Pike-Lamar County GaArchives Obituaries.....James E. Patterson November 6 1900
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The Pike County Journal. Zebulon, Pike County, Georgia, November 16, 1900

An Obituary

Mr. James Patterson, the subject of this sketch was a native of Pike County. He 
parted this life surrounded by his family and friends, at his home near Orchard 
Hill, Ga., November 6, 1900

Death is always sad, but the death of the young just entering on life, in the 
midst of his strength, before age made slow his footstep or chilled the warmth 
of his heart or dimmed the sparkles of his eye, surrounded by the hills and 
sunshine of his own native land, this is grief beyond the power of words to 
describe.

Mr. Patterson was a diligent and conscientious man and by his uniform kindness 
won the esteem and confidence of all who knew him. On his death bed, so an 
uncle Rev. J.Q. Buffington informs me, he gave every assurance of the 
genuineness of his repentance and said again and again that God for Christ’s 
sake had pardoned all his sins. His death was calm and serene, and as beautiful 
as the going down of the sun, now appropriate to sing at the grave, “Over in 
the soul’s bright clime.” Thank God for the hope of meeting again!

May the widow’s friend and the orphan’s God care for sister Patterson and her 
three fatherless children. - G.W. Farr

(Transcribed 10/10/03 Lynn Cunningham)

Additional Comments:
At Griffin Cemetery, Lamar County, Georgia:
Patterson, J.E., b. 11 Jan. 1867, d. 6 Nov. 1900

James Patterson was a son of John M. Patterson and Nancy Ann Buffington.

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