Polk County GaArchives Obituaries.....W. C. McCurdy January 22 1902 ************************************************ 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: W. Stephens wend@bellsouth.net April 20, 2004, 10:06 am Cedartown Standard, Cedartown, GA., February 13, 1902 W. C. McCurdy, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. McCurdy, was born March 30, 1893, and departed this life January 22, 1902. Clarence, considering his age, was a model boy. He loved his Sunday school, especially his teacher and class. His greatest delight was reading his Bible, and songs and other religious books. He bore his affliction in patience, showing much Christian fortitude. He said the Lord sent his angel with the summons to come up higher, and gladly received the message. Calling his parents and friends to his bed, he told them that Jesus was coming after him. He talked incessantly for two hours about the beauties of heaven and his desire to go there. His mother asked him not to talk, but he said it did not weary him, for he had looked through the pearly gates of heaven and that there was no sorrow, pain or parting there. He selected three special hymns for them to sing, "The Unclouded Day," "I have a Home Over Yonder," and "I Will Meet You, Brother, Meet You," and he asked his parents and friends to live Christian lives, and asked forgiveness of all if he had done them wrong. He took his own handkerchief and wiped the tears from his mother’s eyes, and then kissed his parents and friends good-bye, and asked them to meet him in heaven. Then he asked them to sing him to sleep, and closed his eyes and feel asleep— blessed sleep, in the arms of Jesus. We sympathize with the bereaved parents, and exhort them to put their trust in God, and meet little Clarence in the sweet by and by, where he has gone. (A Friend) (Cedartown Standard, February 13, 1902) This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb