Newton County GaArchives Obituaries.....Wright, Mr. Columbus C. March 1891
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The Georgia Enterprise, April 2, 1891and May 28, 1891
DEATH OF Mr. C. C. Wright
     On Thursday last at 11 a. m., Mr. COLUMBUS C. WRIGHT, one of the oldest 
and best men in Newton County, died at the home of his son, Dr. _. B. Wright, 
in Covington. Aged about 79 years. For some time past he had been in feeble 
health, but until very recently he was up and about. Mr. Wright was a Christian 
gentleman and had been a consistent member of the Methodist Church for a long 
number of years. He was a Master Mason and loved the Order next to the Church. 
He was kind-hearted and benevolent, true to his family, his friends and his 
country. He was a man of high honor and unquestioned integrity. He lived right 
and he died right. He had time and time again expressed his willingness to meet 
his Lord and Master, and death for him was but the beginning of a new and 
better life. He leaves a wife, children, grandchildren and many loved ones here 
and elsewhere to mourn his departure. The funeral services were held in the 
Methodist Church here Friday. Presiding Elder R. J. Bigham, delivered an 
appropriate oration on the life and character of this good and true man. His 
Masonic brethren took charge of the body and carried it to Oxford where it was 
laid to rest with Masonic Honors in the family section of the town cemetery. 
Peace to the memory and rest to the soul of our dear departed friend.
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The Georgia Enterprise, May 28, 1891
Tribute of Respect
To the W. M. and Warden of Golden Fleece Lodge NO. 6 F. A. M.
     Again are we called upon to mourn the loss of one of our members. Death 
has again invaded our ranks; again has the Mystic Circle been broken, another 
link _____  from the chain that links our hearts in fraternal love and 
sympathy. This time the dread enemy took from our number one of our oldest, 
truest, and most devoted members. One ripe in years and rich in Christian 
experience, whose life imparted splendid illustration of the principles of our 
order.
     When COLUMBUS C. WRIGHT heard and answered the summons of the Grand Master 
to sever his connection with the Subordinate and to unite with the Grand Lodge 
above, earth became poorer, heaven richer.
     It is no unmerited tribute to his memory to declare that, in all the 
relations of life, he was true, honest and faithful. He practiced, in his daily 
walk, the principal tenets of Masonry. He was a true man, a devoted husband, 
fond father, an earnest and devout Christian. No higher eulogy could be passed 
upon his character. May the membership of this lodge catch the inspiration of 
his simple, trusting faith, his purity of life, and his faithful devotion to 
our principles.
     We submit the following resolutions as expressive of our sorrow for its 
death, and our appreciation of his virtues:
     Resolved 1st. That in the death of Bro. Wright our lodge has lost a 
faithful and devoted member, and our order one of its best and brightest 
exemplars.
     2nd. That these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of our lodge, and 
that a copy be furnished the family, of our deceased brother.
     3rd. That our lodge be draped in the usual emblems of mourning.
     Respectfully submitted.
W. P. ANDERSON, J. A. WRIGHT, J. G. LESTER, Committee


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