McCLARTY, D. W. (26 Feb 1947)

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Obituary D. W. McClarty

Services Today At Grand Junction For Retired Farmer

GRAND JUNCTION, Tenn., Feb. 26 (1947) – Services for D. W. McClarty, who died at his home Wednesday morning, will be held at the Methodist Church here at 3 p.m. Thursday. The pastor, the Rev. R. A. Bivens will be assisted by a former pastor, the Rev. G. T. Sellers, and Rev. A. E. Holt, pastor of the Methodist Church in Bolivar.

Mr. McClarty, a retired farmer, was 77. He had lived most of this life in this community, and at the time of his death was living in the home of his father built in 1887. Besides his wife, Mrs. Lillie B. McClarty,  he leaves a sister, Mrs. Lillian M. Prewitt of Bolivar

(b: 28 Jul 1869, d: 26 Feb 1947)

 Source: original newspaper clipping in scrapbook created by Ada Clark Stroup of Saulsbury

 

STROUP, Willie T. Brown (25 Dec 1891)

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Obituary Willie T. Brown Stroup

Departed this life, at her residence in Benton County, Miss., about 5 miles north of Ashland, on Dec. 25th, 1891, Mrs. Willie T. Stroup (nee Miss Willie T. Brown), youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Brown.

She was born near Grand Junction, Tenn., March 27th, 1864, hence was 27 years, 8 months and 28 days old when she died of pneumonia. Her father was killed in the army when she was very young, leaving her mother with 5 children, 2 of whom have outstripped her and gone before.

Her mother having married Mr. N. B. Hix, she was moved to this county at the age of 17 years. She was married to Mr. D. M. Stroup, Dec. 11th 1884. When quite young she made a profession of hope in Christ, although she never attached herself to any church, she was a true and conscientious Christian. She was a fond and loving daughter, a trusting, affectionate and devoted wife, a patient and watchful mother, a confiding, earnest and true friend thus she has wound up the measures of her days and sweetly sleeps in Jesus. The evening before she died she told her husband she was perfectly willing and ready to die, and told him how she wanted him to raise her little children. She asked those around her bedside to sing ‘There is rest for the weary’.

She leaves a husband and three little children, besides many relatives and friends to mourn her loss, but we have no doubt our loss is her gain. We would say to the bereaved husband, weep not as those who have no hope. We know your loss is great I this world of trials, and your path will be sad and lonely, but the Lord who afflicteth is able to relieve, if we put our trust in Him. I know we sometime find it hard to say, “Thy will be done.” We pray that the bereaved husband may have grace to overcome his trials and to raise his little children to meet their mother beyond this veil of tears, that they may be one unbroken family, where sorrow and parting are no more.

Farwell, dear Willie, thou are gone,

The voice we loved is still;

A place is vacant in our homes

Which time can never fill.

But we should no count her absence loss

She’s only gone before;

And may we each prepare to join

Her on that blissful shore.

Nannie

Source: original newspaper clipping in scrapbook created by Ada Clark Stroup of Saulsbury

 

SUTTON, J. S.

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Obituary J. S Sutton

Mr. J. S. Sutton died Wednesday morning at his home in Grand Junction from enlargement of the appendix, caused by the kick of a gun. Deceased was 49 years of age and leaves a widow and three children. He had been a resident of Grand Junction all of his life and was held in high esteem.

Source: original newspaper clipping in scrapbook created by Ada Clark Stroup of Saulsbury

FARNED, Rufus (15 Aug 1896)

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Obituary Rufus Farned

Rufus Farned – our brother was born March 5th, 1876, and died August 15th, 1896, after a few days illness at the home of his foster parents, J. H. and Valera Cox, who took him as their own when by five years old and brought him up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. He professed religion two years ago and joined Saulsbury Baptist Church and lived a consistent member till death; he was also a member of the Sunday school.

RESOLVED, That the church and Sunday school tender our sincere sympathy to the sorrowing sisters, brothers, aged grandmother and foster parents. They should sorrow not as those who have not hope, for he has gone to the home of the Savior where there’s everlasting joy. May this sad bereavement cause us that are left to be more diligent about our Father’s business, so that when we are called we will be ready.

