Polk County GaArchives Obituaries.....Phillips, William S. June 15, 1863
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"The Rome Courier"
Rome, Floyd Co., Georgia

August 7, 1863

page 2

Obituary.

DIED-After a short illness, on the 15th of June last, at Cumberland Gap 
Tenn., WM. S. PHILLIPS, son of Mrs. Matilda Phillips, of Polk County, 
Georgia.

He was a member of Capt. Stiff's company, 6th Georgia Cavalry.  He was a 
brave and good young man, and by his noble courage and courteous bearing had 
won the love of all his comrades. He was ever ready to obey the commands of 
his officers, and with a cheerfulness that is worthy of imitation, he 
discharged every duty that was imposed upon him.  For twelve long months he 
has braved many dangers and faithfully served his beloved country, but alas! 
He has fallen in her defense.  We, his companions in arms, mourn his loss, 
and deeply sympathize with his widowed mother and fatherless sisters, in 
this their sad bereavement.  "But we mourn not as those who have no hope," 
for we firmly believe he has lain down his implements of warfare, for the 
power and joys of heaven.  William was his mother's only son.  A dutiful and 
affectionate boy, her hope and stay in her declining years, and heavy indeed 
will be the stroke to her, and cheerless her home where his pleasant voice 
can never be heard again.

May God in His Mercy bind up her broken heart, and give her strength to 
press forward to the Better Land, where there is no more sickness or death, 
and where her loved boy will stay in her presence forever.

"There is a world above,
Where parting is unknown,
A long eternity of love,
Formed for the good alone,
And faith beholds the dying here
Translated to that glorious sphere."

E. R. D.

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