Obituary-Jane Kirk - Grayson Co., VA 1892 


                 T H E  O B I T U A R Y  O F  J A N E  K I R K

                         SUBMITTED BY BUFORD C WILSON
                          Buford_Wilson@Hotmail.Com

THIS OBITUARY WAS FOUND IN AN OLD BOOK THAT WAS GIVEN TO RECENTLY. THE BOOK
WAS PUBLISHED IN 1896 AND THIS OBITUARY WAS PROBABLY USED AS A BOOKMARK.

IN MEMORY OF JANE KIRK WHO WAS BORN NOV 9 1847 AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE FEV 18 
1892. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF WRIGHT WINGATE, AND WAS MARRIED TO JOHN KIRK IN THE 
YEAR 1865. SHE PROFESSED RELIGION IN THE YEAR 1866, AND  LATER ON SHE JOINED THE 
CHURCH AT BAPTIST UNION, WITH HER HUSBAND. ABOUT 10 OR 12 YEARS AGO THEY MOVED 
THEIR MEMBERSHIP TO PLEASANT GROVE, WHERE SHE LIVED A CONSISTENT MEMBER UNTIL HER 
DEATH.
SHE WAS AFFLICTED TWO OR THREE YEARS, AND THORUGH ALL HER SICKNESS SHE NEVER
MURMURED. SHE WAS A GOOD WOMAN-HER NEIGHBORS WILL MISS HER. THE WRITER 
VISITED HER OFTEN DURING HER ILLNESS, AND A MORE GODLY WOMAN I NEVER SAW. SHE WAS 
RECONCILED TO HER FATE. I HAVE SEEN HER PRAISE THE LORD IN THE CONGREGATION AND AROUND 
HER FIRESIDE. NOT A DAY BUT WHAT SHE HAD A GOOD WORD TO SAY ABOUT HER NEIGHBOTS, 
AND TALKED TO HER CHILDREN ABOUT GETTING READY TO DIE. SHE WAS SO ANXIOUS FOR 
THEM TO LIVE RIGHT. SHE OPENED HER MOUTH WITH WISDOM AND IN HER TONGUE WAS THE LAW 
OF KINDNESS. SHE LOOKED WELL TO THE WAYS OF HER HOUSEHOLD, AND ATE NOT THE 
BREAD OF IDLENESS. HER CHILDREN WILL RISE UP AND CALL HER BLESSED. SHE LEAVES A 
HUSBAND AND SEVERAL CHILDREN, A FATHER AND SEVERAL BROTHERS AND SISTERS, AND A HOST OF 
RELATIVES AND FRIENDS TO MOURN HER LOSS;BUT WE WOULD SAY TO THE DEAR HUSBAND CHILDREN. 
"MOURN NOT AS THEY THAT HAVE NO HOPE," FOR WE FEEL ASSURED THAT WIFE AND MOTHER IS 
STANDING AT THE BEAUTIFUL GATE, WAITING AND WATCHING FOR YOU.

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