Newton County GaArchives Obituaries.....Samuel Murphy June 30 1909
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The Covington News, Aug. 11, 1909

In Memoriam
  Samuel Murphy was born in Chester district, South Carolina, January 14,
1822; came to make his home in Georgia in 1827. Death claimed his father
while he was still small, and he suffered many hardships in assisting his 
mother to raise her four small children.
  On June 6, 1848, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Posey, who walked the
journey of life by his side for sixty two years, and still survives. Eight
children were born to them, two of whom preceded him to the better world.
  He enlisted in the Confederate army in 1863, and was a faithful soldier
all through its bitter seige, and to his dying day he never lost his love
for the "dear old Southern army." He was converted early in life and 
united with the Methodist church, where he was ever a consistent and loyal
member.
  On the morning of June 30, 1909, he peacefully fell asleep to wake in
that bright land above. On July 1st his body was tenderly laid to rest in
Hopewell Cemetery, near the spot  where his school days were spent.
  He was a kind and affectionate father, a gentle and loving husband, and
almost his last words were words of praise for his faithful and devoted 
wife, though bent with age and the cares of life was always beautiful in
his sight. May the loving Savior comfort her bleeding heart in this sad
hour.
  We feel that he has not lived in vain, and now a precious soul has gone
to its reward,and though we shed tears of sorrow as we gaze for the last
time upon thy marble brow, still we would not call thee back to this world
of sin and suffering, but say, "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord,"
and hope to meet thee in that happy land where pain nor death ever come.
A LOVED ONE

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