Bibb-Crisp-Dooly County GaArchives Obituaries.....WILLIS, MISS KATE  June 1, 1900
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CORDELE SENTINEL
DEATH CLAIMS MISS WILLIS
SHE WAS SOON TO BE WED A PROMINENT CITIZEN OF CORDELE
THE SAD NEWS THAT MISS KATE WILLIS WAS DEAD REACHED THIS CITY ON THURSDAY OF 
LAST WEEK. SHE PASSED  AWAY AT 8:00 IN THE MORNING OF THAT DAY, AFTER AN 
ILLNESS OF TWO WEEKS, AT THE HOME OF HER PARENTS ,MR.AND MRS. JERE B. 
WILLIS,AT WALDEN,BIBB COUNTY.
 FOR SEVERAL DAYS SHE HAS BEEN AT DEATH'S DOOR;AND LITTLE HOPE WAS ENTERTAINED 
FOR HER RECOVERY. TWO PHYSCIANS HAD BEEN IN CONSTANT ATTENDENCE UPON HER FOR A 
WEEK,AND MEMBERS OF HER FAMILY HAD HARDLY LEFT HER ROOM IN THAT TIME.
 ONE FACT THAT MAKES MISS WILLIS DEATH UNUSUALLY SAD IS THAT SHE WAS TO BE A 
BRIDE IN JUST TWO WEEKS FROM THE DAY OF HER DEATH, CARDS ANNOUNCING HER 
MARRIAGE TO MR. JOHN SHEPPARD OF THIS CITY,WERE ALREADY TO BE SENT OUT WHEN 
SHE WAS TAKEN SICK. HER ILLNESS WAS MADE KNOWN TO MR. SHEPPARD AT ONCE,AND HE 
HASTENED TO HER BEDSIDE WHERE SHE REMAINED UNTILTHE SPIRIT OF HIS PROMISED 
BRIDE HAS TAKEN IT'S FLIGHT.
PREPERATION HAS ABOUT BEEN COMPLETED FOR THEIR WEDDING ON NEXT WEDNESDAY. THE 
YOUNG COUPLE WERE TO BEGIN MARRIED LIFE UNDER THE MOST SUSPICIOUS 
CONDITIOND,AND THE GOLDEN MORNING,OF HAPPINESS HAD BEGUN TO DAWN WITH ITS 
ROSEATE HUES OF PURPLEWHEN THE SHADOWS OF DEATH FELL ATHWART THE DAY AND 
TURNED INTO A NIGHT OF DARK SORROW AND INSTEAD OF A HAPPY TOUR TO THE HAPPY 
HOME AWAITING HER IN THIS CITY. SHE WAS CARRIED TO HER TOMB ALL WREATHED IN 
THE BRIDAL ROBE EHAT WERE TO ADORN HER ON HER WEDDING DAY.
 MISS WILLIS HAD EVERY TRAIT OF NOBLE WOMEN HOLD. SHE HAD FREQUENTLY VISITED 
RELATIVES IN CORDELE, AND MADE MANY NEW FRIENDS HERE.TO THOSE HER DEATH WILL 
BE A STINGING SORROW,AS IT IS IN THE ENTIRE NEIGHERHOODIN WHICH SHE LIVED. SHE 
WAS A MEMBER OF THE METHODIST CHURCH, AND WAS A BRIGHT AND DUTIFUL CHRISTIAN 
CHARACTER.
 THE FUNERAL SERVICES  OCCURED AT LIBERTY CHURCH,ON FRIDAY MORNINGAT 11 
O'CLOCK AND A LARGE CROWD GATHERED THERE TO PAY THEIR LAST TRIBUTE TO A DEAR 
DEPARTED FRIEND.SHE WAS BURIED IN HER BRIDAL DRESS AND THE BOUQUET OF RICH 
FLOWERS WHICH SHE WAS TO CARRY AT HER WEDDING WAS PLACED IN HER LIFELESS HANDS.

Additional Comments:
JOHN IS MY PATERNAL GREAT-UNCLE. HE WOULD MARRY LYDIA WHEELER ,AND LIVE UNTIL 
1945

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