Mrs. Mattie Aldridge

Mrs. Emma Moran

Mrs. S. E. Dowdy

Source: original newspaper clipping in scrapbook created by Ada Clark Stroup of Saulsbury

WILSON, Ida C. (02 Oct 1897)

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Obituary Ida C. Wilson

Mrs. Ida C. Wilson died in Bolivar, Tennessee, Saturday, Oct. 2, 1897 of consumption. Her remains were buried Sunday afternoon in Union Cemetery. A large concourse of sorrowing friends attended the funeral. Mrs. Wilson was the only daughter of Mr. W. W. and Mrs. Fannie J. McCarley, and was born in Bolivar in 1859. She was married in 1889 to Mr. C. C. Wilson, of Saulsbury, who died in 1885. Two children survive her. Four years ago, Mrs. Wilson moved to Texas in search of health and remained there two years. The climate did not prove beneficial and she returned to Jackson, where her mother and brother resided. In June last the family moved to Bolivar, her old home. Mrs. Wilson was a cultured, Christian lady, greatly beloved and her death is deeply regretted.

Source: original newspaper clipping in scrapbook created by Ada Clark Stroup of Saulsbury

CHEAIRS, Edith

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Obituary Edith Cheairs

Miss Edith Cheairs, adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Wright, of Saulsbury, Tenn., died at the home of Mrs. J. W. Latting, 67 North Cleveland Avenue, yesterday morning at 7:40 o’clock, after a week’s illness with pneumonia. Miss Cheairs was 16 years old and had been attending the Misses Thomas School in this city for the past three years. She was gifted and bright and was a universal favorite among her classmates at school. She was attended during her illness by her uncle and aunt and adopted parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Wright, of Saulsbury, Tenn.,

Commerical Appeal of 17th

Source: original newspaper clipping in scrapbook created by Ada Clark Stroup of Saulsbury

DUNLAP, Dr. N. H. (23 Jun 1901)

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Obituary Dr. N. H. Dunlap

Dr. N. H. Dunlap died near Grand Junction Sunday. Deceased was born in Madison County, Tenn., January 26, 1820, and moved with his parents to Gibson County when three years of age. Nearly half a century ago he located in Saulsbury, where he practiced medicine for many years. He retired from active practice several years ago. Dr. Dunlap was twice married. By his first wife there was no issue. Five children blessed his second union, four of whom survive – Mrs. T. D. Rambo, Corinth; Mrs. R. E. Rose, Hickory Valley; Mrs. J. H. T Wynn and T. E. Dunlap, Grand Junction. Dr. Dunlap was one of nature’s noblemen. He belonged to that old school of Southern gentlemen whose ranks are rapidly being thinned. Throughout his long and useful life, he held in a high degree the love and esteem of all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. The remains of this good man were laid to rest Monday, a few miles south of Hickory Valley, in the presence of a large number of relatives and friends, Rev. W. S. Cochrane officiating.

(b: 26 Jan 1820, d: 23 Jun 1901)

 Source: original newspaper clipping in scrapbook created by Ada Clark Stroup of Saulsbury

CROFFORD, Rev. William H. (16 Jan 1897)

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Obituary Rev. William H. Crofford

