Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-05-05
IN MEMORIAM

After many weary months of in
tense suffering, with rheumatism Mr..
S. B. Connor passed peacefully away
on the morning of April 10th while
it was yet dark at his home in Clifton
vile, Miss, and when the refulgent
rays Of the sun flooded the earth with
beauty the sad watchers in the silent
chamber tread softly, and spoke in
subdued whispers. for Gods Mes
serger" had been there.
At $50 o'clock y. m. all that was
mortal of that friend and brother,
was inferred in the cemetery at Ma
con Miss: among his kindred to await
the coming Of that "Great day." Rev.
Mr.. Caffey Methodist minister of Ma
con, officiated. A wealth of Spring
blossoms lay lightly on his narrow
bed, Ger which the southern breeze
siged a requiem. The beauties of ma
ture, the embellishments of art, the
facts of philosophy, and even the
beautiful dreams of fancy that tint the
horizon of our hopes with rosy lines.
we would fair have unfold into gold
en- realities ali, all lose their charm,
when a well beloved one is claimed
by death. Then the soul cries out
in bitter anguish, and only an abiding
faith, in His PROMISES dauses the
hereaved to look to the "Help of tn,
s:s-esefssa.Ad A1A"VS-AwU BIZ .xrre,
miles from MacoH. on the old home
stead where he was reared. He wa.
a son of Mr.. Sam and Mrs Marth;
Conner, his parents each had childre,
bv former marriages, only he, Will,
tMrs. George Gavin deceased) an,
Maggie, (Mrs. F. E. Chappelle) were
the children Of this marriage. His
childhood days on the plantation were
spent with sweet associations with
de ar ones, and boyish sports.
Inc nome was one of plenty,
where good cheer and hospi-
tally reigned. His education was ac-
ouired in his native state and at Bell
Buckle, the far-famed Webb school of
tennessee. 1t was while there he
embraced religion and Joined tho Me-
thodist church. When he reached his
majority, and embarked in business.
success crowned his efforts both as
farmer and merchant. He located At
CllftonVllle, several years age, that
pretty scope of county, where theun-
duiatlons respond to the touch of
cultivation, and one beholds green hills
n smiling valleys that yield rich
harvests.
In 1899 he married Miss Ida Hen
ley OF B~rooksville, a lady of culture
ana refinement. She filled his heart
with happy content, and made his
home a haven of rest, but like the
Roses of May" that fade with the
passing days, as if to "show how
heetlng all things fair are made" a
lew years only Of this golden dream
was given them, and she denartod
with the flowers of summer 1907. and
her vacant chair was a mute rem;nder
OF their erst-while joys. His devoted
sister, Mrs. C~happelle, helped him
take up the broken threads of life.
and with her tender ministratiors and
sweet association, they dwelt in har-
ia a
mony after her widowhood. He turn
ed to her for that love and sympathy
only a true woman can give and she
trusted him and leaned on his strong
arm as the years rolled by. Mr.. Con.
nor was a quiet, urostentatious gen.
tieman, a good citizen. loyal to his
county and friends; the love of home
and family was the most prominent
trait of his character. Mrs. G. M
Robertson and family, also Mr.. R. D.
HERON were les and dear to him.
They were closely associated, and MI.
X. Common, too, was with him at
me end. Heartfelt sympathy goes
'ut to the bereft, especially the lonely
sister and little riece, Maggie Gavin.
Nav they be a reunited family in
hat Getty whose maker and builder
God"
MRS. JENNIE 6 SKINNER