Mitchell County GaArchives Obituaries.....Wingate, Rosier July 1909
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The Camilla Enterprise June 16, 1909

Mr. Rosier Wingate Claimed by death

A prominent farmer and citizen succumbed after a long and useful life.  Last 
Sunday evening at about 9 o’clock, the inevitable hand of death was laid upon 
one of Mitchell County’s oldest and most venerable citizens and the soul of Mr. 
Rosier Wingate was transplanted from the bed of pain and suffering on this 
earth to that eternal city whose maker and builder is God.  The end came not 
unexpectedly, for Mr. Wingate had been sinking slowly for the past two weeks or 
more, and although the entire community was saddened by the announcement, it 
had been expected for several days.

Mr. Wingate was stricken with paralysis last February and since that time has 
not been able to leave his bed.  The ravages of disease and the natural 
infirmatives of old age made the fight a hopeless one from the time he was 
first stricken, nevertheless, children grandchildren, relatives and friends 
gathered about the sufferer’s couch and no loving ministration was overlooked 
or medical skill neglected that tended to make his passing less painful.  

Mr. Wingate was one of the oldest settlers of this section and has been counted 
one of the county’s best citizens longer than many of us can remember.  He was 
a devout member of the Camilla Baptist Church and has always, as long as health 
permitted, taken an active part in the up building of that institution.  He was 
a plain man, unostentatious and true, who lived according to his belief and 
practiced his religion in everyday life.  A man who always had a lot to do and 
little to say who carried out his promise to the letter and whose honor and 
integrity remained unblemished and unquestioned throughout his long residence.  
His faith in God was unshakable and he died like he had lived - sure of his  
ground and content with the fight he had made.

Mr. Wingate was born in North Carolina 80 years ago and moved to Georgia when 
quite young.  When the war began he joined Company A (Capt. John A. Davis) 
Eighth Georgia Cavalry, which was a part of Derring’s Brigade.  He saw 4 years 
of hard service in Virginia and North Carolina, and was seriously wounded while 
on picket duty at Nause River, near Washington N.C., the bullet ranging from 
near his mouth down through his shoulder.  After the war, he returned to this 
county and has since been rated one of our most successful farmers.

The funeral services were conducted at the Baptist Church in this city last 
Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock by the pastor Rev. B.W. Davis, who after reading 
a brief passage of scripture, dwelt entirely upon the character of the deceased 
and the fine Christian example he had set for the community.   The interment 
was made at the new cemetery in the family burial plot.

Mr. Wingate leaves an aged wife, Martha Ann Wingate, and four children, Messrs. 
Ransom and L.G. Wingate and Mrs. Thos. Mulford, all of this county, and Mrs. 
John Hall of Worth County, besides a number of grandchildren and great 
grandchildren to mourn his death.

The Enterprise joins the host of friends who feel deeply the community’s loss 
and extends sympathy to the bereaved family and relatives.


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