Clarke-Madison County GaArchives Obituaries.....Meadow, Toombs January 11 1892
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Athens Banner, Athens, GA Tuesday morning, January 12, 1892

Athens Banner, Athens, GA, Tuesday morning, January 12, 1892

Meadow, Toombs

Mr. Toombs Meadow Dead

A Strong and Noble Character Passes Away 

Death, in all instances, is a curious yet certain adversary.  We know that 
under the laws of nature sooner or later all  human kind must return to dust, 
and yet how often does the grim Reaper single out for his sickle the brightest  
__af or strongest stalk of growing grain. 

A week ago and if called upon to point out the best physical man in Athens, no 
one would have hestitate to have named Mr. Toombs Meadow, the popular salesman 
at Messrs. J. S. King & Co’s, and yet today he lies a corpse at the home of his 
father in Danielsville. 

On Christmas Eve Mr. Meadow, in company with some friends, went hunting, and 
while on this expedition of pleasure, he took cold, and went at once to bed. 

The slight cold increased andit was not long until it had developed into a 
violet case of pneumonia which baffled the skill of the attendant physician, 
until yesterday morning in the early hours, when the Great Physician quieted 
the beating heart, stilled the throbbing pulse, and bore the ransomed soul 
home. 

Mr. Meadow was a young man of about twenty-five years of age, and was possessed 
of sterling character.  He came from Danielsville to Athens about two years 
since and had been a salesman for Messrs. J. S. King & Co. up too the time of h 
is death. 

A short while since he was married to Miss Bessie Durham, of this city, who is 
left to mourn his untimely taking off. 

The death of Mr. Meadow follows closely upon the deaths of his brother and 
sister hardly two months since; and one of his brothers now lies dangerously 
ill at his home in Danielsville. 

Yesterday afternoon at five o’clock at the residence, quite a number of friends 
gathered to pay their last sad tribute to the departed.  Rev. T. R. Kendall 
preached the funeral sermon, remarking upon the noble Christian life of the 
deceased, evidenced by a consistent membership in the church of Christ. 

The remains of Mr. Meadow will be carried to Danielsville this morning, where 
they will be interred in the family burying ground.

The Silent Grave

Receives the Mortal Remains of Mr. Toombs Meadow 

Tuesday the funeral cortege slowly wended its way from a once happy home in 
Athens, and bore with it the remains of a young man, well thought of, and  
highly esteemed. 

In the quiet cemetery at Danielsville, while weeping friends and relatives tood 
around the early grave of the departed, the mortal remains of Mr. Toombs 
Meadows were consigned to their last resting place. 

It was a sad scene, indeed, to witness; the parents giving up their third child 
in the short space of two months, andyet all bore it with a Christian 
resignation.

Mrs. Meadow will still reside in Athens.  Her husband carried upon his life the 
sum of $2,500, in a policy in the Northwestern Life Insurance Company, which 
was taken out not long since.



Additional Comments:
R. T. Meadows and Bessie Durham married Clarke Co., Ga April 29, 1891

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