The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-10-31
TIE Messenger Of DsstS.

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Inkhe Psst week, the messenrey - s....
has u,rice visited our oomw ,n,,v .nd
truly gathered in the aged aud, :. vonn, .rd
lain them in the garner Of N. 49,, -
await HIS coming, to ad"r M. crown.
Last Friday morning a. o,o,o.. ca,
Joseph F. Gist. afts an Hines, Of ,om.
months, breathsd his last ~ N. un,on
Hotel, in the 72d year ofhis age.
Co'. 1's' wa son of Mr.. Eathsni.i Gist
apd The, last Of nine obildren--eishti sons
and one daughter. O.
? Col. Gist had many friends in the County
end sta'esFtHs filed number Of officers
during hisli He had represen,ed Union
County, in both branches Of the Legisla-
mre'! He waa Lieutenant Colonel In the
Confederate Army. He was elected Probate
Judge Of this County in 1872, holding that
Office scceptably for two term.. In 1884
no was elected Treasurer of the County.
Since that time he has been declining in
heath.
Col. Gist was type Of the old South Caro-
lima gentleman, generous to o fault, and
true in oil relations Of life. year before
his desth he professed faith in Christ as
bis Saviour, and and was admitteda men,
Der Of The Presbyterian Church, and from,
that time his life was that of truly con-
verted man and q devoted christian.
| His remains were laid to rest in the 'Gist
buryiDg ground near Jonesville last Satur-
day morning.
| LITTLE LtDY ssrRiNGFELLow. Is,
iS=S'v'.--asroL To hnseI~ iauuuuursS. .lhe death,
ofL'dy, oldest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J.
d. String efellow, Of Gainssille. Fla, which
occurred at the the residence Of Mr.. James
H. Rodgcr 10 this town last Sunday evening,
al o'clock, after a short illness Of only two
days, in the 9th year Of herags, from con-
gesion Of the stomach.
Mrs Stringfellow and her two children
were on a visit to relatives here ON their way
home, after spending the summer in the
mountains, intending to return home
this week, but God saw fit to take the oldest
one TO Himself, TO join around the heavenly
throne, the second born of the household
thSt h, had taken few months before.
The little one was laid in its last earthly
resting place in the family square in the
village cemetery Tuesday afternoon.
The sorely bereaved parents, have the
sincere sympathy Of this entire community
in their s,d and sudden nffiiction. ts
| MSS CATHARINE Mc'SALLY.
On last Mon lay pight at las o'clock,
the messenger Of death laid his icy hand on
che Of the brightest Of Uniou's young ladies,
Mi's Calharine McNal;y, in the 10th year
Of her age, atter severe illness of nine
1 weeks from Typhoid Fever.
Miss McNally was a lady possessing fine
traits Of character, by which che endeared
herself to a'lh.r friends and companions.
She was Of an amiable, disposition, kind aud
true 10 all, and her death has cast q gloom
over large circle Of friends and the whole
community that can only DO lifted by father
time, as he roll, his cs.saless and un.iring
wheel until, tho 'giver \pf all good" 81
call those who loved her to- Join her aro.A,
His great white threne, S<h.rs parting will
be no more
Her remaius were iai%ito rest in the vii.
l'ge cemetery on Tuesd BY afternoon, iu the
| bly, of friends, who extend to the bereaved