Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-01-08
TO THE MEMORY
MRS. ia BUFKIN K

the Baptist church In e native
county, died when she was 4 years
old, her younger brother, Will, when
she was about II years old, her older
brother, Homer, when she was
about 16 years old. Thus leaving
her, SC to speak, solitary and a@lone
in the world.
"a Father of the ~fatherless, and a
Judge of the widows. is God in His
hobitation. God setteth up the
solitary in families. "(68 Psalm.)
Here we have fulfilled this ancient
promise of God.
At the death of her mother, she
was taken into the home of her aunt,
Mrs. J. e. Thornton, of S~andersvillc, |
Miss, who exercised the utmost
caro- and tenderest love in rearing
and qualifying this orphan child for
filing a sphere of usefulness in life.
After attending the public schools
till about IA years old. she spent two
years in the Lake Como High School
OF her native county. She early ex-
hibited q natural turn of mind fol
music, which was cultivated by car
rying music along with her regular
school work; and having a very ac-
tive mind, she was fairly we'll accom-
plished at Is. years of age.
She united with the Baptist churcl
while attending school at Lake Como,
when about II years old, during
protracted meeting conducted by
Rev. J. w. Lee, a cousin of hers, liz
a church of which her grandfather,
Elder William Thigpen was pastor
at the time. Her life, from early
childhood, was full of sun shine-al-
ways bright, always cheerful, always
hopeful. At every point in life she
seemed to walk close to God. She
had many friends. None seemed to
know her but to love and esteem her.
She taught q music class here in
the Vcrnal school during the years
10000, and boarded in our home
both these years. During her stay
with us she got a strong hold Oh the
affections of our whole family-thc
children were perfectly devoted to
her and she to them. We did appre-
ciate her SO much. Her music pupils
all loved her, in fact, all our people
admired and appreciated her, and
were in deep sympathy with her in
her last illness. She has left with
\ -
1t was here, while with us that
Mr.. Mckay met her, and wooed and
won her noble heart They were
married July 80, 1902, and on her
10th birthday they moved into their
comfortable home which Mr.. Mckay
had built at Merrill, Miss. and BE-
gan housekeeping with as bright
prospects for the future as is com
mon for young people to enjoy. They
seemed to be perfectly happy. We
always felt, rs we entered her door,
that we were entering the door of a
friend-that we we're perfectly well
coined. In her home everything was
arranged with such modest taste
so pleasant.
She was taken i'll during February
last and fingered with that dreaded
disease consumption till the 18th of
November, when God said, LET us
arise and go hence" During these
months of suffering her husband car-
ried her to Mobile, seeking relief for
her; and finding none, he carried her
to Colorado Springs, where they
spent several months, but to no pun
pose, in so far as Mrs. McKay's
health was concerned. While she
bore her affection with Christian
fortitude; while she seemed not
alarmed to stand at deaths dark
door, dreading only the change, yet
she seemed anxious to cling to life as
we all are-regretting to part with
friends and loved ones. She express
ed her love for, and faith in the Lord
Jesus Christ-she died leaning on
His Everlasting Arms"
What comfort it gives us to have
the blessed assurance that our loss
is her eternal gain. That while we
travel on in this vale of sorrow and
affection, we have the sweet assur-
ance that she stands in the pearly
gate and beacons US come home.
Her burial was attended by many
sorrowing friends.
In vain the fancy strives to paint
The moment after DEATH
The glories that surround a saint.
When yielding up her breath.
One gentle sigh. the letters break:
We scarce can say she's gone.
Before the willing spirit takes
It's mansion near the throne,
Oh. what are all my sufferings here,
If Lord Thou count ME meet
With that enraptured host o.appcar.
And worship at Thy feet:
Give JOY or grief, give ease or pain.
Take life or friends away;
But let me meet those friends again,
In that eternal day
A. G. Ferguson.
December s. 1903.