Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries


[This is J. Eugene Martin  	Sep. 8, 1881 - 	Oct. 1, 1904 . Buried at Fairfield
  Cemetery]
  
Fairfield Recorder - Oct 7, 1904 issue

   Tribute of Respect
   
  Whereas, It has pleased the Omniscient and ever merciful God to remove from our
midst our friend and Sovereign, Eugene Martin;
  And whereas a tree has fallen in our forest, thus leaving a vacant chair and
bereaving the fellow-craftsmen; 
  Therefore be it resolved, First: That we the members of Fairfield Camp, of the
W. O. W., offer our tenderest sympathy to the friends and loved ones of our
deceased Sovereign.
  Second, That we humbly bow to the inevitable, and will ever hold as sacred the 
memory of him who has left us, and each one of us seek to live in such a way as
that when the loving Father calls for us, we may be counted as worthy Woodmen,
ready to enter into our rest.
  Resolved, that a copy be furnished the Fairfield Recorder, with a request to
publish, and that a page of our minutes be set apart for said resolutions.
     W. H. McIlveen,
     Tilden L. Childs,
     C. D. Chappell.
       Committee.

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[same issue]

      DIED
  
  We are sorry indeed to chronicle the death of Eugene Martin, living about 4
miles northwest of town, which occurred last Saturday, of black jaundice.
  Deceased was a young man of exemplary habits, and leaves a young wife and two
little children, besides a host of relatives and friends to mourn his loss.
  The remains were interred in the Fairfield cemetery last Sunday afternoon,
Laurel Camp, No. 691, W. O. W., of which he was a member, officiating.

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[same issue]

      Card of Thanks
      
  To the many fiends who were so kind to us in this our great bereavement; also 
to the W. O. W. lodge, we wish to express our heart-felt thanks.
    
     MRS. MARTIN-TALLEY AND DAUGHTER

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Fairfield Recorder - Nov. 5, 1904 issue

MARTIN - Eugene Martin was born in Freestone county, Texas, Sept. 8th, 1881, and
died at his home four miles northwest of Farifield, Oct. 1st, 1904. He was married
to Miss Lizzie Giles, Jan. 2nd, 1900.
  After struggling for nearly a week with that dread disease, black jaundice, 
his gentle spirit Saturday about 2 o'clock, left its tenement of clay and soared
to the realms above, back to the God who had decreed that his mission on earth
had been fulfilled, and called him home.
  His death, so sad, so unexpected, was a shock to his many friends and a crushing
blow to his devoted wife, mother and family. Yes, it was a shock to all. Eugene
was a good, honest, upright man, but life many others had never joined any church,
but the writer believed him to be a good Christian-hearted man. He had many 
friends and all who knew him liked him. The pleasant to live a true life and build
a character for God while we are permitted to remain in the flesh.
  The wife has lost a good husband and a nole companion; the little children a
devoted father. We trust that they may be able to say as did Job, "The Lord giveth
and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord."
  His remains were buried in the Fairfield cemetery Sunday evening by the W.O.W.
Lodge, of Fairfield. The bereaved family have the sympathy of all in the sad 
loss that has befallen them.
  Weep not for our dear ones who have gone before, only try to live to meet them
on the other shore, for this world is only a wilderness of woe.
                 A FRIEND