Pike County  Georgia Obits  Dr. J.A. Williams

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The Pike County Journal
Zebulon, Pike County, Georgia: January 29, 1892

Dr. Williams
Concord, January 27, 1892

Again the angel of death has been in our midst and
carried away one of our most respected and beloved
citizens, Dr. J.A. Williams. Last Friday morning at 9
o’clock while many of his relatives and friends were
gathered around his bed side he died as one going to
sleep - with a smile on his face. He was confined to his
bed twelve weeks and bore his sufferings very sedately
and with great fortitude. He realized soon after he was
taken [ill] that he was sick unto death and expressed a
willingness to go at God’s command. Only a few days
before his death he begged his children, brothers and
sisters to remain with him until his death, which he said
would come sure and soon.

To know Dr. Williams was to love him. For a number of
years he has been a consistent member of the Methodist
church. He was allways [sic] ready to help the poor and
comfort the distressed. On the 18th of last August he was
70 years of age. In 1847 he was united in marriage to
Miss Fannie Moreland at her home three miles south of
Greenville, Ga. Soon after their marriage they moved to
Pike where they have lived since that time. He was for a
long time a correspondent of your paper and was well
known in that capacity. Rev. Mr. Hamlin preached his
funeral at the Methodist church last Saturday morning at
11 o’clock, after which his remains were laid to rest in
the Concord cemetery. He leaves a sorrowing wife and two
loving children, several brothers and sisters to mourn
his death.
-A Friend

(Transcribed 9/11/02 Lynn B. Cunningham)