Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-10-18
FROM BIG BUD.
Death of Rev. W. H. Terrell.

E0hOE OI uT6 DSuSOH.
One night last Septemf + a year
ago, during the protra led meet
ing held at Ex- Prair: my boy
hood friend, Billie Terrell, walked
in the church with his nephew,
John Carr. / had not seen Billie
for 40 years, and it almost seemed
that one of my dear old friends.
who had "crossed the river" had
come back to visit us once more.
His coming back to old Elk Prai-
rie, after so long a time, carried
me back to our boyhood days when
we were going to school together
to my good friend, Joshua Stew
ems, and memories of the long ago,
and the dear friends who had gone
to school with us, nearly all o!
whom had preceded us to the Bet
ter Land-a goodly number dying
on the battle fields of the Confed
eracy-came trooping over me and
once more, in memory, we were
little boys and the old church was
filled with the dear old people who
worshipped there in the long ago.
We were all so glad to see Billie
and gave him royal welcome, and
now the news has come to us that
he too, has gone to join his loved
one in that land where there is
no more parting and sorrow, for
they tell us that on August 18th,
while conversing with his deal
wife, he died almost instantly,
without hardly a strugg e. He
had been in bad health for quite a
while, but had gotten almost well,
and his friends thought he was OH
the road to recovery, but it was
to be.
He was born near Ex Prairie
church, at the old Terrell home, in
1916, and lived there until he en-
tered the army in 1862, joining
Capt. Thomas' cavalry company
He made a geol soldier and was
the orderly sergeant of that com
pany at the close of the @ar.
After the surrender, he farmed
for a while and in 1875 married
Miss Lizzie Crawford, who made
a most faithful wife, and with two
sons and three daughter ed to
mourn their loss.
He joined the Cumberland Pres
byterian church when quite a
youth, and being called to preach,
after taking a theological course at
Cooper's Institute and Cumberland
University was licensed as minis
ter of the G. p. church in 1915.
Soon after this he moved to Flor
ida and had not been back to Nox-
ubee until last summer, and it
seemed he was only permitted to
come and tell us good bye.
We all did what we could to
make his visit pleasant. He made
John Carr's home his headquarters
and Belle devoted her whole time
to his entertainment, carrying him
to visit all of his friends. ] we'll
remember the day they spent with
us: both were full of life and the
very picture of health, and no one
could look at either and think OF
their dying, and in only a few
months Belle had died in raway
Memphis, only her dear husband
with her. I have always thought
how sad it must have been for John
to see his young wife pass away,
and in her delirium singing the
songs they both loved so well.
And now Billie, too, has died, thus
admouishing us to be always ready
for 1--WE know not the day nor the
hour when the S)n of Man com
eth Thank the Lord, both were
fully prepared and we have a
blessed assurance that they are At
Rest.
While at my house, l called Bill
lies attention to a little table that
had been the sacramental table at
the old Elk prairie church ever
since its organization and that |
had brought home when the church
was disbanded, and he said ''This
is a sacred table, indeed, for my
father, mother. brothers aud sisters
and your old grandmother and all
of your kin, led by their consecra-
ted old pastor, Rev. W. G. Ross,
often knelt in prayer by its side,
and from it partook Of the sacred
emblems that betokened "they bc.
lieved in a risen Saviour
Billie's. family were honored cit
liens Of our county, his father be-
ing treasurer of the county for a
long time and elder of the q. 2.
church from its first organization.
He raised a large family. CD"
died in school before the war; Fred
,.,os l;outanapt in KOgcr'S COM