OBITUARY: Mrs. Leithia S. Burgamy, 11 Nov 1873 - Smith County, TX Submitted by Vicki Betts 10 Oct 2002 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************************** TEXAS CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, January 21, 1874, p. 7, c. 1 Departed this life, in Smith county, Texas, Nov. 11, 1873, in the 32d year of her age, in full triumphs of faith, Mrs. Lethia S. Burgamy, consort of Rev. J. C. Burgamy, late of the East Texas Conference. Sister B. was a native of Spaulding county, Georgia, and daughter of Philip J. and Frances Bishop. She embraced religion in the year 1858; was married to her now bereaved husband in 1864. For the last five years her afflictions were great, which she bore without a murmur, calmly resigned to the will of God. She was a deeply pious and consistent member of our church; a helpmeet indeed to her husband, always encouraging him in the work of the ministry. In his absence she would hold family devotions, and was greatly blessed in the discharge of this duty. She was fond of reading religious literature, and was well versed in the sacred truths of the Bible. A short time before she died, she repeated the 23d Psalm: "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want." She called her children (two lovely daughters and a niece,) and exhorted them to meet her in heaven; said to weeping friends: "Weep not for me; soon I will be in heaven!" She requested them to sing the hymn commencing: "O sing to me of heaven," etc. After this, she requested her husband to sing one of her favorite hymns: "Jesus, lover of my soul," etc., which he did. Just before her spirit took its flight to the realm of bliss, she was heard to whisper: "Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are, While on his breast I lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there." Thus has passed away, in the meridian of life, an affectionate wife, a doting mother, amiable in disposition, and beloved by all who knew her. May the God of all grace console the hearts of the bereaved husband and orphan children with the fond hope of meeting her in the blessed mansions in our Father's house above. Daniel Morse.