Obituary: Oma McKay: Trimble County: : 1891 ********************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genelaogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons.Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. *********************************************************************** Carrollton Democrat March 14, 1891 Oma, the wife of Robert McKay, and daughter of Samuel Dunaway, peacefully closed her eyes on earthly scenes at 2 oclock, a.m. last Sunday, and was buried in the old church yard at Corn Creek church on Monday, the obsequies being attended by quiet a numerous cortege of mourning relatives and friends.. Rev. Shoesmith, Methodist minister in charge of the Milton circuit, preached as able and touching funeral sermon, first reading as a scripture lesson the 90th Psalm and a portion of the 15th chapter of First Corinthians. The subject of this sketch was born May 25, 1865, and died March 8, 1891, being 25 years, 9 months and 13 days old. She united with the Methodist church at the age of 14, and when death came, was not only willing to obey the summons but expressed herself as even anxious to pass through the golden gate into the Elysian fields of the Glory-land. She had many inducements to live and life had many charms. She had youth and until recently the beauteous bloom of health was upon her cheeks, and a glad, bright light shone in her eyes. The coming years promised many and varied pleasures but the inexorable hand of that ruthless destroyer, consumption, laid its withering, blighting touch upon her, and the fair form of her faded away as does the rose in summer under the chilling hand of autumn. A husband and three little children, a father, a mother, two sisters and three brothers, are left to mourn her loss, although just before she went out on the dark mystic river, she told them not to mourn or grieve for her as she was happier than they, Calmly, peacefully as a child going to sleep, she sank into the arms of Jesus, who had given own life that she might enjoy life everlasting in a land bright and fair, where flowers perennially bloom and the glad song of the angels make music forever and aye. Note: Robert S. McKay and Oma Dunaway were married in Carroll Co., KY October 3, 1883 at the home of Samuel Dunaway by T. W. Barker in the presence of William Banks and Lem Goode. ********* This was sent to me by Virginia Taylor vtaylor@iglou.com