness Of about
three weeks. He was first taken with a very
severe case OF typhoid fever, which was rem
dered much worse by pneumonia. and in the
short period above mentioned, was reduced
from good health and v!gor. so low that hu-
man nature could bare no more and Is spirit
passed INTO eternity. Kind friends M loving
relatives watched eagerly around his bedside,
and did all In their power to relieve his suffer-
ings, but II was all In vain, for II seemed that
death had Set It's mark upon him from the
first He became delirious very soon aftey
taking sick, and remained SO until he died,
then passing uncOnsciOuSly the trying ordeal
OF death. His spirit has awakened to brighter
and happier scenes In That great spirit world,
where all must appear beiose the Judgment
Turpn was the eldest OF the four sons Of
Mr.. ]. W. and Mrs. A. NJ Huckabee. The SYM
Who are so afflicted by his death. To his ia:
thcr and mother he was uniformly obedien1,
respectful and kind; and TO them his loss IL In.
and sister he was always kind and indulgent,-
and they loved him In return. S.d indeed Is
the blow, when home ties or such endearing
nature are sundered by the relentless hand OF
death. Only the heart broken father and
mother and the mourning brothers and sister
can realize the depth Of such woe. re- ,
After reaching the age OF manhood, he was:
engaged as salesman in several different
places, until this year, during which he hay
given his attention 10 farming on his fathers
plantation near this place. His parents have
been often pleased at the good reports from
those for whom he worked, and during tho,
past year his attention to the business Of the
furrn has been source OF happiness 10 them.
Appropriate and solemn funeral services:
were conducted by the Rev, F. Auld, at DR.. j..
B. Moscley's, where he died Numerous
friends and relatives were present, and the
solemni;y Of the occasion was realized by all.
His remains were followed TO Smyrna ceme.
terry by quite large number. and committed
to the dust. where they must await the sound
ing Of the trumpet that shall call the dead
from their graves.
His sad death, striking him down In early
manhood, his mind and heart filled with tic
aspirations, ambitions and bright nnticipa-
ti0ns OF life Is plain and significant warming
to all Of the uncertainty Of lifc Little thought.
we four weeks ago that his body would now
be moulderiDg In tho grave.
"Frail man, his days are like the grass. In
the morning 1t Is green, and growcth up-in
the evening 1t Is cut down, dried up and with
cred"
But God has ordered II so, and to his will
| we how In humble submission.
Peace be 10 thy soul departed friend, though.
| thy friends shall meet thee no more In this'
world, yet they hope to meet thee In bright
er world, the light OF whose day knows no de-
clining A FRIEND.