MARION COUNTY, GA - OBITS Fannie Thaggard Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Harris Hill http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002514 Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO MISS FANNIE THAGGARD Who was born in Marion Co., Ga. Nov. 19th , 1863 and died Nov. 2d, 1881; came to this state January, 1869. She professed religion and joined the Methodist Church in September, 1877. Thus the grim tyrant Death has again invaded our happy circle and ruthlessly torn from our midst Fannie Thaggard our pupil once, our co-laborer afterward, our loved friend always. ‘ Tis said “Death loves a shining mark. He certainly took sure aim at such ?? one when his fatal shaft struck the heart of our friend. Tis customary to praise the dead, but not in conformity to any such custom do we speak well of her; but we who knew her and loved her for her own worth, for her rare virtues, sweet disposition, kind heart, noble mind and gentle, patient spirit. Yes Fannie was good. How little do we appreciate such a one while with us. We never dreamed she in the bloom of maidenhood; not yet nineteen years old – so gifted, with bright talents, so healthy and vigorous in body as well as mind was doomed to die so soon. How it cut deeper then a two edged sword, when the news came so unexpectedly, “they think Fannie is dying.” She had not appeared very sick, we visited her frequently but never heard a murmur. Though confined to her bed about three weeks, she was perfectly rational and quiet until Saturday night before her death the following Wednesday night. That night she had aroused the family by her delirium and was never quiet again, until Death stilled the heart that throbbed, the finger that twitched, the eye that moved, the tongue that muttered incessantly for four days. Oh it was so hard to see her die; to know she was gone forever. Tis so hard to think now, when the school bell rings, and we all gather at its summons she won’t come too with her ever smiling face and cheerful air. She always desired as most of us do to be loved. If her angel spirit could have come or looked down upon the sad procession that attended her funeral, upon the weeping teachers, classmates, pupils, friends and relatives who looked for the last time upon her pale, sweet face and still form with her pretty white hands folded over her pulse less heart; if she, from that unknown realm, could have read the inscription of “Undying Love” on one large bouquet, could have seen upon anther the “Offering in memory of Miss Fannie by her Homer Class” besides others – if she could only have known by these little manifestations how we all loved her, she could have asked no more. “God knows best” “He doeth all things well” and “works in mysterious ways to His wonders to perform.” Fannie was always a good student. All that her teachers had to do was to let her know what they required, requested or even wished of her. She would cry bitterly if she imagined she had offended by the slightest act in deportment or imperfection in recitation: as a teacher she was so patient, good natured and kind to every on she won the respect and love of all the pupils, she seemed so gifted to do good in the world, to direct the aspirations and desires of others to higher, nobler and better aims, why did she have to lie down and die. While we cannot solve such dispensations of Providence, we must humbly submit and “pass under the rod” believing her bright, spirit is summering high on the Eternal Hill with her father, mother and other loved ones gone before. To her surviving brothers to whom she was devoted, this is a heavy blow. To them we say, strive to live as she wished. Remember all she ever said, for she desired you, as well as herself to be good and smart. Strive to meet her in the “Sweet Bye and Bye” where heart strains are never sad and the smile of God is the sunshine of her blissful home. Let us all bear in mind, she’s “ watching and waiting for us.” And now Fannie, to you we breath our last farewell. Much tenfold more, could we say and not express our feelings. We loved you while living and blessed you while dying, and will ever cherish your memory dead, as one of the best girls we ever knew; one of the brightest jewels in our casket of friends; one of the sweetest flowers in our life’s parterre. May the whispering zephyrs at eventide softly sing a requiem over the hallowed spot where lies your sacred dust and holy angels guard it ever more. Alma ????(unreadable) Atlanta, Texas Dec 1, 1881 NOTE: there is a Thaggood family listed in the 1870 Marion County census. pg 64 71 6 Thaggood David H 7 Georgia pg00064.txt 71 10 Thaggood George B 1 Georgia pg00064.txt 71 7 Thaggood John 32 Georgia pg00064.txt 71 5 Thaggood John W 10 Georgia pg00064.txt 71 2 Thaggood Lettice 48 N Carolina pg00064.txt 71 3 Thaggood Marshal 33 Georgia pg00064.txt 71 8 Thaggood Mary 21 Georgia pg00064.txt 71 4 Thaggood Rebecca 21 Georgia pg00064.txt 71 1 Thaggood William 64 N Carolina pg00064.txt