Talbot County GaArchives Obituaries.....Meekie Leonard August 13 1904
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The Talbotton New Era, August 18, 1904

The Talbotton New Era
Thursday, August 18, 1904
Page 2

Miss Meekie Leonard

Miss Meekie Leonard died in Tuskegee, Alabama last Saturday morning.  The 
remains were brought to Talbotton and interred in Oak Hill Cemetery Sunday 
afternoon.

Miss Leonard at one time lived in Talbotton, this being her old home, and she 
had many friends here.

She was a sister of Mrs. R.A. Mathews and an aunt of Mr. C.H. Mathews.

The funeral services were held at the cemetery, the remains being carried there 
directly from the train.

The Talbotton New Era
Thursday, October 27, 1904
Page 2

In Memory of Miss Meekie H. Leonard

Whose pure spirit bade farewell to earth Aug. 13, 1904 at Tuskegee, Ala.

One of Talbotton’s old residents, her remains were interred at Oak Hill 
Cemetery, where her sacred dust mingles with that of loved ones.

She was a sister of Mrs. C.M. Boyd, Mrs. R.A. Matthews and Mrs. T.B. Turner.

One year ago she received a fall from the effects of which she never 
recovered.  Although confined to her bed only a short while, she was unable 
without assistance to walk or to leave her chair.  At times she was a great 
sufferer, but she (the end of this sentence is blurred.)  

She was a prayerful Christian; a conscientious and exemplary member of the 
Methodist church and through her long life was a diligent student of the bible 
and religious books.

Liberally educated, she possessed choice gifts of mind and heart, which 
prepared her ably to fill her sphere in life.  Her gentleness and unselfishness 
was combined with an unusual degree of energy and independence of character, 
which won the esteem of all who knew her.  Sincerity and fidelity characterized 
her friendship and attracted a large circle of warm and true friends.  She was 
charitable in speech and never passed unkind criticisms upon the shortcomings 
of any one.  Sympathetic and benevolent, she daily experienced, “All worldly 
joys are less than that one joy of doing kindnesses.”



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