Butts County GaArchives Obituaries.....William Riley Smith January 14 1881
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Middle Ga. Argus – May 5, 1881
William Riley Smith

William Riley Smith was born December the 17th, 1860 and departed this life 
January the 14th, 1881

It is a sad thing to contemplate the cutting down of a young man in the full 
vigor of early manhood er’e the meridian of life is reached, when all  the 
enchanting scenes of life, and the alluring anticipations of a bright future is 
spread out before him.  But not so with the deceased, as it pleased an all wise 
creator to place upon him a life of affliction; all the 
panoramic” beauties and splendor of this life being obscured by suffering.  The 
courts above decreed that his joys and bliss, should be eternal, and the 
beauties of glittering splendor reserved for him in the “home beyond the tide”.

He has been called higher, to the rewards held in store for a dutiful son, for 
it was one of the distinguished traits of his character to be obedient to his 
earthly parents. 

And while they have been over whelmed with grief, for the loss of a cherished 
son, they should bear in mind that their loss is his gain, and they should only 
ask for a share in the enjoyment of immortal glory.



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