The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-05
In MemorIdm.

} To the grave we have consigned tn
body Of G. W. someryillr for his las
rest; 10 the dust from which it wa
, moulded we have returned his mortality
and his spirit has joined his angel daugh
ter in the eternal JOY Of the reward To-
, faith in Christ and for a life work nobl!
done gone to be merged with her int
the divinity from which it was born. His
death has east a shadow Of sorrow oycl
our hearts, and the tears OF their weep.
ing bring no comfort to the anguish
which wrings the hearts of those who
loved him; but we grieye not for him
for we know land those who loved him
most know il best that his soul has
passed beneath the arch Of Gods eternal
promise TO enter with his Saviour into
the joy of a service faithfully performed.
Through the sadness Of the years to
come, those who loved him shall shed
many tears, but these tears shall flow
from the sorrow of his absence and not
from the memory of his living. To the
wife who shared his prcat sorrow tbcre
.h.u - :
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the life he lived with her and how well
he needed through his later years his
dying child. We have buried him here
whore Ina Ii,,,1 a.. 80. - ~ -.
YIN l'"'' VI ms iii'o-
ceh1 c~illIdh"od, n hitting indeed is it
that it should be SO, for over all his life
there hoyeys not Tho sb,dou, ~ = ,lo,a
No higher enjoy can hn nrnnonnnoJ
mon tho rborartcr ond tba ,,nrtt, ~
this man than that which i. ;, Mod noo,
the pages OF his onion life TnnstontnI
tious in the simnIioitv ~ h;e hn.;nos.
life, he walked oycr in tho etro;nht WOW
Of duty, aiming oyer to tbc bigbeSt idoaI
of right; ALWAYS with that cbenrrrI man
nor fb,t a,. va = man
brighter side Of tbin%s h y;rm thn s,. !.
pathy of his heart. the aid of his nursn
and the hospitality Of his homo topdoroJ
to those who were worthy NJ bfs friend.
ship. BY his death his commit bas Iost
one Of its best citizens and Me on,nr,n
ity has a void that will lone roroin nm
filed. Not moro trutbfnIIV cam II ho
said Of any other man tbon of HIM tbnt
to hear his praise one had to hut ask Of
any one who knew him Tbot ho bod
personifed in his nature that simnJio;ty
generosity. sympathy Of heart hnnor If
purpose and tho fearless n,turn which
manifests the highest tvne oF onr south
ern manhood, was proven Inv tb,t scvor-
est of tests. the tcst tbat neyon foijs ~
universal respect which the negroes had
for him, their confidence in his integrity
and the homage that il was their nride
to render him as his due. Seeking no
honor but the reward of honest work
and honest living, he was a type of that
class of citizenship that, asking
not the vanity of public place or prefer
ence, is the strength and stability of II
government. Q, that we had more like
him.
! knew Wallace S0mcryiIle Intimately.
ma knowing him rs | did | can point to
ms life as an example worthy of emula-
lion. He had weaknesses and faults, it
IS true, but il was the strength and for
with which he resisted these
that most commends the life
Which he lived. He was my friend, and
hat friendship shall ever be cherished
IS one of the brightest gems among nv
nemory's treasures, for this friendship
vas proven in the darkest hour of nv
life. With a courage that knew no fear
le faced every danger in the path where
Iuty led him. With the same steadfast
courage with which he had resisted tho
emptations and trials of life, he bore
he pain of his last illness, and with i'm
'licit faith in the Rcdeemer's teachings
went fearIessly to receive the divine
erdict of the life which he had lived.
His life was ono of uroo,s;,. ill.,
nut though fortune bnd ~ivnn ,"oo
ard for his dilironcc. nj : d @Jno AZ
@ ever retain bnt That which MAJ aar.a :
lto his hand without renroach with
ight into tho ontcomo Of ,tfoirs o; ~ + in {
phere of his bnsiness oot;r;tr ~ Tmo
ored steadfastly towards tbaf bonornd :
nccess which row. 81 H. e uo J
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