Southern Graves

John S. Thomas died 9 January 1881 and was buried at Memory Hill Cemetery in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia. A death notice was published in the Augusta Chronicle , citing the Milledgeville Recorder , just a few days after his demise: Death of Judge J. S. Thomas. Judge John S. Thomas died at his residence, at Midway, Sunday night. He has for years been confined to his house. He was the oldest living male resident of the county at the time of his death. In his early life he was associated with many prominent positions under the State government. We are informed that Judge Thomas was born in May, 1779, and was nearly 102 years of age. He was, in his active life, a prominent citizen and a good one. Doubtless a more extended notice will be given of so remarkable a man. That last line proved prescient. A "more extended" obituary was published in the Milledgeville Union & Recorder on 18 January 1881. John Sherrod Thomas. Col. J. S. Thomas was born in 1779, on Rock...

Beneath this stone reposes all that was mortal ~ of ~ MARY  H. Daughter of Mary & Dr. Wm Savage And wife of Col. A. R. Wright, Born Dec'r 28th, 1825 Married April 26th, 1843 Died June 23rd, 1854 A Christian Woman is the highest best gift of God to earth and here lies one of its highest exemplifications! Christianity was with her a sentiment deeply inwoven in all her thoughts, feelings and affections. Kind and benevolent, unexacting and charitable, brilliant but humble --- Vigorous in intellect, sweet and lovely in person, meek and gentle in disposition --- her life and character have left their impress indelibly fixed in the hearts of those whose wise counsellor and devoted partner she was throught all the vicissitudes of an eventful though brief career.  Though married when young, ardent and hopeful in the midday splendor of youthful hopes and aspirations. She entered upon her domestic duties an energy and devotion which could feel no decline:  and by the purity a...

Oakview Cemetery located on Cotton Avenue in Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia has many beautiful monuments. The one I am sharing with you today is that of Martha Jones. The front side of her stone simply says "Pattie's Grave." If you continue to walk around her towering steeple and angel, you will learn more information about Mrs. Jones. (That's actually a good lesson to note: always be sure to check the sides and back of a tombstone whenever possible. You never know what you might find.) In this case, etched on each side of Martha's gravestone was a vital moment in her life. Here is the entire inscription: Pattie's Grave Martha Dillon Wright, Born in Augusta, Georgia, October 17, 1833. Married to Edwin Thomas Jones At Appling, Columbia County, Georgia, April 4, 1850. Died at the Plantation of Her Husband, In Dougherty County, Georgia, July 2, 1860, Aged 26 Years, 8 Months and 26 Days. I took so many pictures of Pattie's Grave. I ...