Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-11-20

LEAD lead, them until the family shall b,
p, Rev : 4 ia, Morris, Roy. ]. 4; Nelson NJ
also spoke, rrrounting the virtues OF the
dead brother
The following commemorative Of th,
life and death Of Rev. Geo. w. Gravel
was read
REV. GEORGE w. GRAVES
The subject of this sketch was born i
Coniah county. MispiSsippl, July 4. lsSa
His father was a lnrni Methodist preneh
err and his mother one IL those goaly wo
men who haze dVne sn muck by pterepi
aud example 70 traih onr preachers ioi
the likes ct nseinlness 10 which they
have Teen called. Our brother felt This
Gait NJ early ns his twelfth yunr. aud
even hctprc his conversion. He was con-
N'ricd in Jack c"urly. Texas, while rid,
ing along on horseback Ia bcauntm
valley" These are his own words de.
srrlplse OF he spnt This occurred
when he was uuaflnE his uSrnty'frsl
year
lie was licensed To preach IN October
1Sta. aud ~ November nf The same ytai
he was received on triol into the TeSas
conference Ills hrst appolntment Wnf
tue Rllncp Mission, and his next Con.
salcs circuit To which he was sent twd
years, tben iiluipashs circuit two years,
aud Wntherlord nnr. AT this juncturd
the Northwest Texas conference was or
mniHeh, Brother Graves becoming one
ut ~ charter members. His first np-
pniutinoni IN the new conference was
RosQucylllo Circuit 10 which he went ona
year Tho next year he served George
town circuit, then l.anpnsas circuit two
yenrs. SpfughNlh one. Bolton and Sa-
lido one. At ihis conferences no was
nude nreshing elder ~ The Waxahachle
district, then nf tile Springfield, each OF
which be served onc year, then he wnh
I year In Wnxnhachie station. Next year
] he went to Lancaster circuit, md then
the ueNi Two .ycitS he travelled tho
! Georgetown and Round Rock circuit.
Al tlio conference Of 1StO he WAS as
signed 10 the Salado circuit but wns not
able 70 70 to the work % account OF an
attack OF pnplysia, which all his hroth-
zen thought had brought Ids USEFULNESS
20 closo Not ~, however, for We tind
him The noNt year on tho Georgetown
dlairlct witch he ltaNclcl -FOUR years.
Then for one year eneh the Corn liill,
ihe Salalo. the Rpund Rock Hnd Taylor
I circuits. the Ghtrsvillr station. the lih'
erty llill, the COru Ilill aud Salldo, tho
I Florence circuits and the Gainesville dis
I trlct Al the last conference BE- wns'u.-
/ signed 20 Tho Beruam mud MI Horob
| circuit
| Here II was hia high privilege TO lay
] down his wplllmed nrtnOr and enter
upon hlN cvcrlnating reward
There ~ no need of any extended
onlopl u Brother Graves, He was QUO
NJ the best known mrn among us, 'or
noHrly third OF century he preached
the gospel nv an itlnrrant Molhuliat
prcnchcr In The snme cuntrraucc, filling
IN this time tie most lmportMnl apppint-
mtlits IN the conference, What must
have boon the aggregated good Of such q
llfcY No arlthncilc can enumeratu and
no statistics record these results, Only
the Thou Inst hcon faithful over u few
things, ! win make thee ruler ovcr many
thlngs" eau express this In It's fnllncss.
lcarl frou the lips " the kiug IN not
this unUugnf
On the 22d d,y Of May, 1900, ~ the
residence % her. father; In Rogkvale.
was married 10 Miss Mary r., daughter
Of Captain JOSIAH and llebccon NJ Fowl
ar This union was blessed will. ten
chlldren, Mntvlh H., Flora ~. George
w. iry Henry Mlmio H.. Eugene Fowl,
or llalf A., Newt ". g., FEET Fowler and
istir OF our dear brother was his deep
devotion 10 hir wife and children. A
soon Ms tho children werr old enough 10
20 TO school be moved 70 Gcorfetown,
whrre, Ia Southwestern University he
was able, by Rfcpt ECONOMY, 10 give tho
three eldest q hnlahel education, ans the
younger ones n good start. Tie oldest,
Marvin, has already Notwithstanding his
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