Butts County GaArchives Obituaries.....Edwards, Nellie August 1897
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Jackson Argus – Butts County, Week of August 13, 1897
In Memory of Miss Nellie Edwards

A precious one from us has gone; yes, gone to the other side to dwell forever.  
Knowing the frail tenement in which she dwelt, I was not surprised, but still 
made sad when the news was conveyed to me she was dead..  Dear Nellie, I can 
hardly realize that you have crossed over to the other side.  O, how rapidly 
changes come.   Dear sorrowing ones I feel like pouring out my tears in 
sympathy with you. A deep shadow steals its way now over the home of a kind and 
affectionate father.  The thought of death is well calculated to fill us with 
sadness, but when out own dear ones leave us the affliction is sad indeed.  She 
called her weeping brothers and friends to her bedside and bade them farewell, 
asking them to prepare to meet her in that bright home where she was going.  It 
is to be hoped that they will heed that warning voice coming back as it were 
from one so near the dark river.

While living Nellie was popular, enjoying the friendship and love of a large 
circle of acquaintances.  It is always sad when death comes, yet it seems more 
so for one to be stricken down in the very bloom of youth; but God’s ways are 
best, and we should humbly bow to His will and be comforted with the thought 
that Nellie will triumphantly wear the crown that is laid up for all the 
faithful.  I have known and loved dear Nellie for years gone by and I believe 
she has fought a good fight and will at last receive a crown of righteousness.

I never can forget the last time I stood by her bedside and saw her struggle so 
hard for breath.  O, how it grieved me to know I was helpless and could give 
her no relief.  I remember the last song she ever hummed, “Come to Jesus, dying 
sinner.”  Dear Nellie, it was so hard to give you up, but I feel tonight that 
you are at rest waiting for your dear ones to come.

Nellie was a sweet, good girl, and everybody, old and young, loved her.  Above 
all, she left a spotless character, of which pen need not praise.  Yes, we miss 
thee, darling; thy smiling face, cheerful disposition and ever musical voice.

Nellie, thou was mild and lovely,
Gentle as a summer breeze.
Pleasant as the air of evening,
When it floats among the trees





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