The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1906-07-28
OBITUARY.


"How beautiful # is for fnan.to die
Upon the walls of Zionl to be called
Like watch-worn and weary sen tinel
To put his armour of. and rest in
Heaven'
From the rising of the Sun un.
til the afternoon Of Thursday, July
9th, 1906, at the home of his son,
Louis T. Hale, in this city, Elder,
David B. Hale, surrounded by
loving relatives and friends, his
mind as clear and strong. and his
conversation as intelligent as when
in perfect health, fearlessly fingered
upon the very brink of 1.-The valley
of the shadow of Death"
Early on that memorable morn.
ing. he announced with emphasis
that the end was near, that his ten
days sickness and suffering would
soon be over forever, and express.
ed the wish that Death would be
unattended with pain. Later, he
named the Minister that he de.
sired to conduct his funeral, direc-
ted that at his funeral service,
certain manuscript which had been
prepared by himself be read, re.
quested two friends present to ar
arrange for his funeral and burial,
dictated written list of the nam es
of his pail bearers. requested his
physician to administer nothing
calculated to prolong his life, and
concluded his expressions of graft.
tude to those at his bedside for
kind attentions" by quoting Julia
Carney's beautiful words:
''Little deeds of kindness, little words
of love,
Make our earth an Eden like the
heavens above"
At the hour of 3 p. m. for per.
haps minute, he seemed to sleep
like an innocent babe at rest upon
its mothers breast; then his breath.
ing ceased, and
"Heaven open'd wide
Her ever enduring gates, harmonious
sound
On golden hinges moving"
and received his sainted soul in
Glory!
The following forenoon in the
presence of sorrowing relatives
and friends, his body was laid to
rest in lakewood Cemetery at the
spot selected by himself, beside
his wife among the graves of his
deceased children, he having sur
vived them all except his son Louis
On March 9th, 1924, on farm,
in one ofthose pretty fertile valleys
that nestle at the feet of the males.
tic mountains of East Tennessee,
where the wild flowers bow and
smile and kiss the pure mountain
breezes, and lucious fruits grow and
ripen and mellow in the bright
summers sunlight, and lmpid
waters play and dance and sing in
messy banked brooks, David Bragg
Hale was born.
At the age of eighteen years he
protested Christianity and united
with the Falls Branch Baptist
Church. and four years later was
ordained Minister of the Gospel.
In 1851 he graduated at Union
University at Murfreesboro, and
the same year was married to Miss
Isabella q Schluter of Gallatin
After serving several years as
Pastor of the Church at Athens,
Alabama, he returned to his native
State and for five years was Pastor
at Shelbyville, and afterwards
eight years at Ga!!atin. In 1867
he moved to Harrison county Tex
az, bought farm, and some twelve
or fifteen years later, came to this
county where he resided until his
death For many years he was
Pastor of different Churches in
this vicinity, and held meetings
and evangelical in Texas and else.
where. His last sermons were de
livered at Howellton in this city.
lie led in planning and raising the
means for the erection of the little
house of worship that now stands
there; and both before and after
the organization of Howellton Bap.
fist Church, of which he was
member from its organization until
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