Lenoir County, NC - Obituary of Reverend George Mewborn, 1859 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OBIT OF REV. GEORGE MEWBORN OBIT - GEORGE MEWBORN George Mewborn was the son of Elder Parrott Mewborn II and Mary Mewborn, whose maiden name was Aldridge, daughter of Drewry Aldridge and Edith Aldridge, whose maiden name was Hardy, daughter of Lemuel and Mary Hardy, whose maiden name was Sutton; these two were members of the Methodist Church. Drewry Aldridge, grandfather of the deceased, was the son of Drewry Aldridge and Mary Barrington. Parrott Mewborn, father of the deceased, was the son of Parrott and Lydia Mewborn, whose maiden name was Hardy, daughter of Benjamin and Nancy Hardy, whose maiden name was Howell. Said Benjamin and Nancy Hardy were both members of the Primitive Baptist Church and held their membership with the church at Bear Creek, Lenoir County, to the time of their death. The said Parrott and Lydia Mewborn, grand-parents to the deceased, were Primitive Baptists, and held their membership at the said Bear Creek Church, and the said Deacon Parrott Mewborn was the son of George and Mary Mewborn, whose maiden name was Parrott; and the said George Mewborn's father came from England. His given name was Thomas and his wife's Eleanor. George Mewborn, in memory of whom this is written, was born Dec. 26, 1824. He was a fine promising child, and in boyhood he was healthy, active, industrious, and ingenious, quick of comprehension and possessed great business and mercantile gifts; a good farmer and attended well to his stock of different kinds; a lover of good books and useful study, a good reader and mathematician, and as for his penmanship our church book shows very plain and also shows the careful manner in which he kept it. He was about five feet ten inches high, well formed and handsome man. He was married on the 29th day of February 1848 to Nancy L. Hardy, daughter of Lemuel and Patsy Hardy, and was received a member of the church at Mewborn's Meeting House on the 23rd day of September 1850, and was baptized by the pastor (the writer), and was chosen clerk of said church in September 1851, and was chosen deacon of said church in September 1854, and for the past two years had commenced to preach and bid fair, under the blessings of God, to make an able and worthy minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ. His manner of preaching was plain, Doctrine sound and words correct and well spoken; a good disciplinarian, desiring the peace and happiness of the church; in this the pastor greatly feels his loss as well as his labors in the ministry. He was also much gifted in prayer, but "the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh, blessed be the name of the Lord, our God. He calleth and His children must go home." George Mewborn is gone and we are left to mourn, but not as those that have no hope. The Lord's people rest at his right hand, where they will suffer nor sorrow any more, and then their joys will never cease. He is their head, their love, their life, their joy, and their all is in Him and by Him. "Praise the Lord, all ye Heavenly host; Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost." He was separated from the mortal body November 3rd - just before sunset - 1859, aged 34 years, 10 months and 23 days. The original, written by Parrott Mewborn, Jr., was in the Bible of Drewry Aldridge Mewborn. Collection of Ima Mewborn ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Martha Mewborn Marble ___________________________________________________________________