Echols-Lowndes-Clinch County GaArchives Obituaries.....Miller, Mariah Prescott July 5, 1899 ************************************************ 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: rose canon canonrose@insightbb.com and mary wilson marybw@vol.com April 5, 2006, 10:47 am Valdosta (GA) Times 15 Jul 1899 Mariah Prescott Miller Mrs. Mariah Miller, nee Prescott, is dead. The sweet gentle spirit of this old Mother in Israel fell asleep in the arms of Jesus on the 5th inst., at the home of one of her daughters, Mrs. George A. Carter, near Lake Park, in the 83rd year of her age. She was a consistent member of the Primitive Baptist Church for more than 50 years. Her gentle Christian spirt was of the highest type and to know her was to love her. She leaves two brothers yet living, Hon. J.P. Prescott, of Lake Park and R.T. Prescott, of Valdosta, and also four children living, Mrs. G.A. Carter, Mrs. Jefferson Prine, Mrs. Roll Roberts and a son out West and a host of relatives to mourn their loss but her eternal gain. Yes, her gentle Christian spirit is now basking in the sunshine of the glory of God, where she can forever slake her thirst in the beautiful river and behold the beauties of the Celestial City with its beautiful dome frosted with gems and sparkling beneath Heaven's sun. Her remains were entered at the cemetery at this place on the 6th inst., in the presence of a large concourse of relatives and friends all deeply sympathizing with the bereaved. The funeral ceremony was performed by Mr. T.C. Ham. J.E. Sharpe. Statenville, GA., July 8, 1899. Additional Comments: Mariah Prescott was a daughter of Moses and Susannah Prescott. Her first husband, Wiley T. Swilley, died in 1847. They had 4 children. She remarried to James E. Miller and had 3 more children. The 4 living listed in the obituary were Mary Jane Roberts (Mrs. Roland Roberts), Harriet Rebecca Miller (Mrs. Robert Jefferson Prine), and Susan Miller (Mrs. George A. Carter). The "son out west" may be Irwin Reason Swilley or George Miller, as yet undetermined. The obituary was written by James E. Sharpe, a longtime friend of the Prescotts and father-in-law of Mariah's niece, Harriet M. Prescott Sharpe. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/echols/obits/m/miller4044gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb