Houston Home Journal December 28, 1899 Issue [In this issue the spelling of the surname was Tharpe] This little notice appeared among other news of community happenings in this issue, not as a separate notice.
Rev. B.F. Tharpe, D.D. died at his home in Perry last Wednesday, and was buried in Evergreen Thursday morning. The bereaved son, daughters, grandchildren and other relatives have the sincere sympathy of their many friends.
Houston Home Journal, Thursday January 4, 1900 Issue
In Memoriam of Dr. Tharp
Rev. Benjamin Franklin Tharp, D.D., who died at his home in Perry Wednesday morning, Dec. 20, 1899, was one of the most highly esteemed gentleman who ever lived here, or in the state.
The funeral services in the Baptist Church were conducted by Rev. A.J. Cheeves of Marshallville, assisted by Dr. W.J. Holtzclaw of Perry, and Dr. B.L. Ross of Fort Valley. In Evergreen cemetery at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon, the body of this good man, the earnest, zealous minister of God, was interred beside the grave of his beloved wife.
Dr. Tharp was about 80 years old, having been born in Twiggs Co., Ga., in 1820. [marker has 1819] He was a graduate of the first class of Mercer University, then located in Penfield [GA]. On January 23, 1843, he married Miss Martha Jackson, of Green County, and about a year later came to Houston. Of this marriage there are now living one son and six daughters.
Mr. A.H. Tharp of Perry, Mrs. J.A. Ansley of Americus, Mrs. H.C. Irwin of Atlanta, Mrs. O.P. Willingham of Macon, Mrs. C.T. Lawson, Miss Mattie Tharp and Mrs. E.L. Dennard of Perry. All these attended the funeral except Mrs. Willingham, who was ill at home.
For sixty-one years Dr. Tharp was an able and zealous minister of the Baptist Church, for nearly twenty consecutive years pastor at Perry. At the time of his death he was pastor of the Hayneville and Henderson Baptist Churches. For a number of years he was a trustee of Mercer University, and about twenty years ago the Doctor of Divinity degree was conferred upon him by that college.
As a farmer, a citizen, a minister of the gospel, a Christian, he was true to his convictions, earnest, positive, progressive. A man of strong convictions, he ever did that which he believed to be right, though not without charity for those who erred through weakness or ignorance.
He was confined to his bed only a few days prior to his death, peacefully he answered the summons to the eternal world, as was befitting a man whose life here had been exceptionally active.
Probably no man in Georgia held the love of Baptist in a higher degree than he and all who knew him esteemed him an able and devout minister true to his calling.
He is at home with his Maker, and the bereaved ones have the true sympathy of their many friends.
The loss of the church on earth, the community, the state, is great and only comparable to his own eternal gain.
Rev. B.F. Tharpe, D.D. died at his home in Perry last Wednesday, and was buried in Evergreen Thursday morning. The bereaved son, daughters, grandchildren and other relatives have the sincere sympathy of their many friends.
Houston Home Journal, Thursday January 4, 1900 Issue
In Memoriam of Dr. Tharp
Rev. Benjamin Franklin Tharp, D.D., who died at his home in Perry Wednesday morning, Dec. 20, 1899, was one of the most highly esteemed gentleman who ever lived here, or in the state.
The funeral services in the Baptist Church were conducted by Rev. A.J. Cheeves of Marshallville, assisted by Dr. W.J. Holtzclaw of Perry, and Dr. B.L. Ross of Fort Valley. In Evergreen cemetery at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon, the body of this good man, the earnest, zealous minister of God, was interred beside the grave of his beloved wife.
Dr. Tharp was about 80 years old, having been born in Twiggs Co., Ga., in 1820. [marker has 1819] He was a graduate of the first class of Mercer University, then located in Penfield [GA]. On January 23, 1843, he married Miss Martha Jackson, of Green County, and about a year later came to Houston. Of this marriage there are now living one son and six daughters.
Mr. A.H. Tharp of Perry, Mrs. J.A. Ansley of Americus, Mrs. H.C. Irwin of Atlanta, Mrs. O.P. Willingham of Macon, Mrs. C.T. Lawson, Miss Mattie Tharp and Mrs. E.L. Dennard of Perry. All these attended the funeral except Mrs. Willingham, who was ill at home.
For sixty-one years Dr. Tharp was an able and zealous minister of the Baptist Church, for nearly twenty consecutive years pastor at Perry. At the time of his death he was pastor of the Hayneville and Henderson Baptist Churches. For a number of years he was a trustee of Mercer University, and about twenty years ago the Doctor of Divinity degree was conferred upon him by that college.
As a farmer, a citizen, a minister of the gospel, a Christian, he was true to his convictions, earnest, positive, progressive. A man of strong convictions, he ever did that which he believed to be right, though not without charity for those who erred through weakness or ignorance.
He was confined to his bed only a few days prior to his death, peacefully he answered the summons to the eternal world, as was befitting a man whose life here had been exceptionally active.
Probably no man in Georgia held the love of Baptist in a higher degree than he and all who knew him esteemed him an able and devout minister true to his calling.
He is at home with his Maker, and the bereaved ones have the true sympathy of their many friends.
The loss of the church on earth, the community, the state, is great and only comparable to his own eternal gain.
