Butts County GaArchives Obituaries.....Wright, Annie January 3, 1898 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Don Bankston http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00024.html#0005864 November 3, 2006, 12:46 pm Jackson Argus – Butts County, Week of January 21, 1898 In Memoriam On January 3rd, 1898, the spirit of Annie Wright, one of the brightest sweetest and dearest pupils of Jackson Institute, took its flight into the land where comes no sorrow or pain. The possibility of Annie’s death had been expected for many months, nevertheless, when it came it was indeed a shock to the family and friends. She attended school at Jackson Institute for a number of years and endeared herself to her teachers and playfellows by her good conduct and loving disposition. At an early period of life she became a constant member of the Baptist church, at the same time accepting Jesus as her own dear Savior, and few girls of her age have ever lived such lives of devotion to their Christian duty. She was known throughout the entire school as “Our Peacemaker.” Her resignation to the will of Christ was fully shown in the patience with which she bore her last long illness. Now, in the City of the Dead, rest all that is mortal of a father’s darling and a brother’s pride. But grieve not, O stricken ones, that she is gone, for God was so good in lending her to us for this brief season! Remember that our precious Annie has gone where no fevers can again flush her cheek, and where no pain can ever again rack her body. Cast your grief on Him who is willing to bear all our burdens. Annie was God’s own, and He doeth with His own whatsoever pleaseth Him. RESOLUTIONS O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day; Twas an angel visited the green earth And bore the flower away. Whereas, God, in His infinite wisdom, has seen fit to remove from us our beloved classmate and friend, Annie Wright, we, the representatives of her class. Resolve, 1, That we bow in humble submission to His will, believing Him too wise to err and too good to be unkind. Resolved, 2, That the school has lost one of its brightest pupils; the class , a loving member, and the community a promising bud of womanhood. Resolved, 3, That we trust her death with cause the members of her class and the entire school to think seriously of life and its responsibilities and that we may henceforth live lives of devotion to duty; then she will not have died in vain. Resolved , 4, That our profound sympathy be extended to the bereaved father and family, and we trust that they may obtain solace from the great Healer upon whom we are taught to cast our care. Resolve, 5, That these resolutions be printed in the Jackson Argus, The Student and the Times, and copies furnished the family of the deceased. As in the sun’s eclipse we can behold the stars shining in the heavens, so in this life’s eclipse may we behold the lights of the great eternity burning solemnly and forever. Lucile Pope, Mary Newton, Luther Carter – Committee File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/butts/obits/w/wright5666gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 3.4 Kb