OBITUARY: MILAM, Charlotte - Warren County, Kentucky Date: 17 August 2003 Submitted by Martha Lamkin, 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. <> Again the shade of death has fallen across one of the happiest homes in this county, hiding from our eyes the fact of one whom to husband and relations and friends was a beam of sunlight and joy of existence. She hadsuffered uncomplainingly for three long months and never a word of impatience passed her lips. It has been said that death loves a shining mark and now more than ever we realize that these sad words are only too true, for if it was otherwise our dear friend would still be with us. It was only necessary for one to know her, for to know her was to love her. Her life was characterized by kind deeds and she will be sadly missed by all who had the pleasure of knowing her. To us her life seemed short but her mission here was ended and God took her to that beautiful home on high. How sadly the dear ones at home miss her, for her smiles were the sunlight of a happy existence and even after death's icy grasp had been laid upon her, the smile remained the same, significant of the fact that she was at peace, with the world and with God. Mrs. Charlotte MILAM leaves to mourn their sad loss a husband, five sons, three daughters, one sister and one brother besides many relatives and friends who have the sympathy of all in their sad bereavement. She was seventy-eight years, seven months and eleven days old. God knew best why your dear one should be called to that land of immortality where the sundered ties of earth are re-united around the throne of God, where dear friends of earth, when once united will never separate again; where there is endless day darkened not by the shades of night. Truly we live in a world where solemn shadows are continually falling across our paths; shadows that teach us the insecurity of all temporal blessings, and warn us that here where there is no abiding, stay shadows that cause us to try to understand the mysteries of the great beyond, and cause us to look upward and onward to that land of immortality where death cannot enter. On the morning of the resurrection she will awake and may the thought that you will meet her, the one so beloved, on earth, inspire and guide you o're the stormy sea of life to that land of immortality where you will behold the likeness of your dear ones in the presence of God. This earthly pilgrimage has been fairly characterized as "a journey through a vail of tears." How often oh how often, we have cause to realize that those words are so sadly true when our brightest and best jewels are seized by the hand of death to adorn immortal bowers. Still, since our God permits it, we know that it is just and though one can not sympathize with those who suffer most, we bid them hope and faith alone that full assurance gives that the soul of her whom they now mourn is not dead but lives and that this one of their earthly fold gone on before has seen the light of the day star rise on eternity's shore. Riverside, KY., A Friend ------------------------------ 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.