Houston Home Journal December 28, 1899 Issue [In this issue the spelling of the surname was Tharpe] This little notice appeared among other news of community happenings in this issue, not as a separate notice.
Rev. B.F. Tharpe, D.D. died at his home in Perry last Wednesday, and was buried in Evergreen Thursday morning. The bereaved son, daughters, grandchildren and other relatives have the sincere sympathy of their many friends.
Houston Home Journal, Thursday January 4, 1900 Issue
In Memoriam of Dr. Tharp
Rev. Benjamin Franklin Tharp, D.D., who died at his home in Perry Wednesday morning, Dec. 20, 1899, was one of the most highly esteemed gentleman who ever lived here, or in the state.
The funeral services in the Baptist Church were conducted by Rev. A.J. Cheeves of Marshallville, assisted by Dr. W.J. Holtzclaw of Perry, and Dr. B.L. Ross of Fort Valley. In Evergreen cemetery at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon, the body of this good man, the earnest, zealous minister of God, was interred beside the grave of his beloved wife.
Dr. Tharp was about 80 years old, having been born in Twiggs Co., Ga., in 1820. [marker has 1819] He was a graduate of the first class of Mercer University, then located in Penfield [GA]. On January 23, 1843, he married Miss Martha Jackson, of Green County, and about a year later came to Houston. Of this marriage there are now living one son and six daughters.
Mr. A.H. Tharp of Perry, Mrs. J.A. Ansley of Americus, Mrs. H.C. Irwin of Atlanta, Mrs. O.P. Willingham of Macon, Mrs. C.T. Lawson, Miss Mattie Tharp and Mrs. E.L. Dennard of Perry. All these attended the funeral except Mrs. Willingham, who was ill at home.
For sixty-one years Dr. Tharp was an able and zealous minister of the Baptist Church, for nearly twenty consecutive years pastor at Perry. At the time of his death he was pastor of the Hayneville and Henderson Baptist Churches. For a number of years he was a trustee of Mercer University, and about twenty years ago the Doctor of Divinity degree was conferred upon him by that college.
As a farmer, a citizen, a minister of the gospel, a Christian, he was true to his convictions, earnest, positive, progressive. A man of strong convictions, he ever did that which he believed to be right, though not without charity for those who erred through weakness or ignorance.
He was confined to his bed only a few days prior to his death, peacefully he answered the summons to the eternal world, as was befitting a man whose life here had been exceptionally active.
Probably no man in Georgia held the love of Baptist in a higher degree than he and all who knew him esteemed him an able and devout minister true to his calling.
He is at home with his Maker, and the bereaved ones have the true sympathy of their many friends.
The loss of the church on earth, the community, the state, is great and only comparable to his own eternal gain.
Rev. B.F. Tharpe, D.D. died at his home in Perry last Wednesday, and was buried in Evergreen Thursday morning. The bereaved son, daughters, grandchildren and other relatives have the sincere sympathy of their many friends.
Houston Home Journal, Thursday January 4, 1900 Issue
In Memoriam of Dr. Tharp
Rev. Benjamin Franklin Tharp, D.D., who died at his home in Perry Wednesday morning, Dec. 20, 1899, was one of the most highly esteemed gentleman who ever lived here, or in the state.
The funeral services in the Baptist Church were conducted by Rev. A.J. Cheeves of Marshallville, assisted by Dr. W.J. Holtzclaw of Perry, and Dr. B.L. Ross of Fort Valley. In Evergreen cemetery at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon, the body of this good man, the earnest, zealous minister of God, was interred beside the grave of his beloved wife.
Dr. Tharp was about 80 years old, having been born in Twiggs Co., Ga., in 1820. [marker has 1819] He was a graduate of the first class of Mercer University, then located in Penfield [GA]. On January 23, 1843, he married Miss Martha Jackson, of Green County, and about a year later came to Houston. Of this marriage there are now living one son and six daughters.
Mr. A.H. Tharp of Perry, Mrs. J.A. Ansley of Americus, Mrs. H.C. Irwin of Atlanta, Mrs. O.P. Willingham of Macon, Mrs. C.T. Lawson, Miss Mattie Tharp and Mrs. E.L. Dennard of Perry. All these attended the funeral except Mrs. Willingham, who was ill at home.
For sixty-one years Dr. Tharp was an able and zealous minister of the Baptist Church, for nearly twenty consecutive years pastor at Perry. At the time of his death he was pastor of the Hayneville and Henderson Baptist Churches. For a number of years he was a trustee of Mercer University, and about twenty years ago the Doctor of Divinity degree was conferred upon him by that college.
As a farmer, a citizen, a minister of the gospel, a Christian, he was true to his convictions, earnest, positive, progressive. A man of strong convictions, he ever did that which he believed to be right, though not without charity for those who erred through weakness or ignorance.
He was confined to his bed only a few days prior to his death, peacefully he answered the summons to the eternal world, as was befitting a man whose life here had been exceptionally active.
Probably no man in Georgia held the love of Baptist in a higher degree than he and all who knew him esteemed him an able and devout minister true to his calling.
He is at home with his Maker, and the bereaved ones have the true sympathy of their many friends.
The loss of the church on earth, the community, the state, is great and only comparable to his own eternal gain.
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