Obituary: Whiteside, 25 Jul 1897 - Smith County, TX Contributed by Vicki Betts 12 January 2003 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************************** TEXAS CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, September 9, 1897, p. 15, c. 2 WHITESIDE.—On a beautiful Sabbath day, the 25th of July, our loving Savior looked into the home of J. N. and Hester Whiteside and saw their eight-year-old son suffering with fever; and we can imagine seeing him throw open the gates of the New Jerusalem and gather about him little Isaac's angel brothers and sister to welcome him where there shall be no more scorching fever, but where all is bright and glorious. Just before leaving mamma and papa he raised his little hand and said: "There is a pigeon," and asked his little brother Johnnie to catch it. Perhaps it was the flutter of an angel's wings come to bear his spirit home. He then told them he was sleepy, and sure enough, but it was thesweetest sleep he had ever slept. God moves in a mysterious way his wonders to perform. The writer has never seen a brighter child. When his name was called at Sunday- school he would always rise and recite his verse nicely, and up to his death never had an absent mark. Papa and mamma, live for God and you will meet again. VIOLA STALLINGS. Tyler, Texas.