Marion County GaArchives Obituaries.....Martin, Reese Maulden December 12, 1907
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The Marion County Patriot, December 20, 1907
The Marion County Patriot, No. 49
Friday, December 20, 1907
Page Five

Mr. Reese Martin, living near Glenalta, went to Columbus one day last week and 
that night after returning home, was taken sick with congestion of the stomach 
and bowels and died in a few hours.  Drs. Weaver and McMichael were called but 
arrived too late to save him.

The Marion County Patriot, No. 51
Friday, January 3, 1908
Page Ten

A Tribute of Respect

Of the many noble traits of character of Reese Maulden Martin, son of Mr. and 
Mrs. W.W. Martin, who died at Curran in this county, Dec. 12, age 22 years and 
6 months, much could be said.  His friends and admirers were numbered by his 
acquaintances with the young and old.  As his teacher we had the best of 
opportunity to study his exceptional qualities of head and heart.  In his early 
teens we knew him in that close relationship.  Always pleasant with his 
schoolmates, ever respectful and obedient to those whose duty it was to direct 
his footsteps in the ways of right and “teach the young idea how to shoot.”    
During study hours and at play the same manly deportment marked “the even tenor 
of his way.”  And, while we bow to the will of Him who doeth all things 
well, “we weep that one so lovely should have a life so brief.”

It is said that death loves a shining mark.  How beautifully was this 
exemplified in the passing of this harmless young man.

Near where we first knew him in his boyhood’s sunny days, his remains were laid 
in Brantley cemetery, that cold December day “when the forest casts its leaf.”  
And though

No marble marks his couch of lowly sleep,
Living statutes there are seen to weep;
Affliction’s semblances bends not o’er his tomb,
Affliction’s self deplores his youthful doom.

G.W. Huff


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