Grady County GaArchives Obituaries.....Mitchell, Carl Beeman August 17 1909
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The Cairo Messenger, Friday, August 20, 1909
Carl Mitchell Laid To Rest
The funeral of Carl Beeman Mitchell, who died at his late residence, in Cairo, 
Tuesday, August 17th, was held at the Methodist church the same afternoon.  
Although the notice given was very brief, because of the need of moving the 
body to his former home in the country, the attendance was very large, chairs 
being necessary to accommodate the audience.

While the church bell was tolling, the corpse was met at the door by Revs. 
Towson and Harris who preceded it to the front of the chancel, while the 
scripture used on such occasion was read by Mr. Towson.

After an impressive rendering of "Nearer My God To Thee," by the choir, a very 
touching prayer was offered by Dr. Harris.  A lesson from 1 Corinthians xv:20-
58, was then read, after which Mr. Towson delivered a brief sermon from the 
text: "The days of his youth has Thou shortened."  After a short discussion of 
the providence involved in this death and a brief analysis of the life and 
character of Carl, the speaker closed with an earnest appeal to the living that 
they would lay this dispensation of God's providence to heart.

The remains were then carried to the Mitchell home, where Carl spent his last 
night at the old place, and the next day, in the afternoon, in the presence of 
many relatives and friends of this splendid boy and promising youth, Revs. Mr. 
Towson and G. W. Jordan, of Metcalf, laid him away in "the old Mitchell 
cemetery" to sleep till the resurrection of the just.  Although the weather was 
distressingly warm and the distance rather great, several friends went to the 
burial.  Others were prevented by illness.

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