Coke County - Obituaries - Will Richard March 2, 1905 Ft. Chadbourne, Coke County, TX ********************************************************************** Contributed by Jo Collier May 2007 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.org/tx/txfiles.htm ************************************************************************ The Observer/Enterprise Robert Lee, Coke County, Tx July 21, 1989 WILL RICHARD OBITUARY Ft. Chadbourne, March 2nd. The community was made very sad by the death of one of our best citizens, Mr. Will Richard. Mr. Richard had been quite ill for some time, and had suffered greatly. On Tuesday morning before he closed his eyes in death he told his children that he did not fear death, for he was prepared to meet his heavenly father and his dear wife, who a few years ago had gone on before him. He was buried at the Old Fort Cemetery and was laid away in the most beautiful casket. He was loved by one and all and has a host of friends to mourn his loss. As we behold his face so sweet in death, so calm and free from trace of pain, he seemed a creature fresh from the hand of God rather than one who had lived and suffered. We extend our heart's sympathy to the bereaved family. But God alone can smooth and heal the devoted and loving hearts, made inexpres- sively tender by the touch of a poignant grief in the sad hours of bereavement, but it is sweet in the hours of darkness to feel the touch of sympathetic hands and to realize there are those whose heartstrings vibrate in tender unison with the sad notes awakened in one's own by the stroke of sorrow. A BEREAVED FRIEND Permission granted by The Observer/Enterprise for publication in the Coke County TXGenWeb Archives.