Taylor-Macon-Jasper County GaArchives Obituaries.....Lawson, Ann Hilton January 19 1896
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The Butler Herald, February 4, 1896
The Butler Herald
Tuesday, February 4, 1896
Page Four

Article torn at the top of the page

As the morning (article torn) dawn “of the day of rest” on Jan. 19th, death 
ushered the dawn of eternal rest to Mrs. Ann Lawson.  She was born July 26th, 
1819, in Jasper County, Ga., where she was raised.  She was twice married.  At 
the age of twenty she was happily married to Mr. Elisha Hilton.  To this happy 
union there were born six children – four boys and two girls – of whom one 
child and husband preceded her to the “land of rest.”  She married the second 
time about the age of fifty-six to Mr. William Lawson and about six years ago 
was called by the hand of God to mourn his death.  She had been a consistent 
member of the Missionary Baptist church for forty years.  As a friend she was 
loved by all who knew her and her warm, loyal heart made her friendship a jewel 
to be prized and her hand of friendship was often reaching out to soothe some 
troubled brow, or to raise some crushed spirit and point them to the “crowning 
day that’s coming by and by.”  As a mother she was kind, gentle and loving, 
never tiring at waiting on the little ones and smoothing their little crushed 
hearts by folding the tenderest arms around them and pressing them to a loving 
mother’s breast, as only such love can be felt by those who need a mother’s 
care.

As a Christian she was sincere and anyone that talked with her would know that 
she had been with Jesus, and she bore her afflictions as a soldier of the cross 
only can.  She had been in bad health for some time and was confined to her 
room three months before her death, and all the while compelled to sit up until 
three days before her death still she was cheerful until the end though she 
suffered intensely, and when asked how she felt, she would reply, “ I am all 
right.”  But alas! Death came and she fell asleep quietly in the arms of 
Jesus.  Her remains were carried to the old Hilton homestead in Macon County, 
where the burial service was conducted by Rev. J.M. Bass, Monday at 3 p.m.  As 
we left the body sleeping beneath the clay we looked to the general 
resurrection morn when we shall meet at “God’s right hand never to say 
farewell.”  

May God comfort the bereaved loved ones and friends, and may we all feel that 
our loss is her eternal gain; and while this life is made a life of sorrow 
Heaven is made brighter and may we ever by the eye of faith see the hand of 
friend and mother that beckons us to the “City whose builder and make is God.”

J.M.B.


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