OBITUARY: Miss Eunice G. Cannon, 10 Dec 1888 - Smith County, TX Submitted by Vicki Betts 6 December 2002 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************************** TEXAS CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, January 24, 1889, p. 7, c. 5 CANNON.—Miss Eunice G. Cannon was born in Pomeria, Newberry county, South Carolina, June 9, 1870. She joined the Methodist Church, south, in July, 1881, being about that time ten years of age. She died at the residence of Mrs. S. A. Eastham, Huntsville, Texas, Dec. 10, 1888. She was attending the Sam Houston Normal Institute at the time of her death. Her close application to her books proved to be too much for her strength, and she was unable to resist the fatal typho-malarial fever, which so often desolates our homes. Sister Eunice is not dead but liveth! Such a life as hers cannot be forgotten. Never did a daughter exhibit more untiring devotion to her parents than did she. She read her Bible night and morning, and prayed to her Father in heaven. Not long before she was taken ill she wrote to her mother that she was becoming a more devoted Christian than ever. Her parents were called to her side about ten days before her death, and saw her die in peace, singing "Nearer, My God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee." Her new made friends at Huntsville were much grieved at her death. Her remains were buried at Lindale, Texas. May the Lord comfort the bereaved. LINDALE, TEXAS. W. H. CRAWFORD.