Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-11-23
DEATH OF DOCK HOLLAND.
He Bredthed His Last Saturday
Afternoon at $50 O'Clock,

Saturday afternoon at $50 O'Clock,
surrounded by devoted friends and
loved ones, the death angel entered
the sick chamber Of MI. Dock Hol-
land and whispered to him i'll loving
tones and with gentle voice, sit is
finished, come up higher", and with
a submissive will and in obedience to
the command his spirit took its flight
and returned to the God who gave it.
Dock, DIS his friends called him,
was a patient sufferer for more than
twelve months, with that dreaded
and fatal disease, consumption, but
had only been confined to his bed
about two weeks. His sufferings and
mental anguish was great, but he
| bore them ali uncompla1ningly and
approached death unfinchingly and
| with an abiding faith in God and the
full assurance of an eternal resting
| place in that brighter and better
world beyond, where heart-aches and
sorrows are no more, and where
peace and happiness abound for ever-
! more.
lie was a good boy, gentle as a girl,
| kind hearted and true to his friends
Of whom he had many, and mis- de-
brothers was most beautiful.
During his long spell of sickness
he had every attention that loving
hands could administer; his every
wish met a ready response and his
! days of suffering were made bright
and cheerful by those whose greatest
| pleasure was to make his few re-
naming days with them as pleas
ant and cheerful as possible.
His attending physician, DR.. John
| Spicer,. though conscious from the
start that he could not live, attended
him faithfully, and administered to
his every want and did. everything
possible to alleviate his sufferings
which ~Wassgreatly appreciated by the
patient sufferer and by the family as
a whole.
1t is hard to be parted from those
so near and dear to our hearts, those
whom we have learned to love with
a devotion beyond human expression,
to view the cold, lifeless form in the
still embrace of death, and to know
that never again in this life 1.can we
hear their voice or mingle with them
around the family ireside, to cheer
and be cheered; it is sad, oh, SO sad,
but it is so destined of God, and while
the pain is great and we weep anC
refuse to be c~omforted, yet we SHOULD
be submissive to His devine will, fol
He never errs and doth all things
well, and though our troubles under
,,ssuch circumstances seem beyond Ell
| durance, yet if we trust Him He will
us strength, for He-says-s sM.y
ltyoke is easy and my burden Light
r. Dock was an apprentice in thu
machine shops Of Messrs. Dewe,
BROS, and had he not been stricken
Iwith the fatal disease that so un
e Timely took him out from earth
Isight forever, would in a very shor
5 time have completed his trade.
p He was q years ofage, and a mem
}, Der of the machinests' union, and ST
-Iof his>young companions and fellow
e iworkmen acted as pail bearers.
el The funeral was held from til
!. Ihome yesterday afternoon at 4o'clock
|. conducted. by Rev. A. r. Surrat
% iassisted by Rev. w. F. Fry, and we
d largely attended by sympathizin
,ftfriehds. The interment was made i
Willow Dale cemetery.
The floral tributes were in gres
d profusion, and most beautiful, an
Especially was the beautiful wreat
O from the Machinists' Union, great
admired by all.
II In their sore afiiction the devote
b another and grief-striken sister al
O. brothers have the sincere and hear
II felt sympathy of all our people.
!. G.. w, B,