Obituaries:  Josephus S. Mitchell, 1910, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From:  March 4, 1910 Comrade

Josephus S. Mitchell

On December 26, 1909, at 4 a.m., at his home near Wheeling, La., Josephus S.
Mitchell fell asleep in death, leaving a wife, seven children, an aged father
and mother, a number of other relatives and a host of friends to mourn his
going, but we feel that our loss is Heaven's gain.  he was born February 14th,
1873 and was reared in Winn Parish.  He was converted and joined the Methodist
Church when young, of which he was a steward at his death.  Oh! we miss him so
much, we miss him in the community, in the church Oh! how he is missed in the
home.  Everywhere we go, wverywhere we look we see something  to remind us of
him.  It seems that it cannot be that he is gone.  He was sick only six days,
but he suffered so much from the very first till death came to relieve him
with that dreaded disease pneumonia.  Everything was done for im that the
doctors, friends, and loved ones could do but Jesus said come.  It is hard for
us to say "God's will, not ours."  He was needed so much, but right in the
prime of life he was snatched away.  We cannot see why it pleased the loving
Father to take him from us but we know that in God's great love He will not
put more on His children than we can bear.  Oh if we could only see as if with
the eye of Faith we could know why.

        Not now but in the coming years,
        It may be in that better land,
        We'll read the meaning of our tears,
        And then we will understand.

Seph, as he was better known, was a loving husband, a devoted father and a
noble and affectionate son.  He was always happier when helping others to be
happy.  Weep not, dear little companion and aged father and mother, but think
how sweet it is to die in Jesus, and how happy we will be when we meet our
loved ones in that Glory Land where we will never know pain nor sorrow and
where we can sing and praise our Blessed Redeemer throughout endless ages.  He
asked his pastor, Bro. Sherman, to pray, and when he had ceased praying, he
commenced to pray himself in an humble pleas to his Heavenly Father to take
charge of his wife, dear little ones, and his old father and mother, and then
he said, "I am ready to go.  Dear Saviour, take me out of my suffereing,: and
fell asleep in Jesus.

His remains were laid to rest in the Mt. Zion Cemetery in the presence of a
large crowd of friends and loved ones.

One Who Loved Him