Obituary: Joel F. Richardson, 7 Sep 1897 - Smith County, TX Contributed by Vicki Betts 12 January 2003 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************************** TEXAS CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, October 14, 1897, p. 14, c. 1 RICHARDSON.—Joel F., infant son of W. M. and Susan Richardson, was born February 20, 1896, and died of cholera infantum in Tyler, Texas, September 7, 1897. After intense suffering, after anxious watching and waiting, after all had been done that could be done, the dark- winged messenger came; but, thank God, the bright-winged angels came, too, and we are persuaded took the little one to their eternal home, where Jesus is. "I take these little lambs," he said, "and lay them in my breast. Protection they shall find in me; in me be ever blessed." W. W. McANALLY.