Grady County GaArchives Obituaries.....Rawls, Hattie 1919
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The Cairo Messenger, Friday, August 1, 1919
Tribute Paid to Miss Hattie Rawls by Rosebud Grove

Sovereigns: We gather here today in the shadow of gloom, with hearts laden with 
sorrow, to pay our tribute of affectionate respect to the memory of our beloved 
Sovereign, Hattie Rawls, who has passed into the Great Beyond, from among the 
shadows into His Presence who said, "Come unto me, all ye that are heavy laden, 
and I will give you rest."  Surely our departed Sovereign needed rest for she 
had suffered long.

Miss Hattie united with this Grove in March 1918, and our Grove was honored to 
have her name enrolled among its members.  She was a consistent church member 
of Pearce Chapel.  She was a dutiful daughter, an affectionate sister, a 
devoted friend, and untiring nurse, giving her best to all whom she 
ministered.  Not only Miss Hattie's family but the entire community has 
suffered a great loss, but in our loss we can measure her gain.

The highest praise we can offer to our departed Beloved Sovereign is our 
conception of her merits, our affectionate gratitude for her labors and 
service.  Her memory is safe forevermore, for so long shall we cherish in 
fondest recollection the name of Hattie Rawls.

Wherefore be it Resolved: That a copy of this tribute to her memory be entered 
upon the minutes of our Grove, that future generations may rise and call her 
blessed, and that we shall ever keep her example before us and following in her 
footsteps so live that we can say:

There is no death.  What seems so is transition.  This life of mortal breath is 
but the suburb of Life's Elysian, whose portal we call death but which is the 
gateway to Paradise.
July 26th, Rosebud Grove 139,
Cairo, Ga.  

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