Heard County GaArchives Obituaries.....Cheeves, Lucy [Mrs. Thomas] May 23, 1880
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"The Carroll County Times"
Carrollton, Carroll Co., Georgia

NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, JUNE 4, 1880

IN MEMORIAM OF MRS. LUCY CHEEVES

Mrs. Lucy Cheeves, wife of Thos. Cheeves of Heard county, Georgia, after 
three months suffering, departed this life on the 23rd of May 1880. She had 
been a devoted member of the Baptist church about seven years and seldom 
ever failed being at her meetings and raising her voice in singing praises 
to her God. Oh, how sad will the members of Providence church feel when they 
see her seat vacant and one of the sweetest chords of music lost, but we 
feel that our loss is her eternal gain. Strange and mysterious are the ways 
of God in dealing with his creatures. But the Lord knows what is best for 
his children, and would have them go through the valley of the shadow of 
death before they see that Celestial City.

Mrs. Cheeves left a bright manifestation of her future happiness. While on 
her deathbed she said the good Lord had made her bed soft, and christ-like. 
Oh how consoling it is that we again may strike hands with her in that house 
not made by hands, eternally in the Heavens.

"Her cheeks with health did richly bloom,

when sickness seized them fast,

To drag her body to the tomb,

where suffering all is past.

A mother was there to raise her head,

no father to be at her side,

a brother and sister were 'round the bed,

when lovely Lucy died.

A husband over the bed did mourn,

when silver was laid upon her eyes,

for she from his breast was torn,

and carried far beyond the skies.

Eye hath not seen nor ere heard,

the joys christ did reveal

for Lucy loved to keep His word,

and often in prayer would kneel.

Now, bereaved, we will ever pray,

that we may enter in,

by the strait and narrow way,

that leads from death and sin. " T.M.R.


Additional Comments:
1880 - U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedule 
Name: Mrs. Licy Cheaves 
Gender: Female  
Race: White  
Marital Status: Married  
Place of Birth: Georgia  
Estimated birth year: abt 1850  
Age: 30  
Month of Death: May 
Cause of Death: Dysmenorrdea  
Place of Death: Carroll, Georgia 

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