Rev. Wm H. Crofford was born in Maury County, Tennessee, Dec. 6, 1811. He was of Scotch-Irish descent. He says in his diary that he had a pious mother. Here is the preacher who has not had a good mother? He was brought up to the toil of the farm and pioneer life with very few of the advantages of schools and churches. Very early in life, he had religious convictions, but was 21 years of age before he publicly confessed Christ. This was a Smith’s Chapel and in a grand revival where 179 others found the Savior. He joined presbytery at Harpeth Lick in the fall of 1833 with thirteen others. He was licensed to preach in the spring of 1835 and for a quite a while ‘rode the circuit in the big bend of Tennessee River.” He was ordained to the full work of the gospel ministry in the fall of 1840 by the Shiloh Presbytery in Yalobusha County, Mississippi. The presbytery has since been merged into the Oxford and Yazoo Presbyteries. He removed to Middle Tennessee, remaining there until 1843 when he came to West Tennessee and settled near the present site of Saulsbury. Here he married Miss Hannah E. Williams, who has long since preceded him to the spirit world. The union was blessed with several children “Uncle Billie,” as he was affectionately called was a representative type of the pioneer preacher. Educated by careful and prayerful study, of God’s word and daily communion with the God of nature while riding the circuit or at work in the field – he was none the less educated. For a long time he had been unable to preach, but in his younger days he was esteemed and valued as a preacher – a close logical reasoner and a man of spiritual power. As a Christian and a man there is no stain upon his escutcheon. As his longtime friend and co-laborer, our beloved Dr. R. A. Moorman, expresses it in his characteristic way, ‘Brother Crofford was a pure man all the way through.’ He was a liberal man, yet very quiet in his benefactions. I have a letter written to Rev. I. D. Steele, then of Jackson, Tenn., from Rev. A. G. Bergen on the part of the Board of Education, thanking an unknown donor of $100 to the cause of education. That donor was “Uncle Billie.” He did many things like that which have not been made known. He died January 16, 1897, eighty-five years of age. He was buried with Masonic honors. Eternity alone can reveal the good done in a long consecrated life. One by one they have fallen and just a few years more and none of our beloved old men will be left – the ones who have made our church what it is; who have labored in the heat and in the cold sowing the seed with no recompense save the blessing of God’s love in their hearts, and their own approving consciences. Let us honor their memory, let us emulate their example, let us seek the same spirit of consecration and endeavor to serve our day and generation as faithfully and as well.

C. Baber

(b: 6 Dec 1811, d: 16 Jan 1897)

Source: original newspaper clipping in scrapbook created by Ada Clark Stroup of Saulsbury

CLARK, Mary Louise (25 Apr 1887)

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Obituary Mary Louise Clark

At Covington on Monday, the 25th instant in the tenth year of her age Mary Louise, daughter of J. C. and Luta P. Clark.

When those who are full of years, overcome with weakness or disease, pass away, it seems to us meet and proper that having borne life’s burdens to them rest should come. But when those who are yet in “life’s morning march” grow weary and are laid away to rest, the first impulse is to think of it as to them a great loss. Reflection will teach us that theirs’s is the happier lot, and this happier lot has fallen to the gentle little girl we called Louise. The tender grace of childhood was still unsullied and fresh – the trust that knew no doubt of another’s truth had not given way to suspicion of fear, and the love for all human kind which shone in her eyes and was expressed in gentle actions and words had not suffered the pangs of betrayal nor neglect. Nurtured in a home where love reigned supreme, life was full of joy – every sound was music, every touch a caress. She had never known the torture of skepticism and wild unrest; her soul melted with tenderness at the story of Calvary and she felt all trust in Him who there for us all yielded up his life. Can there be a doubt that hers is the fairer lot?

When those we love are drifting away from us in death we strive and cry; in despair we stretch after them our empty arms. The outstretched hand cannot bring back the beloved form, but in it is placed the hand of Him who we call our Master, drawing us nearer to Him and nearer to those He has taken to Himself. We call over and over the names of those whom death has taken away. The mute lips make no response, but in accents of divine tenderness we hear the Master saying, “Suffer little children to come unto me.” Louise’s perfect openness of disposition and her tender ways showed the lovely child and gave promise of a noble womanhood. Wherever she went the smiles that beamed on her showed the presence of a gentle, loving spirit which for only a short while blessed this world and is now finding its perfect companionship in the fairer world beyond.

(b: 4 Oct 1877, d: 25 Apr 1887)

 Source: original newspaper clipping in scrapbook created by Ada Clark Stroup of Saulsbury

GODDARD, Henry Rosson (14 Aug 1911)

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Obituary Henry Rosson Goddard

Henry Rosson Goddard, son of Dr. W. L. Goddard, died at Saulsbury Monday morning after a month’s illness of typhoid fever. The deceased was station agent at Middleton and stood very high in the esteem of all who knew him. The burial services were held by the Masonic fraternity.

(b: 12 May 1887, d: 14 Aug 1911)

 Source: original newspaper clipping in scrapbook created by Ada Clark Stroup of Saulsbury

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