Talbot-Macon-Taylor County GaArchives Obituaries.....Douglass, Laura F. July 16 1893
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The Butler Herald, August 15, 1893
The Butler Herald
Tuesday, August 15, 1893
Page Three

In Memoriam

Mrs. Laura F. Douglass nee Flournoy was born in Wadesborough, N.C. June 1st, 
1828; married G.A. Douglass of Talbot County, Ga., Nov. 18th, 1846; joined the 
Methodist church 18-3 (number blurred out); moved to Garden Valley Macon County 
1856 and departed this life July 16th, 1893.

Thus are briefly chronicled some of the important events, which marked a well 
rounded Christian life and culminated in a triumphant Christian death.

But these dates were only well ordered stepping stones in her life.  For it was 
in the pavement that character was formed, Christian graces cultivated and the 
virtues of a pure life illustrated by the reflection of her life hid with 
Christ in God.

Sister Douglass possessed one of those well balanced minds that was content to 
care for the well fare of her own household, and leave the business of 
neighbors alone.  She was no intermeddler neither was she a rattler or 
backbiter.  She had a true conception of life, looked at from the sacred 
standpoint of wifehood or the still more sacred one of motherhood.  She 
regarded life as something real, laden with duties to God and man, freighted 
with responsibilities and obligations to husband and children and the sweet 
disposition, Christian tempers and queenly modesty of her daughters, who live 
to call her blessed attest her faithfulness as a mother.

She was a woman of a strong faith in God and implied trust and confidence in 
Christ, and while her body became weak and infirm, her faith stood strong and 
unwavering.  She loved the church, its solemn vows, its sweet communion, its 
notes of prayer and praise, were all to her feasts for the soul, and music for 
the heart.  She loved her pastors and to them her home was ever open, and in 
her they found a faithful friend and wise counselor.  She was a good woman, 
beloved by all who knew her, and I have yet to hear of a person saying a 
disparaging word about her.

She was prepared to go when the Master called, and so often has she told the 
writer, that she was ready at any time for the changes.  Thank God for a 
religion that saves, that enables the soul to look at death and the grave 
without fear or alarm.  So she lived, so she died.  May God grant an unbroken 
family in the Home Over There.

J.T. Adams
Aug. 4th, 1893


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