Dr. Joseph R. Conyers Obituary

[The paper from the previous week is missing, so this is being included as an obit]

A Tribute to Dr. Conyers

Mr. Editor:

My heart was touched last week when I read in your paper of the death of Dr. Joseph R. Conyers. He was another one of my unforgettable childhood playmates. Joe, as we called him, was a good boy and lived a long and useful life. But someone has said if the world would have more men like Christ, give us more women like Mary. Hence if we would have more men like Joe, give us more women like his mother and grandmother. I think his father was one of the meekest men I ever knew. And no country ever had a better man than his grandfather, Asa Dean. With this background it is no wonder Joe was a good and useful man. The old people back of him were the soul of honor and the salt of the earth. To my mind the greatest compliment ever bestowed upon a human being either dead or alive is for good people to speak of them and say, "Oh how I miss him." No doubt this remark will be made many times, not only by his dear wife and children (God bless them), but by his many friends and neighbors. Yes, everybody that knew Joe will miss him. A long life of acceptable service to the public. Oh what a compliment. On the other hand, what a comment on the life of a man for his neighbors to say after he is gone. "Well we did not lose much." But the good people of the city of Gates have lost much in the going home of Dr. Joe Conyers. And now to his brothers and sisters and his dear wife and children let me ask in conclusion "Will the circle be unbroken in the by and by." May the blessing of Heaven rest upon each of you.