Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-03-21
The J. F. Hurt
Insurance Agency
In MEMORY OF THUS |. SHAWYER

What hand can paint. pen describe, or
tongue Can I'll the feelings, aspirations,
emotiors or the appointments Of the
human heart? Tire oniv view that we
get is BY anaiogy, and the only picture or
description ~ have Is the indifferent COM
parative Tue outward manifestation OF
the inwsi" grief OF sorrow, JOY or pleasure
arouses ror sympathetic nature and we
experience a kindred emotion. Thus we
weep With those that weep and rejoice
with those that rejoice.
But what must he the feelings of that
heart that L. 40 torn with grief as to call
forth a symp4, nizing tearf We pause not
for reply. The ground is sacred and we
pass on IN, the fields Of personal expert.
ence. This the greatest of all teachers Is
constantly reminding us that LAS for man
his days arr as grass AS flower OF the
field, so be f1ourlsheth; for the wind pass
eth over it and it is gone, and the place
thereof shall know it no more and that
forever"
Once again are we called upon to record
the fulfilling Of From dust thou vast TAX
en- and unto dust thou shalt return" Our
hearts are sad to chronicle the death of
our beloved brother, Titus l. Shaver,
which occurred on Nov. 2Sth, 1900, aged
SO years and 20 days.
A loving husband; kind, gentle father;
a good neighDor; true citizen and a
Christian from us is gone. His voice Is
silent here below forever. There is a va
cant chair, that none can fill, in the home;
another empty seat in the church where
he loved to 90 and sing the praises Of tie
God that he loved and honOred and
served with such cheerfulness of spirit.
But we sorrow not as others which have
no hope. For tweDty.one years he was a
consistent, earnest, and faithful member
of the Church of Christ. We would bow
before the rod that smote us and say
"Not my will but Thine De done," and
meekly follow his house of clay to the
little cemetery on the hill at Shawvei
Mills and there lay it away to sleep,till the
resurrection morn.
On September Goth, -, he was mar.
ried to Miss Earle 5. Cox, of Tennessee
Six children--live boys and one girl-are
the fruit of this union and the now specia
care and comfort of the widow. The infant
son, Titus, was just one week old when
his father was taken away. May oul
Heavenly Father shield and protect them
from the evil one. Brother Shaver was
by profession a school teacher and farmer.
He never did anything half-heartedly.
Having recently purchased new farm neal
SpringyiIie he went theoretically to work
to fix w the farm aid lone, but was
taken with IL grip about year ago from
which he never Thoroughly recovered, haV-
ing RELAPSE, 1t developed that dread dis
ease, consumption. Notwithstanding his
feeble condition he took charge Of his
school al Springyille and lent the remain
ing days of L : lie to The training and fit
ting of tie young Tor hie-giving up the
work after becoming too weak to continue,
only tel DAYS before he called his loved
ones arouira hiD and said good bye.
These were lard words for him to utter,
for be loved his dear wife and children
only as uue husband and father can.
Thus when ne had served his generation
they laid BIN unto his fathers. Sleep on
dear friend, husband, father, brother and
son, and take thy rest. 1--WE loved thee
much, but Jesus loves Thee best"
May Coz bless the widow i'll her efforts
to train up the little ones in the nurture
and admonition of the Lord. May His
shekinah rest Ger them and guide them
into that haven # peace and rest above,
there to meet the loved one gone before.
loved him. God loved him and took
him. "Blessed be the name of the Lord. "
j. q. REYNOLDS,
Montgomery, W. Va.