The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-01-02
REV. ]. G. CAROTHERS
PASSES TO HIS REWARD

years had in a measure prepared the
| community for his death at almost
any time, yet when the fateful hour
came at 1000 o'clock on Monday
night, the town, as it were, stood still
and dropped tear that it should be
separated from one whose life had
been 50 sacredly devoted to the COM
munity.
Rev. j. c. Carothers is said to have
died of euremic poisoning. He had
been i'll for several days but his tat
tered and worn constitution and his
feeble condition made it impossible
for the care and skill of physicians
to render him that aid which would
defer his death. The whole town felt
personally grieved and it was sad
to think that this kindly natured,
sweet spirited and gracious messen-
ger of God should not be seen again
on the streets Of Grenada.
But he was ready for the sum-
mons. "He had fought a good fight,
he had kept the faith and was ready
to be offered up" Indeed for many
months it has appeared that he has
been standing on the brink of the 9th
er world and smilingly awaiting the
Masters summons. ~
Truly did Mr.. Carothers preach a.
gospel of love. It was his Eaim to
have a conscience void of offence to-
ward God and man. He was happy
in always saying the felicitous thing;
the thing that touched the heart OF
him whom he was addressing and
helped to bring home to him the
sweet consciousness of Risen Saw
ior and of a sympathetic, kind and
loving Heavenly Father. When
death invaded home and when the
hearts of the household were broken
and bleeding it seemed that he could
bring that peculiar message that
would bind up the broken hearts and
make the sorrowing ones know that
all is well. If what he had said to
the disconsolate, the downcast and
the careworn could be gathered up,
it would make music that would
bring the angels to the gates of the
Eternal City who, by their presence,
would add approval to the sweet and
gracious messages echoing between
earth and that Golden City where
none but the pure in heaA abide.
Another beautiful thing ABOUT MIR.
Carothers was that he was IN no
sense narrow man or a sectarian.
He delighted to work with the past
ors of other congregations and it al
ways gave him extreme delight to
render any service in the name OF
his Maker regardless of the cOndi- |
tion or circumstance. II
Truly, as he impressed himself
upon the life of Grenada and as the
days pass by the fragrance of his
Christian ministry will grow in
strength and fervor and bear testi- |
mony to the spirit and life OF one
who was devOutly concerned about
his Masters business.
Mr.. Carothers was born in Wins |
boro, S. C. in March l844, but was
brought to Starkville, Miss. when a
mere infant and there was reared.
He was married in 1879 to Miss
Belle McCalebb of ScOoba, Miss. and
this good woman has proved a true
help meet through all the years.
He came to Grenada just after the |
yellow fever of 1878, succeeding the
Rev. John B. McCampbell who sacri-
feed his life in those terrible days.
He had served the Presbyterian
church continuously from that time
up to about two years ago when his
greatly impaired physical condition
admonished him and his congregation |
that he should retire. He was made
pastor emmeritus and since the in
stallation of the new pastor, Rev. j.
R. Cunningham, he has never failed to
attend upon the services when his
condition and the weather permitted.
The funeral was held Wednesday
afternoon at o'clock at the Presby-
terian church which had known him
so long. All the business houses OF
the town closed from to 4 o'clock
in the afternoon out of respect to
the memory of the sainted dead.
Mr.. Carothers is survived by his
wife, two sons and one daughter, to
whom The Sentinel extends sympathy.