Pike-Spalding County GaArchives Obituaries.....Ione Johnson June 4 1887 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lynn Cunningham lcunnin1@bellsouth.net and Jena Bradley jenaron@charter.net February 22, 2004, 1:50 pm Unknown Publication IN MEMORIAM Little Ione Johnson, Who Died June the 4th, 1887. It was my sad duty to bury on last Sunday afternoon, little Ione Johnson, the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, of Stearnsville. Little Ione was just eleven months old, and died Saturday afternoon, June 4th at 2 o'clock. As I first saw her some two months ago, with her chubby arms twined round her mother's neck, and her pretty soft cheek pressed against her mother's face, her sunny eyes glancing with love and mirth and mischief, I thought her the brightest, prettiest, sweetest baby I had ever seen. What a change when I next saw the precious little one, with a burning fever upon her, sighing with pain, and gasping for breath, it was more than I could bear. I could not see her die. It was indeed a sad, bitter hour to that mother and father when the last faint flickering gleam of life and hope went out together, and the little cheek lay cold and pallid on the pillow, and all was over. There came rest at last, rest for the suffering little one. No more burning fever, no more throes of agony, no more sighs and wailings - all was rest. The pleading eyes were closed in death, and the little dimpled hands, now cool and white, were folded for the dreamless sleep. I saw little Ione again; a bright Sabbath morning when the calm sunshine streamed through the window shone soft and mellow on the marble features of the dead, and the little one all unconscious of the day's return, lay dressed for the last time, dressed in spotless white, and dressed for the tomb. And then, too, I saw the mother and father press their last fond kiss upon the pallid lips that gave no answering sign of love. The coffin closed upon the fruit of all their day, and weeks of pain and toil and love and labor, and the grave concealed it from their tearful eyes, and they wept with a great sorrow, and went back to their home with a mighty, choking grief lying dark and heavy on their hearts. It was sad, so sad. But there are pleasant thoughts connected with little graves. Think what a safe place the little grave is. Temptations never come there. Sins never pollute there. Tears, pains, disappointments, bereavements, trials, cares and snares are all unknown in that silent resting place. And then, mother, Jesus has the keys to that little grave, and he will keep your treasure safely. No mother's heart is ever anxious about a child that is laid in the little grave. No prayers of anguish go up for it, as for those tossed by the stems of passion, sunk in the whirlpool of vice, or lost in the wide wilderness of sin and sorrow. There is now no need of chiding, reproving, watching, restraining. The chief shepherd bears little Ione on his on bosom, and she is forever safe. And though she may not return to you, yet you can go to her, and meet her in the sunshine of the everlasting morning, in the gladness of the bright eternal home. - E. Additional Comments: Contributed by Jena Bradley 2/5/2004 [Transcribed from Newspaper clipping kept in Louie Williams Johnson's Family Bible, ca 1883, by Bill Grubbs 1/31/04] Louise (aka Louie) Uriah Williams, the daughter of Virginia C. Askew and John Clem Williams, married Reese C. Johnson in 1883. Does anyone know the location of ““Stearnsville, GA”” which is near Zebulon, GA & what became of it – did it become Williamson? **1880 GA Census Records Spalding County, GA (provided by LDS) Virginia WILLIAMS Self W Female W 48 GA Dress Maker GA GA Louie WILLIAMS Dau S Female W 19 GA School Teacher GA GA John C. WILLIAMS Son S Male W 16 GA Clerk In Store GA GA * Does anyone know what happened to this Son - JOHN C. WILLIAMS? Source Information: Census Place Griffin, Spalding, Georgia Family History Library Film 1254165 NA Film Number T9-0165 Page Number 376C *Reese C. Johnson was the son of Francis Matilda McNeely and Handy W. Washington of Spalding County, GA. H. W. JOHNSON Self M Male W 63 GA Farmer NC NC Francis JOHNSON Wife M Female W 56 SC Keeping House SC SC R. C. JOHNSON Son S Male W 24 GA Works On Farm GA SC M. S. JOHNSON Son S Male W 21 GA Works On Farm GA SC John B. JOHNSON Son S Male W 18 GA Works On Farm GA SC L. Ella JOHNSON Dau S Female W 16 GA At Home GA SC Pleasant ... JOHNSON Son S Male W 13 GA Works On Farm GA SC Source Information: Census Place Limecreek, Spalding, Georgia -- Question: Does anyone know if this is this actually "Line Creek"? Family History Library Film 1254165 NA Film Number T9-0165 Page Number 354A This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 5.0 Kb