Clay County AlArchives Obituaries.....Dawkins, Thomas D.  April 18, 1934
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Ashland Progress
Rev. Thomas D. Dawkins was born in Georgia on the 21st day of October 1859, and 
departed this life on the 18th day of April 1934, at his home. Age 74 years 5 
months and 27 days. He came to Alabama when a small child and spent the 
remainder of his life here. He is survived by his wife and six children all of 
excellent character and loved him devotedly. Ho joined the Baptist church at 
County Line, Clay County, in the year 1876. He served as a Deacon of the church 
for a number of years and was ordained to the Gospel Ministery was a good 
preacher, a good neighbor, a good citizen and a man of high Brother Dawkins was 
a man of Excellent Christian Character, always devoted to what he believed to be 
right. He and his Christian wife lived happily together for more than 50 years, 
and his family, friends and loved ones will hold in sacred memory the noble 
virtues of his consecrated life. He anchored to the Infinite and God in His 
infinite wisdom saw fit to remove him from Earth to the beautiful City of God. 
His body was laid to rest in the beautiful cemetery at McDaniel's Chapel, near 
hir. home, and the funeral was conducted by the writer. Fitting tributes were 
also paid to his life and character by Revs. E. E. Laney, T. J. Preston, S.C. 
Ray, Judge E. J. Garrison and W. B. Nolen. A great concourse of friends attended 
bis funeral and his body was laid to rest under a profusion, of the most 
beautiful flowers. As we mourn his death let us catch the gleam from his 
Christian life and draw nearer the blessed Savior in whose blessed presence he 
quietly and peacefully fell asleep to awake in the glorious light of the Eternal 
morning. "He looked for a city which hath foundations whose builder and maker is 
God. There we shall meet him to part no more". His friend and brother, F.J. 
Ingram.

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