Schley-Macon County GaArchives Obituaries.....Cheney, Dr. Thomas Green October 19, 1907
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The Schley County News  Friday, October 25, 1907  No. 42.
DEATH OF DR. T.G. CHENEY The friends of Dr. T.G. Cheney, who
for more than fifty years resided in this county, will regret
to learn of his very much unexpected death that occured at his
home near Montezuma on last Saturday morning from the effects
of a brief attack of brights disease.


Doubtless there is a man in this county more universally known
than was Dr. Cheney, he having for more than thirty years
followed his chosen profession here, which familiarized him in
nearly every home in the county.


He was in his sixtieh year when the summons came, and while he
had not reached the alloted time of three score and ten years,
he met the call without a murmur---he was not afraid to die.


Being a man as he was, free of vanity and hypocrisy, and
utterly void of any sensibility that true greatness ever came
through the accumulation of wealth, he passed through life
without the world ever knowing his real worth.  It was only
those who knew him well that loved, honored and appreciated the
great heart and mind that he possessed.  All through life he
was a close student of that literature which pointed man to the
truer and higher motives of life.  The Bible, of which he was a
constant reader, was to him the greatest of all books.


While he was a member of the Methodist church and an ernest
believer in the great love, mercy and power of God, he was ever
careful not to profess anymore religion than was exemplified by
his daily walk.  The dark clouds of trouble and despair never
crossed his horizon, and never did he study questions with the
view of finding other than the sunshine which they contained.


He was a true believer that all things worked together for
good, and never worried about matters that could be bettered in
other ways.  This cheerful spirit remained with him to the
last, and he retained his clearness of intellect up to the
closing days.  He was a good neighbor, and there was no happier
family circle in the land than his.


There was a daily beauty about his life which won every heart
that knew him.  In temperment he was mild;  in patience he was
all that could have been asked, and he gained confidence when
he seemed least to seek it.


He believed that men and women, youth and children sought the
friendship of the sundy-faced.  That all doors open to those
who could carry within a smile.  That a cheerful face was the
life of hearts and homes.


He believed in the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of
man.  He believed that the man who scattered flowers in the
pathway of those about him, who let into the dark places of
life the sunshine of human sympathy, was best emulating the
examples of Christ.


The funeral service was conducted from the home, Monday
morning, Rev. L.J. Ballard officiating;  the interrment being
at the Montezuma cemetery, conducted by Confederate Veterans of
Montezuma and Oglethorpe.



Additional Comments:
This obituary was written by Dr. Cheney's son, John H. Cheney, who was editor 
and manager of The Schley County News at the time of his father's death.  Dr. 
Cheney was a Confederate Veteran, having had the distinction of serving in 
Caper's Battalion of Cadets from the Georgia Military Academy at Marrietta.  
They were pressed into service in May of 1864 when the war was going badly for 
the south.  They were the last organized soldiers to surrender east of the 
Mississippi.  More about the cadets and Dr. T.G. Cheney can be read at 
http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaschley/gmicadets2.htm

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