Yazoo City herald. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1976, 1914-12-18
A Tribute to the Memory Of Edward
8. Logan.


At the noon tide, on the 18th Of
October, God in his wise dispensation
Of mercy, sent the guardian angel Of !
Edward Sidney Logan, our friend,
comrade and loved one, to release the |
soul from the pain-racket body which |
had suffered long and patiently and
bear it away beyond the veil of IN
finitismal space to transplant 1t in the
spirit world to go forth in Gods pres
enee and among his anyds, clothed
in new form Of purity and sweetness,
where it will know no more sorTow
and pain, but life Of happiness and
peace without end.
So like the little plant that comes
forth in the spring from its little hid
den nest that God has prepared for its
resting place, until the time comes for
it to grow and beautify the earth, is
the human body and soul. After the
time has past that God has ordained
1 for its period Of life, the little plants
beauty fads and it withers and dies.
But the germ, or plant soul is not
dead 1t is nurtured and reproduced by
nature perfect! Clothed with new
beauty and a new life.
Edward S. Logan was born April 16,
1910, in Greene County, Alabama.
Several years prior to the war his pa
rents, with their family Of four sons
and four daughters moved to Yazoo
County. Though his lot had been cast
in many different places in Mississippi
and Alabama, he spent the greater
part Of his life here, in Yazoo County.
When the call to arms was made in
defense of the Southern cause, he en-
listed with the rest Of the noble and
patriotic manhood of Mississippi and
served throughout the long struggle.
A portion Of the time he served with
Wither's artillery, and he suffered the
hardships Of the seige of Vicksburg.
At the close Of the war he married
Miss Ellen ]. Knox, also Of Alabama
and descended like himself, from
grand old Southern aristocratic pa
rentage she proved heroic helpmate
in his struggles to survive the ravages
of the war, which had taken from his
family nearly all Of their useful pos
sessions.
He was the father of six daughters
and one son. All Of whom survive him.
Let US hope they will be as well pre-
pared to meet their God as we know
this dear old soldier honored friend
and beloved father and husband was.
, He was member of the Methodist
: church for many years. He lived in
that faith, and practiced its teachings
J and now we know that he is happy in
( the rich reward that God promises his
, followers.
We should not look upon death with
! feeling Of horror, for It's only a
2 tie binding us to this sinful world that
: must be served; only gale through
| which we must pass, ere we can enter
: into that eternal life and be admitted
! to the presence of God and our dear
ones who have gone on before us. He
leaves besides his immediate family,
one aged brother. They are: His wild
ow, Mrs. E. j. Logan and his son, N.
l. Logan, of Benton, Miss; Mrs. w.
Il. Smith, Lexington, Miss; Mrs. j. E.
Montgomery, Yazoo City, Miss; Mrs.
R. C. Lynn, Harrisburg, Texas; Mrs.
Garnette Nolan, Satartia, Miss; Mrs.
J. A. Jones, Jamestown, Miss; Mrs. r.
D. Strong, Sidon, Miss, and his broth
er, Louis 2. Logan, Conner, Texas.
These are the dear ones whose hearts
deeply feel, but words coul never tell
how much they miss.
The doors atefro teeao
The dear form from its accustomed
places,
And his hating footsteps sounding
softly
As,he moved about the house.
One by one, as God sees fit to call
us, if we shall have merited such a
reward we will join him in his new
nd happy home. M.