Mrs. Emily Maddox Dies

Mrs. Emily Maddox, mother of Judge C. S. Maddox, died last Monday and was buried on Tuesday following at Providence church cemetery.

At the time of her death Mrs. Maddox was 91 years of age, and had been invalid for about five years past.  She was, perhaps, the oldest woman in Butts County, and was one of the best of women.  Her life was as useful as it was long and as she lived so she died - a noble Christian woman.

It was her request that her body be interred at the Providence church, that Rev. Doc Hansford of Monroe county preach her funeral, and that he read this Scripture as his text:

"And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, write, Blessed, are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works to follow them." Rev. 14:18

All these requests were fulfilled and the body is now peacefully awaiting the resurrection morn.

Jackson Argus - Butts county
Week of January 27, 1899

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