Obituary: Oma McKay:  Trimble County: : 1891


 
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   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.

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  This was sent to me by Virginia Taylor
  vtaylor@iglou.com