Cherokee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Burtz, Indiana V. Bates April 18, 1881
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The Cherokee Advance 28 Apr 1881 p 3

Obituary
Indiana V. Burtz, wife of George A. Burtz, and daughter of J. C. and Martha
Bates, was born in Cherokee county, Ga., on the 27th of June 1864. 
She remembered her Creator in the days of her youth, giving herself to God and
the M. E. Church South, in the fall of 1878. 
Many wearisome nights and days of suffering were appointed unto her.  While
contending with that dread enemy, typhoid fever, down near the gate of death,
she gave birth to a child which lived but a few hours. 
Seldom does a cup so full of suffering fall to the lot of one so young, yet
patiently and with humble Christian resignation, she suffered on without a
murmur, supported by the grace that is sufficient for every emergency.
On the 9th of May 1880, she and her husband stood at the marriage altar, and
took upon themselves the vow of wedlock, joining hearts as well as hands which
even death's icy fingers cannot sever. 
She talked much of heaven--often shouting aloud as she saw the light streaming
through the gate ajar, gilding her promised home. 
On the 18th of April 1881, after having suffered for 78 days, she had a calm and
peaceful hour in which to die.  She was buried the next day at old Mt. Gilead,
amidst a large assemblage of weeping friends.  May her husband fulfill the
promise made as he took the last look at her pale face--to meet her in the
better land.  
                                                                               
                 C. M. McClure

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