Edith Howard Owen was a daughter of John Grant and Carrie Boykin Owen, born 5 September 1898. Edith would live just eight years.
Macon Telegraph (Georgia)
Tuesday, 5 February 1907 - pg. 3 [via GenealogyBank]
Calm on the bosom of thy God,
Fair little spirit, rest thee now!
E’en while with us thy footstep trod,
His seal was on thy brow.
These lines are from a "death and burial" hymn written by Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans about 1823. The second stanza:
Dust, to its narrow house beneath!
Soul, to its home on high!
They that have seen thy look in death
No more may fear to die.
Years later, a third stanza was added and all first published under the title, "A Dirge."
Lone are the paths, and sad the hours,
Since thy meek spirit’s gone;
But, O, a brighter home than ours,
In heaven, is now thine own!
Tuesday, 5 February 1907 - pg. 3 [via GenealogyBank]
Died.Upon her death on 3 February 1907, Edith was laid to rest in Waverly Hall Cemetery at Harris County, Georgia. A portion of her epitaph reads as follows:
WAVERLY HALL, Ga., Feb. 4. -- Little Edith Owen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Owen, died this morning after a brief illness. She was an unusually bright and attractive child, beloved by all.
Calm on the bosom of thy God,
Fair little spirit, rest thee now!
E’en while with us thy footstep trod,
His seal was on thy brow.
Dust, to its narrow house beneath!
Soul, to its home on high!
They that have seen thy look in death
No more may fear to die.
Years later, a third stanza was added and all first published under the title, "A Dirge."
Lone are the paths, and sad the hours,
Since thy meek spirit’s gone;
But, O, a brighter home than ours,
In heaven, is now thine own!
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