Spalding-Douglas County GaArchives Obituaries.....John David Dickinson  February 17 1912
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John Rhett Dickinson jdickin385@aol.com January 5, 2003, 2:41 pm

Douglasville, Douglas County, GA

IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE
On Saturday, the 17th of February, our brother, John
D. Dickinson, passed peacefully away.  The news of
his death reached us by wire about noon, and the
message brought sadness to our every heart.  Our
brother was once a resident of this county, but for
more than two years and at the time of his death,
was residing at Griffin, Ga.  He had invested in a
home here, with the hope of returning in the future,
where he could be with us, and near the resting
place of his father, mother, and two of his children
that peacefully sleep in the Chapel Hill Cemetery.
The life of our dear brother was a beautiful type of
Christianity, and one of nearness to his Master,
ever climbing to greater heights, a guiding star for
us to follow, as the wise men did the star of
Bethlehem.  The guide he followed never leads into
an impenetrable abyss, but leads cautiously;  and
those who are guided aright will avoid the
possibility of coming into contact with some
perilous shoal, and perish among the barriers of an
ice-bound crag.  In his last letter to us he
manifested implicit trust in the Saviour's will;
this he wrote on the first of February, lying in
bed, where he had been confined under affliction the
greater part of five long months.  He was united in
marraige to Miss Lula Bolton, the daughter of Rev.
John Marion Bolton of Griffin, fifteen years ago, on
the 21st day of February. Her father died when she
was a small girl;  she was the baby child and is now
left to assume the same responsibility of her
widowed mother.  She was a dutiful devoted wife and
to this companion in life Brother John was ever the
gallant man that won her in her youth.  By precept
and example he guided his children along the path of
righteousness;  he erected a family altar in early
married life, which he cherished to the last.  The
chain was broken, the year he was married and our
dear father was taken.  Then, only two years ago,
the 23rd of February, our dear mother passed away.
Once the chain is broken link by link, soon gives,
until there is not one left.  Truly the chastening
rod is constantly reminding us to be ye also ready. 
Let us for Jesus work faithfully here,

Till from our toil, He shall bid us go;

Then we shall join our dear brother,

Who will be waiting for us where,

Heaven's bright gateways glow.


Also keep in memory the request the request he made
at the close of his last letter us.

Thus:  "Do unto others as you would they should do
unto you?  Be a true Christian?  God bless you all. 
Tired down.

Lovingly, John."

Although tired while here, he is resting now where
there is no suffering, naught but peaceful sleep.
He leaves a wife, five children and four brothers to
mourn his death.  Let us look forward to the time
when there will be a great reunion on the golden
shore.

His beloved sister-in-law,

MRS. MORGAN DICKINSON


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