Butts County GaArchives Obituaries.....Susannah F. Castlebury July 30 1887
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Middle Ga Argus

Susannah F. Castlebury  

Mrs. Susannah F. Castlebury, the subject of this sketch, was born February 
11,1820, in Monroe County, Ga.  Her death occurred at her residence in Butts 
County on Saturday, July 30,1887.

She was the widow of Jeptha Castlebury, who was born in Warren County, Ga., 
November 22,1811, died suddenly at his home April 27th, 1866; and who, like 
her, was a devout Christian and a steadfast adherent to the doctrines and 
principles of the Primitive Baptist church.

The funeral services were conducted at her home by the Rev. James G. Kimbell, 
who took for his text, “She hath done what she could;” and after a most 
beautiful and appropriate sermon, her remains were laid away in the family 
burying ground, August 1.

She leaves three sons and five daughters and a large circle of grandchildren 
and friends to mourn her loss, but their loss is her eternal gain.

We can pay her no higher tribute than to say she daily lived the religion she 
professed and died triumphant over death and the grave.  As a Christian she was 
blameless in life and pure in heart, kind and gentle in spirit.  The life at 
home, the tender consideration toward her family and neighbors and devotion to 
her church are all in proof of her love for the savior.

She has been connected with the Primitive Baptist church ever since her early 
womanhood, and her life was a beautiful illustration of the life of a true 
Christian.  She bore her sufferings with fortitude until the summons came for 
her spirit to quit its earthly tenement and go forth to that better land to 
enjoy a blest eternity “beyond the sunset’s radiant glow,” where the saints of 
all ages in harmony meet.

Middle Ga Argus  -  Week of August 9,1887


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