Clay County GaArchives Obituaries.....LANGSTON, REV. J.O. January 1894 ************************************************ 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: REBECCA STEWART rstewart@enervest.net December 14, 2011, 9:00 pm FORT GAINES HERALD, JAN19 1894 ON SUNDAY MORNING, REV J.O. LANGSTON, FORMER PASTOR OF THE METHODIST CHURCH, HERE DIED AT THE PARSONAGE OF A PULMONARY COMPLAINT. MR. LANGSTON WAS A DEVOTED CHRISTIAN MINISTER IN THE BEST AND TRUEST SIGNIFICATION OF THE GERM AND HIS MEMORY WILL BE RESPECTED AND HALLOWED BY HIS MEMBERSHIP AND ALL WHO KNEW HIM INTIMATELY. HE HAS GONE TO HIS REWARD, BUT HIS "WORKS LIVE AFTER HIM". WE ARE INDEBTED TO JUDGE W.A. GRAHAM WHO PROVIDED THE EDITORS WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION. THE HERALD THANKS HIM. HE WAS BORN IN COLUMBIA COUNTY, GA JAN 29 1867 AND JOINED THE CHURCH IN EARLY YOUTH AND BECAME A LOCAL PREACHER BEFORE HE WAS TWENTY ONE YEARS OF AGE. HE JOINED THE SOUTH GEORGIA CONFERENCE IN 1879 AND HAS BEEN IN THE REGULAR ITENERANCY FILLING IMPORTANT CHARGE WITH GREAT ACCEPTABILITY AND EFFICIENCY. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/clay/obits/l/langston10384gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb