Talbot-Tift County GaArchives Obituaries.....Sarah Gorman Walker March 21 1906
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The Talbotton New Era, May 3, 1906

The Talbotton New Era
Thursday, May 3, 1906
Page 3

Mrs. W.S. Walker

Mrs. Sarah Gorman Walker was born to Mr. William Roscoe and Mrs. Sarah Francis 
Gorman, in Talbot County, Ga., March 27th, 1867, and died at her home in 
Tifton, Ga., March 21st, 1906, at 2:15 p.m.

She was a very filial, obedient daughter, and her devotion to her parents did 
not pass away with her childhood; her love for them grew with her growth, and 
ripened as the years passed into a devotion that was beautiful.

Nothing that she could do for her parents ever seemed a drudgery, nor did she 
put it on the plane of duty; but every sacrifice she could make, or deed of 
love she could perform, seemed to be a sweet privilege; and she was tireless in 
her efforts to lighten their burdens and increase their joys.

She was a thoughtful, affectionate sister, always so considerate of the other 
members of the family that she became the favorite with them.  And hers being 
the first death in their large family, it was a sore trial to the surviving 
members.

She was educated in Talbot County, and afterwards took a course in the State 
Normal Training School, preparing herself for the work of a teacher.  She 
followed that high calling for several years, doing fine work in the art of 
training minds and developing character and taught some years in the public 
school of Atlanta.

On December 28th, 1902, she was married to William S. Walker, now Judge Walker, 
of Tifton. 

She was a faithful devoted wife, a true helpmeet for her husband.  She 
interested herself in that which interested him, and sought, in every righteous 
way, to be helpful.  The blending of their hearts and lives was charming, and 
so complete was it that her death came near crushing him.

She was a very intelligent woman, public-spirited and philanthropic.  She was 
one of the prime movers in the organization of Tifton’s Twentieth Century 
Library Club, and was untiring in her efforts (as were also the good women 
engaged with her in the work) to secure for Tifton a public library.

She was a good neighbor and an unfailing friend.  She was, by birth and 
training, a noble woman, with lofty ideals and high ideas.  There was nothing 
narrow in her make-up; her charity was broad, her soul was large, and to know 
her was to love her.  Her loved ones, neighbors and friends will sadly miss her.

In her girlhood she gave her heart to God, joined the Methodist church, and was 
ever a faithful member.  She loved her church tenderly and was always loyal.  
She stood firmly and patiently by the pastor and the officers of the church in 
their work, ever ready to endorse their plans, and co-operate with them in 
every forward movement.

She was an active member of the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society, and was an 
officer in the Tifton auxiliary.  She held the officer of Treasurer in that 
society until recently, when the state of her health demanded that she give it 
up.  She was also an active member of the Woman’s Home Mission Society.

For the past few years her health was not good, and for the last two years it 
was quite precarious.  And yet her close friends did not know that the end was 
near.  Her parents had been spending the winter with her, and were preparing to 
return home, were waiting for her to improve before they left her, when, 
unexpectedly to them and to us all, she went away to her long home.

She leaves a husband, an aged father and mother, five brothers, three sisters 
and a host of friends to mourn her.  Her brothers are: W.S. Roscoe, Owen D. and 
Robert L. Gorman, of Talbot County, Ga. and Joseph B. Gorman, of Birmingham, 
Ala.  Her sisters are: Mrs. H.C. Brown, Clearwater, Fla., Mrs. G.D. Winston, 
Montgomery, Ala. and Mrs. J.F. Eden, whose husband is the pastor of the Baptist 
church in Perry, Ga.

May the God of all grace comfort and sustain the sorrowing loved ones.

J.W. Domingos



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