OBITUARY: CHILDRESS, Bertha - Warren County, Kentucky


Date: 11 Aug 2003
Submitted by Martha Lampkin, Email Registry ID#
	http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00005.html#0001235

NOTE: This obituary column, cut from newspapers of the time period, was
found pasted in an ancient dust-covered book at a yard sale I attended in
Louisville KY. I'm posting them verbatim in the hopes they will benefit
others. I have no further information and have no connection to any of
these names. I have no additional information on dates, or about which
newspapers the original columns were in or the year of publication.

On October 13, 1969 the death angel visited the home of Mr. And Mrs. W.
E. CHILDRESS, near Richardsville, Ky., and snatched from their bosom their
oldest child, Bertha, aged eight years, two months, and twenty-two days.
She took pneumonia and lasted only ten days, during which time she was
patient and bore her suffering with patience. Bertha was a good child,
kind-hearted and of a good disposition. To have known her was to have 
loved her. While the family will miss her, God chose her to fill the 
vacancy in yon bright world, that no one else could fill. I would say 
to the family not to weep, for Bertha has gone to a home not made with 
hands, eternal in the heavens, where there will be no more parting no 
more suffering, no more sorrow; where all is joy, peace and love. She 
told her mamma that she would not get well, and said she would rather 
go and live with angels. What brightness she showed in a dying hour.

"Blessed are they that die in the Lord." Again I would say not to weep, for
Bertha has fought a good fight. She has finished her course; henceforth she
has gone to enjoy the crown that has been waiting for her."

"Darling Bertha, she has left us;
Left us, yes, for evermore;
But we hope to meet our loved one
On that bright and happy shore.
Through all pain at times she'd smile,
A smile of heavenly birth;
And when the angels called her home,
She smiled farewell to earth.
Heaven retains now our treasure,
Earth the lonely casket keeps,
And the sunbeams long to linger
Where our sainted Bertha sleeps."
- L. A. HILL -


------------------------------
USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing 
free genealogical 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 and then contact the listed USGENWEB 
archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has 
given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the 
file permanently for free access.