Newton County GaArchives Obituaries.....Anderson C. Jones April 18 1907
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The Enterprise, July 19, 1907
In Loving Memory of Anderson C. Jones
  This lovely boy of eighteen summers departed this life April 18th, 1907, at
the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Jones, of near Starrsville, Ga.
For some time it was thought to be a case of suicide, and the news spread far
and wide; but no mortal eye saw the fatal act, and from surrounding evidence
and by a thorough and careful investigation in the matter, it is believed now
that he came to his death by the explosion of a gun which fell from the shallow
rack, while hastily reaching for his hat to respond to the call of friends just
driving to the gate.
  Capie was a model boy, and his father and mother were justly proud of him. Of
a mild, lovable and loving disposition, he was the favorite of the family;
esteemed and respected by all who knew him, and for his years, very successful
in business transactions, giving promise of a future life of usefulness. With a 
father ever ready to help him, no financial troubles, no love affair (as 
reported) with a bright, perceptive mind and a prosperous future before him
and without any cause whatever, we cannot believe he would have sought that
most sacred of places-a mother's room- where so oft during his infant years
she held him in warm embrace, rocked by the beating of her heart, wisely 
counciling him through all his growing years, see fit to take his life at the 
instigation of his hand. The act was too rash for one so good and true, so young
and tender-hearted, for he it was who, with an aching heart, stood by the 
bedside of a stricken sister, weeping over her as her precious life seemed 
suspended by a slender thread and hopes of her recovery almost gone; and the 
still small voice whispering so plainly as to be almost inaudible to his weeping
mothers ears, sending a calm and sweet peace of mind with the soothing words;
"Don't grieve for your boy, dear mamma, I am better off now," is an evidence
too plain to pass lightly by.
  We are of the belief that only a person of unbalanced mind, suffering with
dementia, despondent, brooding over some grievous trouble or physical ailment,
would have rashly committed such an awful act at the time and place upon the
impulse of the moment.
  My heart fails and my pen falters when I think of the grief stricken ones and 
the home that was once happy.
  Our darling has gone and like the flowers, fit emblems of the resurrection,
his brief season is over and he is laid low by the frosts of death, where he
shall only sleep for awhile, and we trust and hope to awaken in glory.
  Amid a large concourse of friends and loved ones he was gently laid to rest
in the Starrsville cemetery, and our sad hearts go out in much sorrow and 
sympathy for the bereaved.
We trust our boy is now at rest,
His ransom soul forever blest;
But our Hearts will twine around
The spot that holds his new mound.
Away from those he loved he lies,
Forever hid from mortal eye.
Oh, Father! Savior, Oh, my God!
We bow, we bend, we kiss the sod.
R. A. G.
Gladesville, Ga.

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