Taylor County GaArchives Obituaries.....Josephine M. Hays Montgomery May 23 1911 ************************************************ 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 January 11, 2004, 10:56 pm The Butler Herald, June 13, 1911 The Butler Herald Tuesday, June 13, 1911 Page Three In Memory of Mrs. S. Montgomery When God said, “It is enough,” the beautiful spirit of Mrs. Sebe Montgomery went home. Mrs. Montgomery, the daughter of Robt. R. and Mrs. Elizabeth Hays was born in Taylor County March 19th 1838, joined the Methodist church in girlhood, was married to Mr. S. Montgomery Sept. 5th 1861 and died May 23rd 3 o’clock am 1911. Besides her husband there are seven sons, one daughter and one sister who deeply feel the loss they have sustained. How much she was loved and honored is realized by the aching void in the hearts of all who knew her. We feel like pointing to her life and saying, “there was a successful life,” pure in purpose, loyal in devotion, a living sacrifice for her home, her husband, her children, her community and her God. And though her body is dead, she still lives and will continue to live in the power and influence which eminated from a life buried with Christ in God. E.S.F The Butler Herald Tuesday, June 20, 1911 Page Three In Memoriam On May 23, 1911, occurred the death of Mrs. S. Montgomery, wife of Hon. S. Montgomery, daughter of Robert Hays. Mrs. Montgomery was born in Taylor County, Ga., March 19,1838; was married to Seaborn Montgomery Sept. 25, 1861, and was all the word “helpmeet” means to her husband, who will cherish, the remainder of his days on earth, her memory as a spotless flower that furnished its sweetest fragrance all along his journey through life. Mother was reared of a family who were very susceptible to Christ and His teachings, hence, has never known anything but to trust God and live a Christian life. When father and mother moved here (now Norwich, Ga.) there was one church here, Free Will Baptist, with a small membership, now there can be named about four churches, as near as the Free Will Baptist Church above mentioned. I merely mention this to show the truth in the saying “That which you sow you shall surely reap.” Father and mother jointly sowed seed of Christianity, mother has reaped, father is almost ready for the harvest. Besides a devoted husband she leaves seven sons and one daughter to mourn the sad loss and heavy bereavement of mother. Mother had been in declining health for a number of years, had suffered a great deal. She had not been able to attend church for sometime, but nevertheless we had her sweet prayers, and in their faithfulness we always received the blessing. Mother was very anxious for her loved ones to meet her in that bright and sunny clime. She often talked to us about her future home, therefore not leaving us in the least doubt as to where we would find her. I was at her bedside when she drew her last breath, notwithstanding her suffering, she quietly went to sleep on Jesus’ breast. We miss thee, O! Mother, how we miss thee, but we know thou art at rest, and we saw thee suffer so much while with us we would not, if we could, call thee back; we had rather trust in God, follow thy precepts and examples, and some sweet day in the near future, go to thee. As a wife, mother was not to be excelled, always loving and affectionate to father. As a mother very loving, sympathetic, and prayerful, as a friend sympathetic, helpful and encouraging, a very pious, zealous Christian, always taking God into her simple domestic affairs. By this sad dispensation of God’s will we as a family sustain an irreparable loss; we have here a home without a mother. O! Mother how said to live without thee! We know you did suffer, but we did all we could for thee, and it was a great pleasure to us to be with you, we miss the sacred hallowedness of they presence, we miss thy prayers, but though hath so hedged in our lives with thy prayers till we surely will meet thee on the eternal deliverance. Thou, O! Mother was a sweet benediction to our lives. But we must submit to God’s will, thy work was finished, thou had been faithful over many things, the seeds were sown which will bear to thy memory a tenfold harvest. You were ripe with old age and good works, a fit subject for heaven and immortal glory, wherein our loss is Heaven’s gain. Therefore we bow our heads in humble submission to God’s will, with hearts filled with gratitude to Him, for sparing her to us as long as He did. And we realize the fact that, instead of her suffering here, she is now basking in the beautiful sunlight of God’s smiles, and the same sweet hand that often raised to God in our behalf, is now beckoning us to come. A.O. Montgomery Additional Comments: **Note - According to the cemetery listing on the Taylor County page, Mrs. Seaborn Montgomery is buried at Pine Level Cemetery in Taylor County along with many members of her family. The information from her gravestone is below: Montgomery, Josephine M. 19 Mar 1838 -23 May 1911 (wife of S.) This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 5.4 Kb