Newton County GaArchives Obituaries.....Verna May Ivey February 27 1909
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The Covington News, March 10, 1909

A Sad Death
  On Saturday night, February 27th, the grim reaper, death ,came and took from
our midst one of the brightest and most beloved pupils, little Verna May Ivey.
  She had been confined to her room for seven weeks when the summons came for 
her to go to her heavenly home. At times her suffering was intense, but during
her long illness she was cheerful and patient, and at the end she was resigned.
Her last words were, "I am dying, but do not tell mama and papa. They do not
want me to go, but-yes Lord I'll go.
  At the time of her death she was thirteen years and eleven days old. She
entered school here at a very early age and became at once the favorite of
the teachers. She always made a fine record in her studies. Had she been able
to attend school till the time of her death she would have been promoted to
the seventh grade.
  All that could be done for her relief was done but human skill could not
prevail over the ravages of her disease and loved ones and friends had at
last to give her up to the care of the Great Physician who cures all sickness
of both body and soul and we have the assurance that now she is resting free 
from her pain.
  She was laid to rest in the cemetery at Red Oak church on Sunday afternoon,
February 28th. Possibly one of the largest crowds that ever attended a funeral
in this community were present. Amid a large congregation of her friends and
loved ones the funeral services were conducted by Rev. ? C. Mixon and Rev
L. F. Herring.
  A very touching scene was a body of more than a hundred of the Mixon pupils,
her own class mates and friends weeping as if some of their little hearts
would break, acted as an escort of the body to the grave.

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