Pike County GaArchives Obituaries.....Milner, Nancy Bowland December 16, 1918
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Family Bible
SAINTLY WOMAN PASSES AWAY
Mrs. Nancy Bowland Milner, widow of the late Jonathan J. Milner, died Monday
near Concord, at the home of Messrs. D.R. and R.A. Milner, and Miss Lillie
Milner, her children, with whom she had long made her home. The funeral service
was held Monday afternoon from the Baptist church in Concord, after which the
body was interred in the family cemetery at the home of the late George W.
Milner, near Zebulon.

Rev. L.P. Glass, her pastor, who conducted the service, made a most appropriate
and impressive talk, paying a tender tribute to the remarkable character of this
pioneer woman. She was born March 14, 1834, so that she was 84 years old, and as
the speaker stated, two such lives would reach back to the very beginning of the
government of the United States. She was married to Jonathan J. Milner in 1853,
who died about 8 years ago. She was the mother of 15 children, 11 of whom still
survive her. She joined the church in 1854 and during the long years which have
followed she developed a remarkably fine, sweet Christian character, which made
her life a benediction to all who came under its influence, to which her pastor
bore testimony.

Mrs. Milner was an aunt of Mrs. Robert Mitchell of Barnesville. The people of
the county will extend much sympathy to the members of the family who will miss
her in the flesh.


Additional Comments:
Obituary found tucked between pages of family Bible owned by Claire Milner (Mrs.
Jim) Owen, deceased, of Concord, Pike County, GA. Name of newspaper unknown.
Dates on gravestone at Milner family cemetery: 14 March 1834 - 16 December 1918

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