Upson-Fulton-Coweta County GaArchives Obituaries.....White, Jonathan William "Will" September 11, 1908
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"The Herald & Advertiser"
Newnan, Coweta Co., Georgia

NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, January 1, 1909

IN MEMORIAM OF JONATHAN WILLIAM WHITE

On the night of Sept. 11, 1908, the spirit of Jonathan William White took 
its flight from his home in Atlanta back to the God who gave it. He was born 
in Upson county, Ga., and while yet a boy moved with his father's family to 
Coweta county. It was at the Methodist church in Grantville that he led Miss 
Lula Hopson to the altar and was happily married by Rev. J.W. Heidt. To this 
happy and devoted couple were born three sons, one of whom died in infancy. 
The other two still survive and now reside in Atlanta. The deceased was 55 
years of age last April. Having resided in Grantville until only a few years 
prior to his death, he considered that his home town and hence his body was 
laid to rest there.

In the death of this noble man we are forcibly reminded that "in the midst 
of life we are in death", for he was so suddenly snatched from the embrace 
of his loved ones that it was hard to realize that death had entered and 
stilled forever the voice that only a moment before had been conversing 
pleasantly with his wife. But God knows best, and is too wise to err.

How the friends of Will White, as he was familiarly known, will miss his 
cheery voice and hearty handshake. He ever had a kind word and pleasant 
smile and was always ready to accommodate his friends. He was generous and 
honest and upright in his dealings with his fellow men. In early life he 
united with the Methodist church and remained a member of the same until his 
death.

Besides his immediate family he leaves three sisters and two brothers to 
mourn his death. To the devoted wife, whose heart seems almost crushed, and 
those dear boys, whose hearts are grief torn and bleeding at this 
dispensation, we would say, we know you miss your devoted husband and father 
and you feel that the light has almost gone out of the home; but look you 
ahead to that great day when the grave shall give up its dead and think of 
the blessed, happy reunion on that golden shore where no more tears will be 
shed, no more deaths will rob us of our loved ones, but where there is 
eternal day… then murmur not, but say with one of old "the Lord gave, the 
Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord." A Friend.


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