Butts County GaArchives Obituaries.....Collier, B. W. October 13 1894
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Middle Ga. Argus – Week of September 6, 1894
Sweetly and apparently without pain the gentle spirit of Mr. B. W. Collier 
passed from earth to Heaven Saturday night, Oct. 13, at his home at Indian 
Spring.  His last day on earth was a perfect day and a very happy one to him.  
He was unusually bright and cheerful and spoke of the many reasons he had for 
gratitude and thanksgiving.  He was busy during the day attending church, and 
looking after the finances of the church, and the comfort of his pastor.  He 
retired in his usual health about 9 o’clock.  Soon after retiring, paralysis of 
the brain attacked him, and in an hour his soul was in Heaven.  He leaves a 
devoted wife, six sons and three daughters, besides several grandchildren who 
all love and reverence his memory.  No children were ever more devoted to a 
parent than were his, and if any differences ever arose, his wide council 
always prevailed.  He was truly a peacemaker.  He used his life for others, 
thinking little of himself.  His children were all present at the funeral 
except three who have homes in the far west.

Four sons and two grandsons acted as pallbearers.  He was followed to the grave 
by a large number of mourning friends, where he was buried with Masonic honors, 
the funeral having been preached by Rev. Mr. Hurst, a student of Mercer and 
pastor of the Baptist church at Indian Spring.  Mr. Collier was for many years 
before the war well known all over Georgia as the proprietor of the celebrated 
McIntosh House, which was destroyed by fire about fourteen years ago.  Since 
which time he has lived in retirement, surrounded by his devoted family and 
always tenderly cared for by them and their saintly mother.

Visitors to the now famous Wigwam presided over by sons of Mr. Collier, never 
failed to seek out the genial and venerable patriarch, who was always delighted 
to talk of the former glory of Indian spring and of the virtues of the water.  
No man was better posted in the history of Georgia, and he numbered among his 
acquaintances and friends many of her most illustrious sons and daughters.  His 
cordial greeting and pleasant smile will be long missed by the visitors to the 
Spring and many will doubtless feel that much of the charm of the place has 
vanished with him.  The beauty of his Christian character shows more 
resplendently in his own home and in his own family.

Those who by marriage or otherwise were members of his family, always received 
the tenderest consideration.  The writer can give cardinal testimony to this 
fact, after a membership in the family extending over more than a quarter of a 
century.


	


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