Talbot County GaArchives Obituaries.....Dela F. Woodall May 26 1909 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles cmhistory@mchsi.com September 24, 2003, 10:25 pm The Talbotton New Era, May 27, 1909 The Talbotton New Era Thursday, May 27, 1909 Page 6 Died After a long illness, Mr. Dela F. Woodall passed into rest, Wednesday, May 26th. Mr. Woodall was a member of one of Talbot County’s oldest and best-known families. Early in life he was happily married to Miss Pye, who survives him. He was a preacher in the Primitive Church. His gentleness and Christian kindliness wielded a great influence upon all who knew him. He will be interred near Pleasant Hill sympathy is extended the bereaved ones. The Talbotton New Era Thursday, June 3, 1909 Page 2 Card of Thanks We desire to extend to our friends of Talbot and surrounding counties our heartfelt thanks for their many expressions of love and sympathy for us in the sickness and death of our dearly beloved husband and father. May these sorrows and bereavements prove a refiner and cause us to fix our thoughts more firmly on Him under whose rod we firmly bow. May the blessings of the all-wise Father ever rest upon you. Mrs. D.F. Woodall and Children The Talbotton New Era Thursday, June 3, 1909 Page 4 Hon. D.F. Woodall of Talbot County Dead The sad news was received in the city yesterday morning of the death of Hon. D.F. Woodall, of Pleasant Hill, Talbot County, Georgia, after an illness of several weeks. He had been in failing health for some time, and in recent weeks his condition had grown extremely serious, and the news of his death did not come as a surprise to his friends and relatives in Columbus. Elder Woodall was one of the best-known planters in Talbot County having a large farm near Pleasant Hill and also being substantially interested in business enterprised in Woodland. He was an elder in the Primitive Baptist Church and was pastor of Ephesus church in Talbot County. He frequently filled pulpits in other sections of west Georgia and had a large acquaintance throughout this section of the state. Elder Woodall at one time represented Talbot County in the legislature, as did his father, the late Judge J.D. Woodall, of Pleasant Hill before him. He was a member of the Board of Education of Talbot County and was prominently identified with the affairs of that county. He married a daughter of the late Hon. John Pye, who had himself represented Talbot County in the legislature and was one of the leading men of the county. Besides his wife, several children survive him. Three brothers, Messrs. John and J.D. Woodall, of Pike County, and Mr. Robert Woodall of Atlanta, survive him, as do two sisters, Mrs. Walter Miller of Barnesville, Ga., and Mrs. Emmett Miller of Talbot County. Among the surviving nephews and nieces are several residing in Columbus. Elder Woodall was a man of the highest character, and was held in genuine esteem throughout Talbot County for his many staunch qualities as a man and a citizen. The Talbotton New Era Thursday, June 3, 1909 Page 7 In Memoriam Death loves a shining mark – he pauses not a moment, but plucks the truest and best from the garden of life and his cycle was felt the keener as it was his first visit in the happy home of our dear brother and friend, Elder D.F. Woodall, son of J.D. and Frances Woodall. He was born May 23, 1860 and died, after much suffering, at Allens sanitarium, Milledgeville, Ga., May 26, 1909, where he had been under treatment. He was laid to rest in the cemetery at Ephesus Church, Pleasant Hill, May 28, there to await the resurrection morn’ and where sufferings are unknown. Funeral services were conducted by Elders W.W. Childs and H. Bussey and a few remarks from Rev. J.G. Harrison. He was happily married to Miss Johnnie V. Pye, December 9, 1884 who still survives him together with two daughters, Mattie and Jessie and four sons, James F., Willie C., Dela Jr. and John Pye Woodall and leaves two sisters and three brothers, Mrs. Emmett Miller of this county, Mrs. W.P. Miller, Messrs. J.D. and J.W. Woodall of Pike County and R.D. Woodall of Atlanta. He received a hope in Christ in October 1900 and as ever yielding to the commands of obedience and duty, he took up his cross and united with the Primitive Baptist Church at Ephesus in November following and ordained to the full work of the ministry in December 1901. He proved a faithful member of that church and a loving pastor until his death without a stain on his name. The church deeply feels the loss of this precious brother and pastor, the community a true friend esteeming others better than self, the county a noble citizen who lived an honest upright life, and owed no man – but in the family circle who can estimate the loss and who can say how much he will be missed? While our loss is great his gain is greater. Our pen fails us when we attempt to write a word of comfort to the bereaved, sorrow stricken widow and weeping children. His love for his home and family was untiring devotion and the life he lived in his home was beautiful – never leaving home for a day without kissing each goodbye and again on his return for he was a most loving husband and father in every sense of the word. May his children ever be impressed to follow in his steps of a just and upright life and be the true men and women he so earnestly desired. In all of his suffering and absence from home, he thought more of the welfare of his family than he did of himself. The memory of his unselfish life will remain and may it influence our own lives and be benefited by his wise counsel. May God’s loving, protecting care watch over his loved ones. But he is gone – hushed is the voice that never reproved harshly – at rest are the hands that toiled so willingly – closed are the lips that proclaimed the words of his Lord and Master – and the soul, that was perfected in grace, has taken its flight and is now resting in that sweet home beyond the skies where sickness, sorrow, pain and death are no more. One Who Loved Him This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 6.4 Kb