Taliaferro County Georgia Obits Rachel B. Chapman File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by "Bill Stephenson" Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/taliaferro.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Obituary of Rachel B. Chapman Transcribed by William L. Stephenson, Jr. January, 2002 CHAPMAN - Died, at her residence in Taliaferro county, on the 5th of July, 1875, in the 73d year of her age, Rachel B. Chapman, relict of John Chapman. In early life she united with the Baptist church, at “old Bethel” Crawfordville. For many years a great sufferer, she bore her afflictions with Christian fortitude, looking unto Jesus the Author and finisher of her faith. Her delight was in the law of the Lord, and her well-worn Bible testifies to the truth that she daily searched the Scriptures. Towards the close of life, God in His wisdom made dim her eyes, and she was thus denied the privilege of looking upon the faces of her children and friends, yet he prepared for her eyes in an affectionate daughter to read His blessed Word - the truths in which she delighted. As she drew near the River, her faith, if possible, grew stronger, her hope brighter, and calmly she passed its icy waters to the “far away home of the soul.” S. N.