Lamar County AlArchives Obituaries.....BRADLEY, T. V. March 15, 1880 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Veneta McKinney http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00016.html#0003775 August 1, 2005, 1:41 am The Vernon Clipper, March 19, 1880 The Vernon Clipper March 19, 1880 Page 3 OBITUARY DIED – Near Beaverton, Ala., on the 15th inst., T. V. BRADLEY, son of R. E. and M. J. BRADLEY. How true it is, that “In the midst of life we are but in death.” Ere he had seen the flowers of twenty summers, while yet in the bloom of youth and just budding into manhood, Death laid his ruthless hand upon him and tore him from our embrace. A kind and dutiful son, an affectionate brother, a genial and social companion, he will be greatly missed by us all. But our loss is his eternal gain; and we sorrow not as those who have no hope, but rejoice in the hope of a glorious reunion beyond the grave. When told that he was nearing the Jordan of Death, he called his friends and relatives around him and requested them to sing and pray, he then exhorted them “to live right that they might all meet in Heaven.” A short time before he breathed his last, while trying to satiate his thirst, we said to him, perhaps you had better not drink too much, and he replied, “It will not be long until I can quench my thirst: then with a pleasant smile on his countenance he quietly and peacefully passed away like one going to rest. Thus, while earth has lost one of its jewels Heaven has gained another happied Spirit. - R. E. B. – Beaverton, March 18th, 1880 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/lamar/obits/b/bradley403gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb