The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-08-31
IN MEMORIAM.

Mrs. Ida G. Christie, nee Whaley,
was born May 81, 1859, at the
Whaley homestead, Lake Eula, near
PARROT, Ga.
She was the daughter of John
Douglas Whaley, Confederate vet
eran, and Martha Alice Parrot. Her
paternal grandparents were ]. A.
Whaley, who served in the Indian
war, and Nancy Lake. The ances-
tors of these were prominent in the
history of North Carolina.
Her maternal grandparents, James
and Harriet Dennard, were decend-
ants of the PARROTS of Virginia, of
the old South.
She was one of family of eight
children, being the eldest of five
girls. When only. twelve years of
age her mother died. A cousin, Miss
Addie Gregory, now of Macon, Ga,
came into the home and was indeed
a mother to the orphan children.
Her care and training fitted them
for lives of prominence and useful
ness.
She received her education in the
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ing at Owen Nelson Institute, Daw-
son, Ga.
october II, 1877, she was mar
ried to D. K. Christie, who is the
son of Benjamin G. Christie and
Anna E. Kaigler.
Mrs. Christie was the mother of
eleven children, ten of whom with
her husband survive her. Paul died
in infancy. Those living are Mrs. c.
v. Youmans, w. E. Christie, Allan
ia; Mrs. l. C. Melton, Dawson; O.
P. Christie, Parrot; Mrs. S. o.
Thompson, Odum; Mrs. j. S. Plaxco,
Augusta; Mrs. w. V. Bell, Hawkins
vile; D. K. Christie, jr., Yeomans;
Mrs. R. E. O'Hara, Jacksonville, Fla.
Miss Ida Christie, Dawson.
She is also survived by eleven
grandchildren, and two brothers and
one sister, J. C. Whaley, j. H. Wha-
ley and Mrs. j. H. Willi1ord, Par
rott, Ga.
Her last days were full of pain
but there was no murmurlng. Dur
ing these days of suffering she had
the comfort of one of her daughters
being ever by her bedside to minis
ter unto her. Her husband and chill
dren have comfort in the fact that
everything love could suggest OF
medical aid could render was done
for the sufferer. She realized he1
frail hold upon life, and her tired
body, worn and weary with waiting
gradually weakened until God, in
watchful tenderness, babe his child
come home.
She died August 10, 1920, in q
private sanitorium in Atlanta, Ga
The funeral services were held Aug
ust 10, at the family residence in
Dawson, the Rev. T. H. Thomson
performing the last sad rites.
Many floral offerings, whose
beauty and fragrance, spoke e!o'
quently of the beautiful life of the
deceased and the love and esteem of
friends, were laid on her casket
Her body was laid to rest in Cedar
Hill cemetery.
Mrs. Christie lived well-life to
her was sacred. She looked on it,
lifted it and bore it solemnly. She
stood up and walked beneath ii
steadfastly, though sorrows came
she did not fail, she faltered not but
pressed onward and upward until the
| goal was won.
She was joy, strength and sympa-
thy to an idolized family. Truly the
heart of her husband did safely trust
in her, and her children rise up and
call her blessed. Yea, she was all a
wife, mother, a friend could be.
She believed domesticity to be a
virtue, and made home radiant with
sunshine, happy with song, and
beautiful with fragrant flowers. Her
hospitality was bounded only by op-
portunity, and her manners bore
that beautiful simplicity and WIN
ming modesty which evidences gen.
tie nature and splendid breeding.
When God gave her children she
shared her life with them, safe
guarded their interests and fostered
their virtues as tenderly as the
petals protect the heart of the flow
er.
Her life is imperishable. She will
live in the hearts and lives of her
children, all of whom are filling
places of usefulness in the social
and business world. AS in the years
when she walked by the side of her
husband as a helpmeet she will still
be his counsellor and guide.
And now, husband, children and
friends since God has reached down
and lifting this dear one in His
arms and placing her beyond all
hurt, beyond our sight, and babe her
wait for us, shall we not be glad and,
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