Southern Graves

Nos. 10255 and 10259 in Marietta National Cemetery. First Private Huxford, then Private Wynn. Savannah Morning News  (Georgia) Thursday, 29 September 1898 Death of Private Huxford. Griffin, Ga., Sept. 28. -- Private Huxford of Capt. Gilbert's company, died at Camp Northen last night after a protracted illness of fever. Huxford is from Jesup, Ga. His remains left to-night for Marietta, and will be interred in the national cemetery to-morrow. Harlock was born about 1867 in South Carolina to Peter and Lydia A. Huxford. He served with Company G, 3rd Georgia Infantry during the Spanish American War. Savannah Morning News  (Georgia) Friday, 7 October 1898 DEATH OF GEORGIA SOLDIERS. Private Wynn Dies at Camp Northen... Griffin, Ga., Oct. 6. -- Private Macon Wynn of Company G died at Camp Northen this morning at 3 o'clock, from typhoid fever. Wynn's home is in Hamilton, Fla., and he enlisted in Capt. Gilbert's company in Albany. His remains were carried to Marietta to-night, an...

A tombstone in Fork Cemetery (Madison County, Georgia) stands to memorialize the lives of David Wynn (1838-1904) and wife Elizabeth (1827-1898). A portion of the epitaph on their shared marker -- inscribed below a pair of clasped hands (one male, one female; possibly symbolizing matrimony) -- is the first two verses of a hymn written by Thomas Hastings about 1834: "Jesus, While Our Hearts Are Bleeding." Jesus, while our hearts are bleeding, O'er the spoils that death has won, We would at this solemn meeting, Calmly say thy will be done. Tho' cast down we're not forsaken, Though afflicted, not alone. Thou didst give and thou hast taken, Blessed Lord thy will be done. The third verse: Though today we're filled with mourning, Mercy still is on the throne; With thy smiles and love returning, We can sing, "Thy will be done." As a side note, this hymn is also mentioned in The Sound of the Dove: Singing in Appalachian Primitive Baptist Churches...

Cedar Hill Cemetery Cochran, Bleckley County, Georgia Images © 2013 S. Lincecum