Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-03-02
A SAD DEATH AT FAIR PLAY.
Mrs. IL. IL. Thompson Called to Her
ReWard---Local News.

community has again been saddened
| by the death of one Of our most ex-
| cellent Christian women, a devoted
wife and an exemplary mother, the
! loving companion Of Herbert e.
Thompson, of Fair Play. Mrs.
Thompson was Miss Julia Coke, OF
near Greenville, and leaves, besides
| her husband, three children, the
youngest an infant Of only seven
months. besides a host of friends and
relatives, to mourn her sad death.
Funeral services were conducted at
the Presbyterian church on Saturday
! afternoon at o'clock by Rev. I. e.
McDavid, Of the Baptist church, in
the presence Of large number of
sorrowing friends and relatives. A
very sad circumstance in connection
with the death Of Mrs. Thompson Is
that her husband was unable to at
| tend her funeral, he having been con-
! lined to his bed for several days. To
him and the dear little children
Gilman, Mariner and sweet baby
| Mary-We extend our heartfelt SYM
pathies. and commend them into the
| hands Of our loving Father, who will
| never leave nor forsake them. May
| the dear father soon be restored to
| health, and may Gods wonderful
love heal their broken hearts.
Prof. M. G. Barton, Of Piedmont,
visited relatives here last week, he
| having been summoned by telegram
to the sad funeral of his brother. F.
NJ. Barton, at Lavonia, Ga, last
| Thursday. Mr.. Barton was a son of
the late Rev. II. NJ. Barton and the
| last child. by the first marriage, to
| die. He moved to Lavonia several
years ago from the old home place on
Tugaloo river, where he had spent
many years of hard labor on the
| farm. He was a consistent member
of the South Union Baptist church
for number Of years, removing his
! letter to Lavonia Baptist church, Of
which he was member at the time
or his death. The funeral services
| were conducted from his residence by
Rev. e. l.. Sisk, after which all that
was mortal Of Francis NJ. Barton was
laid beneath the sod to await the
resurrection morn. Besides a devoted,
loving wife, who was Miss Nanny Is
bell, he leaves three sons-R. l.. Bar
ton. Of Mounds, Oklahoma; w. C., Of
Alabama, and Ernest, of Chester, S.
C.-and one daughter, Mrs. John e.
Ford, Of Lavonia, Ga. Three chill
dren died In infancy. He Is also sur
Vived by step-mother, Mrs. S. e.
Barton. and two half-ssters, Mrs. w.
l.. Dobbs and Mrs. r. B. Watson, of
Fair Play, and one half-brother, M.
9. Barton, Of Piedmont. TO the be-
reaved family we extend our deepest
sympathy, and can only point them
to Him "who doeth all things we'll"
Mr.. and Mrs. Lowell Smith, of
Bounty Land. visited DR.. and Mrs.
j. K. Heller the weekend.
We are sorry to announce that our
good friend, w. L. Dobbs, Is on the
sick list. Hope he will soon be out
again.
]. A. Leathers, of Spartanburg,
was among relatives here last week.
Charles Merritt, Of Walhalla, was
down last week looking after some
business interests for J. Il. Earle,
Esq.
Gilman Thompson is at Seneca
among relatives this week.
Mrs. S. r. Barton Is recovering
from her recent illness.
The little boys of Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Glenn are convalescing from
their long seige Of pneumonia.
Quite a large crowd Of our peo-
pie attended the exercises at South
Union Friday night and are jubilant
in their praises Of the program
We are glad to see our accommo-
dating mail rider, w. J. Knox, at his
post again after several days alb
| sence due to rheumatism. w.