Gray - John - 1902
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 24
January 1902
The
following notice is published at the request of the friends of John Gray, who was formerly a resident
of this county:
The
funeral services of the late John Gray were held at the Grant Church at 2
o’clock Saturday afternoon, Jan. 11, conducted by Rev. W. F. Vander Lippe, of
Deepwater, Mo. A large audience of friends and neighbors were present. Miss
Bertha Irwin presided at the organ at the request of the family. At their
request also, Mr. M. V. Blaney led the singing of the favorite selections of
the deceased, “Asleep in Jesus,” “Face,
Fade, Each Earthly Joy,” and “Nearer My God to Thee.”
The
scripture selections were the 8th and 19th Psalms, so
dear to the departed and which the loved ones so often heard him repeat. In his
remarks the minister comforted the mourning helpmate with the thought that he
fell asleep so painlessly and sweetly, was free from earth’s great trials and,
when soon they might meet again, it would be in those many mansions where
partings should be no more.
The
men and women and their
families, his children, he consoled with the thought
that they had had his comforting and guiding love so many years, and especially
had his son, John and daughter Mellie been permitted for long to minister to
him and relieve his wants that his remembrance would always be a sweet benefit
to them.
John
Gray was born Dec. 18, 1820, in Brown County ,
Ohio Indiana ,
thence to Missouri
He
died Wednesday, Jan. 8th, in a sinking spell, after they had been
able to pull him through several others. He leaves to mourn him his aged widow
and seven children, four children having preceded him. - s -