Decatur County GaArchives Obituaries.....Joseph Henry  King April 5 1921
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The Post-Searchlight, Thursday, April 12, 1921.  Bainbridge, Decatur Co., GA 

Death Of Mr. Joe King Last Tuesday.

His Remains Were Entered In The Cloud Cemetery At Spring Creek

The Death Angel visited the home of Mr. Hugh King on last Tuesday morning, 
April 5, at 5 o'clock and plucked one of their sweetest flowers, which brought 
much grief and sorrow to them and their many friends.  Joe was born April 13th, 
1900, and lived and died in the same community, never being absent for even one 
week.  He was converted in early life and joined the Freewill Baptist church 
and there remained a loyal member until death.  He possed the requisites that 
make a pure man; he was honest, truthful, generous kindhearted and forgiving to 
all who knew him.  He was ever ready to forgive those who brought him injury 
and truly loved his kindred and friends and ever aided those who needed his 
assistance, even at the cost of self-denial.  He was steadfast in his views 
whatever he believed to be right; he tried to do.  He was the embodiment of 
honor and it has been said that in honest man is the noblest work of God.

He was an earnest and obedient child to his parents and continued so all 
through life.  And earnestly praying for God to take care of his father and his 
little brothers and sisters.  While Joe's mother proceeded him just one month, 
he still remembered her and said she visited his bed in his last hours; and 
said that he loved his mother to good for him to ask God to spare his life.  
While he would plead with God and ask others to pray for him, he didn't ask God 
to spare his life.  So we must feel contented that he was willing to go and 
meet his dear Saviours and live with his precious mother in that beautiful home 
above, where parting comes no more.  While every medical will was done and all 
that loving hands could render.  But God loved him best.

While Joe made so many changes and everybody hoping the next one would be for 
the better, but it seemed as if God was letting him suffer it all for some 
great purpose.  He bore all his misery with great fortitude and continued 
faithfully praying and begging God to bless his family.  And we feel sure that 
he was ready to go.  As he would call in his weak voice for Papa to come and he 
would tell him he had to leave and he wanted to pray.  While we know it seems 
so hard to give him up and to think of his empty chair we know that home cannot 
be borne internal without him, but we must remember that God knows best, and he 
never puts burdens on us too great for us to bear.

It is so hard for us to realize that he is gone, but we have the sweetest 
assurance that he is at rest, and waiting for us on that blissful shore, where 
parting is unknown.

He leaves a father, several sisters and brothers, whom we deeply sympathize 
with in his great loss.  His remains were interred in the Cloud Cemetery on 
Spring Creek.

__ weep not father, brothers and sisters for Joe is at rest.

Source:  The Post - Searchlight Volume 7, Number 2 Bainbridge, Ga., Thursday, 
April 14, 1921.

Additional Comments:
Joseph Henry King was born 10 April 1900 and died 05 April 1921, son of Hugh 
Saxton King and Elizabeth E. "Lizzie" Cloud.

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