Janie Light, Find a Grave member #47042746, contributed the following obituary.
Macon Weekly Telegraph, Macon, GA, 18 Mar 1879: Funeral of Mrs. Eliza Smith
The funeral services of Mrs. Eliza Smith were largely attended yesterday morning at the Mulberry Street Methodist church. The church was filled with friends who tendered this tribute to the memory of one who in life commanded their esteem and in death elicited their praise. The deceased was as well known perhaps as any lady in the city. The services were opened by the choir singing as a voluntary, "Come, ye disconsolate," in a very solemn manner. Rev. G. G. N. MacDonell read the 697th hymn, which was followed by an impressive prayer by Rev. Mr. Clisby. Rev. Dr. Key, pastor of the church, then rose, and after reading the burial service of the Methodist denomination, delivered a very appropriate tribute to the deceased, full of feeling and a truthful portraiture of her who had lately fallen asleep full of the praises of her people.
She was indeed a remarkable lady, of strong intellectual powers, and for fifty years a member of the Methodist Church. Rev. Dr. Skinner next read the hymn commencing "There is a land of pure delight." After it was sung, the remains were returned to the hearse and conveyed to Rose Hill Cemetery, followed by a cortege of carriages.
The following gentlemen acted as pallbearers: Messrs. W. H. Ross, Emory Winship, C. E. Campbell, George S. Jones, L. N. Whittle, Robert Coleman, J. E. Johnston, F. S. Johnson and L. Ripley.
Macon Weekly Telegraph, Macon, GA, 18 Mar 1879: Funeral of Mrs. Eliza Smith
The funeral services of Mrs. Eliza Smith were largely attended yesterday morning at the Mulberry Street Methodist church. The church was filled with friends who tendered this tribute to the memory of one who in life commanded their esteem and in death elicited their praise. The deceased was as well known perhaps as any lady in the city. The services were opened by the choir singing as a voluntary, "Come, ye disconsolate," in a very solemn manner. Rev. G. G. N. MacDonell read the 697th hymn, which was followed by an impressive prayer by Rev. Mr. Clisby. Rev. Dr. Key, pastor of the church, then rose, and after reading the burial service of the Methodist denomination, delivered a very appropriate tribute to the deceased, full of feeling and a truthful portraiture of her who had lately fallen asleep full of the praises of her people.
She was indeed a remarkable lady, of strong intellectual powers, and for fifty years a member of the Methodist Church. Rev. Dr. Skinner next read the hymn commencing "There is a land of pure delight." After it was sung, the remains were returned to the hearse and conveyed to Rose Hill Cemetery, followed by a cortege of carriages.
The following gentlemen acted as pallbearers: Messrs. W. H. Ross, Emory Winship, C. E. Campbell, George S. Jones, L. N. Whittle, Robert Coleman, J. E. Johnston, F. S. Johnson and L. Ripley.
Janie Light, Find a Grave member #47042746, contributed the following obituary.
Macon Weekly Telegraph, Macon, GA, 18 Mar 1879: Funeral of Mrs. Eliza Smith
The funeral services of Mrs. Eliza Smith were largely attended yesterday morning at the Mulberry Street Methodist church. The church was filled with friends who tendered this tribute to the memory of one who in life commanded their esteem and in death elicited their praise. The deceased was as well known perhaps as any lady in the city. The services were opened by the choir singing as a voluntary, "Come, ye disconsolate," in a very solemn manner. Rev. G. G. N. MacDonell read the 697th hymn, which was followed by an impressive prayer by Rev. Mr. Clisby. Rev. Dr. Key, pastor of the church, then rose, and after reading the burial service of the Methodist denomination, delivered a very appropriate tribute to the deceased, full of feeling and a truthful portraiture of her who had lately fallen asleep full of the praises of her people.
She was indeed a remarkable lady, of strong intellectual powers, and for fifty years a member of the Methodist Church. Rev. Dr. Skinner next read the hymn commencing "There is a land of pure delight." After it was sung, the remains were returned to the hearse and conveyed to Rose Hill Cemetery, followed by a cortege of carriages.
The following gentlemen acted as pallbearers: Messrs. W. H. Ross, Emory Winship, C. E. Campbell, George S. Jones, L. N. Whittle, Robert Coleman, J. E. Johnston, F. S. Johnson and L. Ripley.
Macon Weekly Telegraph, Macon, GA, 18 Mar 1879: Funeral of Mrs. Eliza Smith
The funeral services of Mrs. Eliza Smith were largely attended yesterday morning at the Mulberry Street Methodist church. The church was filled with friends who tendered this tribute to the memory of one who in life commanded their esteem and in death elicited their praise. The deceased was as well known perhaps as any lady in the city. The services were opened by the choir singing as a voluntary, "Come, ye disconsolate," in a very solemn manner. Rev. G. G. N. MacDonell read the 697th hymn, which was followed by an impressive prayer by Rev. Mr. Clisby. Rev. Dr. Key, pastor of the church, then rose, and after reading the burial service of the Methodist denomination, delivered a very appropriate tribute to the deceased, full of feeling and a truthful portraiture of her who had lately fallen asleep full of the praises of her people.
She was indeed a remarkable lady, of strong intellectual powers, and for fifty years a member of the Methodist Church. Rev. Dr. Skinner next read the hymn commencing "There is a land of pure delight." After it was sung, the remains were returned to the hearse and conveyed to Rose Hill Cemetery, followed by a cortege of carriages.
The following gentlemen acted as pallbearers: Messrs. W. H. Ross, Emory Winship, C. E. Campbell, George S. Jones, L. N. Whittle, Robert Coleman, J. E. Johnston, F. S. Johnson and L. Ripley.
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