MONROE COUNTY, GA - OBITS  Algernon Decatur Jackson

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Obituary of ALGERNON DECATUR JACKSON, contributed by
Teressa Jackson, probably from the Monroe Advertiser
dated July 15, 1893.  

The son of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Jackson, died at their
residence near Cabaniss, on the 12th of June.  Deceased
was eighteen years old, a nobleman of robust, manly
frame and good habits, yet after a short weeks illness
his promising life was closed.  He was a dutiful son
and a universal favorite with his family and community.
Goodnatured, always cheerful, and naturally polite, he
won friends as he made acquaintances.  An energetic,
industrious youth, he loved and honored the farm, and
did not envy others their soft places in the cities.
He was buried in the family graveyard near the
residence  of his grandmother, Mrs. S. D. Jackson,
after funeral services by Rev. Jesse Mays.

In his last hours he said to the family, “he was going
home to stay and wanted them to go with him.”

He is the first one of thirty-three grand children Mrs.
Geo. A. Willis has lost.  Rarely, blessed that family,
surely goodness and mercy has followed them.  While we
mourn the death of the well beloved ---trust God by his
great – meet him at home and be together with Jesus
forever.  FRIEND