The Death Angel Took Maggie Mae Calhoun in its Cold Embrace in 1910

Maggie was a daughter of George W. and Susie Calhoun. Pine Ridge Cemetery is located at Pinehurst, Dooly County, Georgia.

Vienna News (Georgia)

17 May 1910

IN MEMORY.

The death angel has once again spread its broad wings over our home and taken in its cold embrace the spirit of our dear sister Maggie Mae Calhoun and bore it away to Him who gave.

Her sickness was of several days duration of that dreadful disease -- pneumonia, when God relieved her of her suffering and rewarded her with a crown of glory. She was spared to us for a season of 19 years and 26 days when God saw how beautiful our darling was and sent an angel from the throne on April 4, 1910 and transported her to the world above, where we again hope to meet her in the likeness of our glorified Lord.

Her remains were interred at Pine Ridge cemetery. Rev. L. E. Pearce conducted the funeral service, pointing the loved ones to a home where sorrow and sad partings never come.

We miss thee from our home dear Maggie,
We miss thee from thy place
A shadow o'er our life is cast;
We miss the sunshine of thy smiling face.

We miss thy kind and loving smile,
thy fond and gentle care,
Our home is dark without thee,
We miss the[e] everywhere.

All is dark within our dwelling,
lonely are our hearts today
For the one we love so dearly
has forever passed away.

Her loving s[i]sters,
Bessie and Carrie

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