TAYLOR COUNTY, GA - Obits   Allmon, Malinda

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Obituaries from The Gospel Messenger


Butler, Ga., July 1889, Vol. 11, No. 7.
Mrs. Malinda Allmon died at her home in Taylor County, Ga.,
at One age of sixty-five years, and surrounded by her
devoted children, departed this life April 10th, 1889. She
was the daughter of David and Lucy Brown. In Crawford county
in 1842 she was married to James H. Allmon, with whom she
lived happily twenty-eight years, during which time were bom
to them ten children. 

In 1870 her beloved husband was called to his home above.
During the late civil war she found Christ her Saviour, and
was baptized into the fellowship of the Primitive Baptist
church, at Prosperity, by Elder John Rowe, and lived a
consistent member of the same till death. She had been a
great sufferer from bodily afflictions for many years, amid
which, together with all her trials and hardships in making
an honest living, she was never heard to reply against God
by rebellion or murmurings at his providential dealings. On
the 25th of last March she was attacked with her last
illness, and for some days she suffered such excruciating
pain as to be almost unbearable by mortal;yet during all she
was never heard to murmur once, but bore all with meek and
patient fortitude as submissive to the win of God, in whom
she trusted. Also she almost entirely lost the use of her
tongue for a few days. But the Lord loosed it in good time
to admonish her children, and bear her dying testimony to
the truth of salvation by grace through faith in Jesus
Christ, and to its abiding, preserving, saving power to the
end of mortal life and evermore." Thus she called each one
other children near, and exhorted them to live and act
right, to trust in the Lord, and meet her in heaven; "for
the Lord is good," she added, "a stronghold in the day of
trouble." Then to all around her, "None of you know how you
will feel when your time comes to die. You may think it a
trying time, but it is not so with me; all is right! all is
well! the Lord has been a gracious friend to me! He is with
me now, and will be with me to the end. I only await his
call to go hence." A sister-in-law asked her if she had lost
all hopes of getting well. "Yes, Bettie," she cheerfully
replied; "I do not feel that I can, though I do love my dear
children; they have been good children to me, and I know
they will sadly miss me." She then said she loved everybody,
and sent a last "farewell" to all absent friends. She then
expressed a desire to see Elder Stewart, her pastor, "one
more time." He came and stayed a night and day, talking of
the things of the kingdom of God, and I cannot tell how much
she did enjoy his godly conversation.

The day before she died she sang a portion of "I know that
my Redeemer liveth," and then praised the Lord as long as
strength and breath lasted, and sweetly fell asleep in
Jesus. After an appropriate discourse by Elder B. Stewart,
and as surrounded by a large assembly of relatives and
friends, the dear body was laid in the cemetery at
Prosperity Church. Thus dear mother is gone from us, but to
a world where is no pain, sorrow or death.

Butler, Ga. ARABELLA ALLMON HAM