Polk County GaArchives Obituaries.....Ethel  McArver 1918
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.(Cedartown Standard, Thursday, December 12, 1918)
The entire community was both grieved and shocked to hear of the death of dear 
little Ethel McArver. We know that "In the midst of life is death," and yet it 
is hard to understand why one so young and fair should be taken. We know, too, 
that "God doeth all things well," so we must trust Him, and some sweet day we 
shall see and know and understand. Our dear Master had work for her to do in 
His mansion beyond the skies, so He took our darling where she will never know 
sorrow or pain again. Ethel was of a cheerful unselfish, sunny disposition, and 
made the world brighter wherever she went. She had a way of making friends, and 
all who knew her loved her. She was a great lover of all the beautiful things 
that God hath made. Especially was she fond of music and flowers. The sweet 
flowers we put on her grave represent her life, for the rose is always plucked 
when it is the loveliest. This will be a sad Christmas for those who loved her, 
for our hearts are bowed down with grief; but it will be the happiest Christmas 
of all for our darling, for she will be gathered around the Father’s throne 
singing "Peace on earth, good will to men" with its true meaning, for her life 
up yonder is just beginning.(Cedartown Standard, Thursday, December 12, 1918)

 "There is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And with his sickle keen, He reaps 
the bearded gram at a breath, And the flowers that grow between." Surely never 
did the Reaper gather among his sheaves a sweeter, fairer flower than when he 
took from among us our loved friend and class-mate, Ethel McArver. She had 
grown up among us beautiful in person and pure in heart. She was always ready 
to do her part when a task was before us, and her cheery manner and words made 
it seem a pleasure. She was quick to offer comfort and sympathy to any who were 
in distress, and her heart was always tender towards the unfortunate. To her 
family our hearts go out in deepest sympathy, and we wish that we might comfort 
them. We grieve as we think of the mound where we left her dear body, and we 
covered it with the flowers she loved so well, but we try not to think of her 
as there. She has been carried to God’s garden, where she may blossom and grow 
in his love, and some day we feel sure of finding her in the Father’s courts 
above.-Adopted by the First Methodist Sunday School, Dec. 1st. (Cedartown 
Standard, Thursday, December 12, 1918) 


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