OBITUARY:  Joseph Fletcher, 22 April 1883 - Smith County, TX

Submitted by Vicki Betts <Vicki_Betts@mail.uttyl.edu
13 Sep 2002

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TEXAS CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, June 30, 1883, p. 7, c. 3

LOWREY.—Died in Smith county, Texas, April 22, 1883, Joseph Fletcher, 
infant son of J. T. and Meda Lowrey, aged 1 year, 9 months and 22 
days. A ray of joyous light in our hearts never to be extinguished—
another star in the firmament of God's love, to brighten the dark 
valley; a beacon of light set "over there," to shine through 
suffering and sorrow, and beckon us onward with undimmed ray to 
ports of peace. O angels, tune your harps afresh; spread wide the 
portals, and let the King's anointed seek His presence to bask in 
its brightness forever more.

We missed him from our path;
We did not loose the golden head
From off our breast.
We laid him where his God and ours
Had lain—within the tomb—to rest.