Campbell-Fulton-Coweta County GaArchives Obituaries.....McGhee, John H. June 17, 1909
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"The Herald & Advertiser"
Newnan, Coweta Co., Georgia

NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, July 2, 1909

IN MEMORY OF J.H. McGHEE

My husband, J.H. McGhee, died Thursday morning, June 17, 1909. His parents 
were J.J. McGhee and Rebecca Harrison McGhee who came from Montgomery 
county, Md., to Campbell county, Ga., where he was born March 25, 1844. His 
school days were spent at Fairburn. He enlisted in the Confederate service 
on May 7, 1862 in Capt. Gibson's Battery, Griffin, Ga., and served until the 
close of the war. He was first married to Miss Lizzie Fullerton on Nov. 12, 
1868. Five children were born of this union, all of whom are living. She 
died March 4, 1885. We were married Sept. 2, 1886 and our union was blessed 
with seven children, of whom six are now living. He was made a Mason at Pine 
Grove Lodge in 1872 and continued an active member up to the time of his 
death, filling nearly all the offices from Secretary up to Master. He joined 
the M.P. church in Sept. 1865, and joined the M.E. Church, South at 
Grantville in 1874 and remained a consistent member until death. He was 
honest with his fellow man. He loved his family and they loved him. May his 
children follow him as he followed Christ. He loved to go to the house of 
worship. His pastor, Rev. T.R. Kimball Jr. preached a comforting sermon for 
which we are very grateful. 

His devoted and sorrowing wife, 

Mary Thornton McGhee

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NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, July 30, 1909

RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT ON THE DEATH OF JOHN H. McGHEE

Our brother, John H. McGhee, died June 17, 1909. He was born March 25, 1844. 
He was a Confederate soldier, a consistent member of the M.E. Church, South, 
and for nearly forty years an ardent lover of Masonry. He was an acceptable 
member of Bigham Lodge No. 53, Moreland, Ga., at the time of his death. He 
leaves a loving wife and eleven children to mourn his departure, five of the 
latter having lost their mother in 1885. Bro. McGhee was a well informed 
man. He possessed fine memory and enjoyed a store of knowledge far above the 
average mind. He was an honest, unpretentious man, a kind husband and 
father, and a true brother. His faith in immortality was genuine. His trust 
was in God and he died in peace with all men. We commend the purity of his 
life to not only his children, but to his brethren in church and lodge. 
Peace to his amiable spirit, and may we all in course of time enjoy with him 
in the Great Beyond a more perfect and everlasting light. Therefore, be it 
resolved;

That in the death of Bro. John H. McGhee, Coweta county has lost a good man 
and citizen, his wife a faithful husband and his children a good father.

That a copy of this memorial be spread on the minutes of our lodge and also 
sent The Herald and Advertiser for publication.

W.A. Brannon

E.P. Floyd

J.A. Webb, Committee

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