Marion County GaArchives Obituaries.....Nelson, F.G. March 1901
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The Marion County Patriot, March 8, 1901
The Marion County Patriot, No. 10
March 8, 1901
Page Three

Mr. F.G. Nelson Dead

Buena Vista and Marion County has been made sad by the death of one of her 
truest and best citizens, who breathed his last Monday night at about 9 o’clock 
and his immortal spirit winged its flight to God whom he so delighted to serve 
while on earth.

The physicians exhausted medical material in an effort to save him from mortal 
death, relatives and kind friends did all in their power to alleviate suffering 
by gentle and patient nursing and to carry out the will of the physicians, but 
all to no purpose as the fangs of the disease had fastened themselves too 
firmly to be eradicated by mortal means.

Mr. Nelson had been in bad health for a year or more, and his family physician, 
Dr. Wesley Jefferson, says the disease which caused his death and which had 
been gradually growing on him was acute yellow atrophy of the liver, a very 
uncommon disease but a fatal one.

In his death Buena Vista and Marion County has lost one of her best and most 
useful citizens, a man who held offices of trust and honor and did his duty 
wherever he found it; the Buena Vista Methodist church loses one of her most 
consecrated and earnest workers, where he was a good Christian worker as a 
member of the board of stewards and as a teacher of the Bible class at the 
Sunday school, in which he delighted so much to serve his Master and whose 
place will be hard to fill; his family, to whom he was greatly devoted, has 
lost a kind and affectionate husband and father, but they have the comforting 
consolation that he died as he had lived, in the faith of his blessed Redeemer.

Loving hands brought many flowers and placed them on the casket, but the 
prettiest thing in this line was a floral offering from his Sunday school 
class, “Gates Ajar.”  It was built upon a wire frame with a base and an arch 
and this was covered with the rarest flowers.  Under the arch was a golden gate 
left ajar.  This floral offering was both pretty and appropriate and showed the 
esteem in which he was held by his Sunday school class.

The funeral services were conducted at the church at 2:30 o’clock Tuesday 
afternoon, Rev. R.L. Wiggins preaching the funeral sermon.  The church was 
filled until all the available standing room was occupied, a fitting 
testimonial as to the love and esteem in which he was held by the people of 
Buena Vista and surrounding country.

After the sermon all that was mortal of this good man was laid to rest in the 
cemetery and we will see his face no more on earth.

Besides the presence of his immediate family he had three brothers here during 
his last illness and death, Mr. J.P. Nelson, of Oglethorpe, Mr. Will Nelson, of 
Talbotton and Mr. Wick Nelson, of Eatonton.

To the bereaved family we extend our heart-felt sympathy in this time of their 
great sorrow.

The Marion County Patriot, No. 10
March 8, 1901
Page Three

Card of Thanks

We desire to take this opportunity to express to our friends our sincere thanks 
for their kindnesses during the last illness of Mr. Nelson and we especially 
invite the prayers of all Christian people in this our irreparable loss.

Mrs. Nelson and Family

The Marion County Patriot, No. 10
March 8, 1901
Page Three

The bank closed Tuesday on account of the death of Mr. F.G. Nelson, he having 
been a faithful director in that institution for several years.



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