Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-07-08
AT REST.


"Fricnd after friend departs,
Who R'S,--. lost 4 friend?
n'.yn.l 10 union here of hearts
. That hath not here an end"
Again we hang our hnrps on the viii
lows" and weep for the friend who has
rome from our gaze. There is sorrow, deep
sorrow in the homes and hearts of the many
relatives and friends OF Mr..
BALUs E..DEALE,
who. on the 2lst. Of June, 1893, in the sol
emp hush OF the early nlgltiall, calmly
peacefully passed away. For many sac
,l,vs and nights his devoted wife, daughter
j.,,,ond II host of kind friends kept watch
hy his bedside bat neither the tcnderm'"
is,rations of love, nor professional SKIN
rould stay the cbbing tide, and at lehgth
fla, m~esseurcr came and released him from
mis- suffering. We laid him down to .
drcom,rss slumber, among MS kIndre's ana
loved oncs long gone ON before beneath
the majestic oaks, where the summer breeze
viii whisper u soft Lullaby, an6 the song
birds make melody all the day long. Inc
foral tributes were many and ituhS'y oe-
smoke the love and esteem the community
bore him. Mr.. DeaIc was born in Tusca'
Ioosa county, Ala, September 2dth, lS-S;
r,,ooypl to his laie home in NoXubce cou,'-
~, Miss, with his parents, Mr., Alexander
and Mrs. Margaret Dealc, when four years
old, Here he sportcI in chiidhooda rosy
hours, with his two brothers ana l'c Sis
,c,s. wears circled away and one by one
they formed family ties and lett the ola
homestead. Still he chung to it, anu IL was
his strong arin on which his father leaned
in his afliction, and his mother was ciiccrct
and comlorted by him when death robbed
her of her companion; at which time ne
was only sixteen years Of age, when the
crave RESPONSIBILITIES o! life were thrust
upon him. Prosperity marked his course
bencyolsnce. charity ana sociabllIly served
{, render him prominent. lie was one oil
NATURES favored sons. Music dw:lt in h!'
youl, and ne'cr thIobhcd Il heart more ten
d T. and true. His mental endowinchtS were
of n high order and his education and pub
lie spirit I'LL couspired to lend Il charm u
his character, and proved A magnet tina
attracted and Il link that bound. lie be
longed to the Masonic fraternity. FOR near
" forty wears he was IN member OF the Meth
odist uIcbron) church, was Il friend TO TN
preacher, and was ever ready to aid IN ti'
cause of good and right. At the IN OF III
death he was a member ofthc Hebron Home
aud Parsonage Society and we will Oft ms
him when we meet. The myrtle aud ".
seemed fatally cntwined H. his life; he wa
thrice married. The bride of his youth wa
Miss Sue Kenny Baker, of Virginia Ihre'
children brightoncd their home, but soo'
mother and children were called to the sp't
it land and his solace was home and moth
er, but when she tell asleep he led to tn
altar the beautiful Miss Addic Windham.
Alas! her sun went down while yet 1t wa
day, and committing her baby-daushte'
htnnit Ice, ~ tHt lVNiiS "'
band, the lamp of her young life went on'
Five years after. he found a conSenial con
%panlon, and n mother for his little darling
in the lovely and gifted Miss Margar'
skinner. Nineteen happy years they Jo"'
neyed adown the pathway of life tosethe'
Their joys and sorrows were one. 'Tw'
"Two souls with but a single thought,
Two hearts that beat as one.'
His health began failing quite awhile as'
and with all patience and love she NM
tered to him ; to be with and near HIM WI
: her chief pleasure. But he is gone-h
mission on earth is ended-there is q vaca'
chair at the hcarthstOne, around which WI
D ever cluster many sacred memories. VII
your loye,watch is over! Children. new
again will he caress or counsel you but
us emulate his noble example OF honest
deity, truthtulness and love, lee'lns
knows what it is "to be there ana VIII
life's titful fever is DER
Z. "May we meet to rest,
o Mid the justified and blest.'
n JENNIE SKINNER