Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-11-10
In Memory Of John B. BiniOn.

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Wien cease to hear thy cherished
name?
Time cannot tsaeh forgetfullness
While fed by memOry's flame"
The summer days had pass d,
but the rose still fingered to bright
en- the landscape-with here and
there a jasmine, with its waxen.
like petals cleaning through the
emerald foliage like white winged
doves of peace.
Autumn had scarcely touched
the fields and forest with it's
varied tints of crimson and gold,
and the sunlight shown bright,
warm and mellow on that one sad
day, September Goth, 1911, when
the family, relatives, friends and
community were called upon to
mourn the sudden death of John
b. Binion, which shocked the en-
tire country, and pierced the de-
voted hearts of his wife and son
like a ''frOzen dart"
While his health had not been
$50 good for 50 e months, and he
had remarked after the death of
neighhor by heart failure, 81 will
go Just shat way some time,
We needed ii not; having no IDEA
his words Of prophecy would le
fulfilled so soon, OF at al in that
manner. sTfs said coming oven S
cast their shadow before and he
must have had some premonition
of his end, though the terrible
blow fell like a bolt from a clear
sky to all Others.
Having an engagement with Mr..
StinsOn, at the Pamela cemetery on
that fatal day, he and Mrs. Bin
ion left home feeling as well as
usual, and were joined at Dancy,
Alabama, by Mrs. Frank Baker.
After spending the morning among
the graves of their kindred, they
turned their faces toward the
home of Mr.. w. S. Oliver. Mr..
Oliver, returning from Pamela, left
his buggy with his driver, and
took a seat in the auto with his
guests. They were conversing
pleasantly, when suddenly the auto
began running with accelerated
speed, SO much so that it left the
main thorough.fare for the cotton
field. Mr.. Oliver looked at Mr..
Binion in alarm, and saw his hands
had fallen from the steering whee
and he was expiring without {
word or struggle--heart-fa failure
All was wild excitement and hear
breaking grief with the occupants
and as soon as Mr.. Oliver coul(
stop the car, pliysicians were sum
moned, but to no avail; death has
MT ed the good heart Of This kint
maia and his spirit had flown to iii
God who gave ID. Mfr. Olfvcrah,
fafnily, with the Sympathetic PEG
lple of the entire country, minis
tered NEST kindly to the bereaye'
ones.
Mr.. Binion was the son of MI
and Mrs. Martin Binion, of Picken
county, Alabama. He first say
the light January 18th, 1855, OF
his fathers plantation, a few mile
west of the Bigbee river, nov
Familiarity known as the old BinioI
home. He was christen John Bap
fist, his mother having been Mis-
MissFannie Baptist, of West Point
Mississippi. Born to the purpl
and liven, he was tenderly nurtur
ed; his early childhood was happ.
and uneventful and he passed tn
time gaily with his little sister
Fannie, and his brothers by
former marriage, only one OF which
survive, Mr.. A. ID. Binion, o
Macon, Mississippi.
He was fated to feel the pang'
of sorrow by the death of botf
father and mother when but a boy
The ravages of war swept away
most of his patrimony, but Goo
had endowed him with Il superior
order of mind, and a warm noble
heart. He made his way through
life, surmounting difficulties tt
whichotherswould have succumbed
and grasped every opportunity
which appeared a stepping stone tt
educational and financial uplifting.
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