Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1919-02-27
IN MEMORY
OF FLEM HALL

Not often has the people of cora
munity been so shocked and Mortified
as were the people of Brush Creek
when, on the afternoon of January
25, 1919, they learned that Elem Hall
had fallen into the machinery of his
saw mill and was so badly mangled
that death resulted the following
morning. Mr.. Hall leaves a wife and
one child, a father and large num-
Der of relatives and friends to mourn
his going. To those who loved him
best, it is indeed hard to give up one
so dear, but all who knew Elem Hall,
know that their loss is his eternal
gain. He was in every way a model
Christian gentleman, and his life was
wholly dedicated to the service of
Him who saw proper to take him
away. He has left for heritage to
those who knew him, straight for
ward, clean life, and one we'll worthy
of our emulation. He never faltered
family or to his friends, as he saw
fit. To the lonely wife, who
will miss him more than ALL we
would point you to the cross and say:
weep not as those have no hope, for,
somewhere beyond this world there
is an infinite power and eternal life,
and the blessed Christ, who whispered
Peace" to the troubled waters of
Gallilee, has whispered peace" to the
soul of him whom you loved, and
there his tired eyes have opened to
the light of blissful Immortality. Mr.
Hall will be missed most in the home
where his life shone brightest, for,
he was possessed with the manly char
acteristics which made him an ideal
husband and father.
Mr.. Hall was worthy member of
the Camp of M. w. A. of this place,
being, at the time of his death, an
officer of the Camp, and we feel keenly
the loss of one SO worthy as Neighbor
Hall, not as an officer only, but as a
ways to be found at the post of duty
when service was to be rendered, and
the wise council which has been his
to give and to make this Camp one
of the best, will be an irreparable
loss, priceless sacrifice. And
WHEREAS
Recognizing Neighbor Hall as a
standard bearer of all that is good
and elevating in this life, always an
affable and pleasant associate, leav-
ing his kind acts and pleasant words
as treasures of priceless gems upon
which our minds will love to dwell
in the fondest and most sacred recol-
lection; and
WHEREAS
We feel that our departed Neigh
Dor has consumated satisfactorily his
every earthly obligation and that he
bravely fought and signally won the
stern hard battle of life and, as a re-
H. Iah he 1sncfc in
peace in the land of pure delight and,
like a true Woodman, he never sur
rendered to any obstacle found in the
path of duty to his family and him
self, but with the sword of loving self
sacrifice was always to be found in
the thick of the battle doing service
that now fingers as a sweet memory
of him whom we mourn. And
WHEREAS
We should pause and reflect upon
the uncertainty of life and the GER
tainty of death, and,
WHEREAS
Knowing it to be futile to long de-
lay the end of our earthly pilgrimage,
and that soon others of our craft will
be called upon to take their places in
the silent hall of death, we should so
emulate the life of our neighbor that,
when the summons comes for US to
join that ever increasing host, it may
be ours, as it was his, to draw the
drapery of our couch about US and
enjoy the welcome of the home in the
Paradise of God.
Now, therefore, be lie resolved by
the Neighbors of the Brush Creek
Camp No. 1882, M. w. of A., that
we extend to the bereaved wife and
child and relatives of Neighbor Elem
Hall our profound sympathy and as
sure his wife that every heart in
ibis Camp beats in sympathy with her
grief; and, as we have now lain his
beloved form beneath the clods on the
hill, we forever place the mantle of
charity over his few imperfections,
and recall his many virtues with low
ing memory. And, as the truth beau
titles the sombre tomb, as the spring
time decks the earth with it's foliage
and flowers, so mortal shall put on i'm
mortality and that which was earth
shall be transformed and become eter-
nal.
Therefore, be it further resolved !:
That, as his name and deeds shall
ever be green in our memory, that a
Ecopy of these resolutions be sent to
the wife, Mrs. Bertha Hall, and copy
published in the Carthage Courier,
and that the same be spread on the
| minutes of the Camp.
Done by order of the Camp.
This, February 21, 1919.
JESSE CANTRELL, Chm.
| T. p. HALL.
| R. E. ATWOOD,