Polk County GaArchives Obituaries.....Cornelius Smith 1918
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Cedartown Standard, Thursday, November 14, 1918
Cornelius Smith, Among the noble sons of Georgia who sailed from our peaceful 
shores on the ill-fated Otranto was one from our midst, gallant Cornelius 
Smith. He could not be a slacker, and his country found him ready when overseas 
there came a pleading, "Help a nation in distress." His whole soul fired with 
patriotism, and he volunteered his service. He could not see other young men 
fighting his countries battles and say, "I have no part with you." Cornelius 
was a young soldier only nineteen years old the 17th of February last. On the 
27th of February, 1916, he and Miss Annie Clyde Berry were united in marriage, 
a fitting climax for their happy school days. A little son was given them on 
July 28, 1917. A happier home than was this little family’s was never my lot to 
visit, an industrious and frugal little wife so proud of her household, a 
devoted husband and fond father. Life seems made for their sweet 
pleasure. "Twas to keep the tyranny of the Hun from such homes he made the 
sacrifice. Cornelius joined the Baptist church at Shiloh in August 1916, and 
led an exemplary life. One who knew him more intimately than I said to me: "I 
believe Cornelius was a Christian, yea, I know it." What a comforting thought 
to leave. Our hearts are filled with sympathy for the heart-broken wife and 
little babe that was only fourteen months old at its father’s death; also for 
his grief-stricken parents and only sister. Thank God you had a hero to give to 
freedom’s cause, while he sleeps the sleep that knows no waking. We know how 
more than vain words are to stricken hearts. We hope that you look in this dad 
hour of distress to a Divine Comforter. In that sweet tomorrow there will be a 
reunion that knows no parting. (Cedartown Standard, Thursday, November 14, 
1918) 


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