Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-02-27
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For nearly SIX thousand searss
beth the history and experience
0f every Successive generation
have verified the inmutabiiiiy
Of The DEGREES oF God. and the
rruthfuIness Of she Divine uau-
date. ~nan Is born to de- The
tender helpless infant upon che
mothers breast drOOps and
fadss into death, IS the gently
unfolding rose-b bud vitkers IN :
der the scOrchiug rays Of the
summers sun The rOmpIng boy
the pride Of the fathers heart,
and the rosy checked girl, the
sunlight of the home, are alike
victims Of the icy clutch of
death. that knows no respeeter
of peFsDn-
We see the yOuRg man in the
full vigor Of hrs early rlanh00d,
bis face agEOw with happy pros
poets for the future; also, the
young lady, under the influence
o. that wonderful enehantFess-
anticipation. with the halIGeiHa
lion Of a long and happy life
gliding her horizon of the tgtGre.
Bat, Almost ere we have con-
tempIafed these things, they are
gone And 80 with the middle
aged.
When TIE scared leaf falls, we
say il IS only ratuEsI, as it has
served its tIme-the Spring aud
summer-aud with its beauty
has gratIffed the eye, and. as
lung for the tree, has helped to
supply it with the gases neces
sary TO its growth and vT-or-
BGt- ali : Notwithstanding An
tumn has come, and the chilly
breath Of the north admouisEes
rs of approaching fr0sts, We are
often surprised and saddened
mt the suGden change produced
IN TIE vegetable kingdom, from
beauteOGS green to the autumn
brown which forecasts the near
approach Of the melancholy
days, --she sGtttiest os the year =
And so. when the ley hand of
death comes and suites is vie
tim and robust though aGtEm-
nal, manhood SINKS beneath the
fatal stroke, how great the
shock because SO sudden al
though the sands CT life had. ae-
eCFdIHg to the course of nature
about run CIT.
The Clear Greek community,
On Feb. 15th. $500 were suvet-
Oped II mourning, by the death
Of the subject Of Tails sketch
5is death was not sudden as he
had fingered sixteen weary days,
N the giant ike grasp OF apo
plexy aud paralysis. Being =
nan Of robust constitution, and
having enjoyed almost perfect
health al his Iife-It not having
been necessary for n physician
TO visit hIn IL more than thirty
two years could hardly rea
ilze that he mad so soon fallen :
victim of death. In life we are
IL the nIdst OF deash.r
The loss and bereavement
fails heaviest upon the stricken
family, a wife nIne daughters
and two sons; Of whom five
daughters and one son were IN
married, the son being the
youngest child
The CIear Greek church has
sustained great loss in the death
OF our dear brother. We shall
miss him at the house of God.
AID his wise COUNSEL in the AL
lustmeut OF the many delicate
matters pertainin. to the church
and IN deyisIng plans for it's fu
tare successes. Brother HoI
eoEIbe will be missed by the
community at large His large
circle Of friends for many niles
around, attested their soFro =
and interest by attending his
funeral the congregation being
one of the largest that ever as
seu5Ied at Clear Creek church
on any similar occasion He
was OF a gentle, even tempered
disposition, and instead of pro
vOkiRs trouble, he always OBJ
served a coueiEiatary policy, as
one said WHO had known him
well, sHe settled more trouble
than ne ever gave But he is
gone aud who viii be the Eli
sha RpOn whom his mantle shall
fall
Hosia Newton HoIcombe, was
born IN Jefferson eoanty, Ala
June 15h, las Removed to La
Fsyette eeunFy, Miss, in his
youth He uustsd with the Y0ee
n Baptist church at the age OF
II but subsequently IN 1s6ss Join
ell Clear Greek church, CT which
he remained n member until ais
death Fec Is, 1880, being near
" thIrty-twe years.
He Was married to Mss Il. J.
Jolly of Psnola county, Mas
the I'D of Oct. 1851 Brother
HOleombe was the sen of Dari
Us Heleombe aud grand sen OF