Mrs. L. J. McDonald (whose gravesite is pictured in the foreground of the image here) was a noble Christian lady, and a true, kind, and affectionate wife. She was born in Abbeville District, South Carolina 11 December 1825. When she died on the 4th of May, in the year 1895, the Vienna Progress of Dooly County, Georgia gave the news: DEATH OF MRS. MCDONALD One of the most estimable and widely admired women of our county, wife of Rev. Middleton McDonald, died at their home near Pateville Saturday night, and was buried, amid the family that have "gone before," at Mt. Olive church 9 miles above here Sunday afternoon. Both husband and wife were very aged and were standing near the Jordan waiting for the summons to "come over," for which they have been ready these many years. Mrs. McDonald has been in bad health for many years and it was a relief to her to lay aside the ills and cares of humanity, wrap the mantle of her couch [sic] about her and pass into immortality o...
Telling the Tales of Tombstones