Breckinridge County KyArchives Obituaries.....Basham, Charles R. "Charlie" April 17, 1881
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Breckinridge County News; 5/18/1881
Charlie Basham.

Died - Of whooping cough, on the 17th of April, 1881, Charlie Basham, infant son of
H. B. Basham, aged 5 months and 17 days.  Little Charlie is gone.  Yes, God, who
says "Suffer little children to come unto me," has taken him home.  It seems hard to
give him up; but we know by his short sojourn with us, that he was given to cast a
ray of sunshine into the home and hearts of his friends only for a season.  But
while we lament the loss of one do dear, and know that his little form, with face so
sweetly wreathed in smiles, lies mouldering in the grave; still we have consolation
in knowing that his soul is basking in beams of light and love.  Dear little Charlie
is an angel now, why should we weep for him, when he is blooming so sweetly in
Heaven.  Our baby Charlie is not lost but "gone before."  Gone to meet his little
brother who crossed the "Dark Valley" some time before.  Let us cease to think of
the poor suffering body we laid in the grave, and "look to the ascended child".  Let
us think not upon what we have lost, but what our darling has gained.  The Lord has
gathered him home, and in so doing, He has but claimed His own;  Truly, he was but a
loan from the Lord to show forth His love for us.  "Whom the Lord loveth He
chasteneth."  A feeling of thanklfulness should fill the souls of his parents, that
they had been instrumental under God, of thus enlarging the boundaries of Heaven, of
adding one more to the band of angels whose influence for love will be eternal. 
Therefore, let us say, "The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the
name of the Lord."   Nellie

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