Butts County GaArchives Obituaries.....Amanda E. Benton September 1889
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Middle Ga Argus
Amanda E. Benton

Stark, Ga., September 1889
In Memoriam

Amanda E. Benton, nee Brantly, died in Jackson., September 3, 1889.  She was 
born in Monroe County, Ga., September 3, 1827, and was married to Henry O. 
Benton December 18, 1845.  Was baptized in the year 1847 by James Carter into 
the membership of New Providence Church, Monroe County, Ga.  She leaves a 
husband and four daughters, and several grandchildren, to mourn her loss, six 
children have gone before her in death.  All of these died when young.  Sister 
Benton was raised wealthy, but nearly all was lost in the late war.  She 
submitted to this loss cheerfully, and revved herself to the condition of 
events.  She has spent 12 years in hotel keeping in Jackson, and had only given 
up this business two years ago.  She was noted for her kindness and attention 
to the sick and distressed in her reach.  Her prayer through life was that her 
family might all be saved.  She was an earnest believer in Jesus and submitted 
to her afflictions without a murmur.  Her way was clear when she confronted 
death, and felt no fear.  She was conscious until the last, died very easy, 
holding her own hands and closed her mouth, and sweetly fell on sleep in 
Jesus.  She was truly a good woman.

E. M. Hooten

Middle Ga Argus – Week of September 24, 1889


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