Newton County GaArchives Obituaries.....Mrs. Martha Hyer November 20 1895
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Georgia Enterprise, Nov. 28, 1895
MRS. MARTHA HYER
  Mrs. Martha Hyer died at her home in Covington on Wednesday afternoon,
Nov. 20, 1895. She was one of the best and gentlest ladies in the county
and was beloved and esteemed by all who knew her. She devoted her long life
to deed of kindness and mercy. The poor and needy always found in her a friend
and helper. She leaves a devoted daughter, (Mrs. J. W. Worsham), and several
loving sons to lament her death and to treasure her sweet memory. Besides
these she has many relatives and friends, here and elsewhere, who mourn in
sorrow her departure. Mrs. Hyer has lived in Covington and Newton county
almost all her life and has been a true and loyal member of the Methodist
church for a long number of years. On Thursday her remains were buried in the
family section in the Oxford cemetery. The funeral services were conducted by
Rev. Dr. Morgan Callaway. At the time of her death she was about 75 years
old.

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