Bibb County GaArchives Obituaries.....Mrs. Merrell Callaway May 1909
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The Talbotton New Era, June 3, 1909

The Talbotton New Era
Thursday, June 3, 1909
Page 3

The Sad Passing Of Mrs. Merrell Callaway

The many friends of Hon. James Callaway and Col. Merrell Callaway of Macon who 
have been honored guests in our town will read with feelings of deepest the 
sorrow the following notice of the latter’s lovely wife:

The death of Mrs. Merrell Callaway fills the city with sadness.  She was 
stricken with appendicitis on Sunday night, 9th of May, and taken to the Macon 
hospital the next morning.  The complications that set in baffled medical skill 
and after a brave fight, she succumbed to the decrees of Providence.

Her sufferings from the nature of the sickness were great, but in the midst of 
them all her faith in her Redeemer shone out gloriously, like a star lighting 
her pathway to the tomb.

At her request she was removed from the hospital Saturday evening, and feeble 
as she was, expressed such joy that “she was home at last.”  She loved her 
home, her friends and was a devoted wife and perfect mother.

But in a few hours she was called to a more beautiful home.  And as her sweet 
spirit winged its flight home one seemed to hear her sing:

“I am going home: O’er the rivers tide
Crystal white in the noonday sun.
I can see the friends on the other side
Who the beautiful gates of rest have won;
And far and sweet from the shining dome
They call to me ever: Come home! Come home!



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