Clarke County GaArchives Obituaries.....Colson, C. H. (Mrs) March 1892 ************************************************ 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: C Epps Bond http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00016.html#0003902 August 11, 2004, 10:07 pm Athens Banner, Athens, GA Tuesday morning, March 29, 1892 Colson Mrs. C. H. The funeral of Mrs. C. H. Colson yesterday afternoon. Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock the funeral services of Mrs. C. H Colson were conducted at the Second Baptist Church. A large number of sorrowing friends were present to pay the last sad tribute to the deceased. The services were most impressively conducted by Dr. L. R. Gwaltney and Rev. B. F. Elliott. After the services a large coucourse of friends followed the remains to Oconee cemetery, where the body of Mrs. Colson was laid to rest till the resurrection morn. 2nd writeup March 29, 1892 A young wife’s death Mrs. C. H. Colson Passes over the River Last night at eight o’clock Mrs. Charles H. Colson died at her home in East Athens after a lingering illness of over a year. Mrs. Colson was only eighteen years of age, and was a daughter of Mr. H. C. Silvey. For several years she had been a devout member of the East Athens Baptist church, and her gentle life had drawn around her scores of loving friends who will be pained to hear of her death. The funeral exercises will probably be held this afternoon from the residence and the remains will be interred in Oconee cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/clarke/obits/gob1731colson.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb