Obituaries

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 4, 1903

HANSON.—Died July 2, 1903, of scarlet fever and complications, Earl Jennings, little son of John H. and Daisy Hanson, aged 6 years, 1 month, and 3 days. Funeral service by the writer. H. W. DECKER.

JOHNSON.—Died at her home near Newberg, Ore., June 30, 1903, Anna Johnson, aged 19 years, 9 months, and 5 days. Her last days were her most joyful on earth as she contemplated her Saviour's coming, and the realities of the eternal world were most real to all present as we laid her to rest. ALBERT CAREY.

RANSOM.—Died at his home in Madison, Wis., July 2, 1903, of pneumonia, Thomas Benjamin Ransom, aged 76 years, 3 months, and 25 days. He was born in Brunswick, Me., and married and moved to Wisconsin in 1864. He was converted and began the observance of the Bible Sabbath in 1870. He leaves a wife and four children. He rests in hope. MRS. T. B. RANSOM.

EARL.—Fell asleep in Jesus, at Newberg, Ore., Feb. 4, 1903, of cancer of the stomach, Mrs. K. S. Earl, aged 43 years, 10 months, and 12 days. Sister Earl accepted the truth in 1885 at Kearney, Neb., and came to Oregon in 1897. She leaves a husband, three sons, and three daughters to mourn their loss. M. E.

BARKER.—Died near Hugo, Colo., June 12, 1903, Wright Barker, aged 11 years, 8 months, and 4 days. His very sudden death was a great shock to his parents and friends. He was going after the family mail, about nine miles distant. When almost to his destination, the horse threw him. His foot caught in the stirrup, the horse running and dragging him. When found about twenty-two hours later by his father and a searching party, he was dead. No doubt his death was caused almost instantly. Funeral services were conducted by the writer in the Methodist church at Hugo, where a large company of neighbors and friends were gathered. The parents are comforted with the blessed hope. G. W. ANGLEBARGER.

DAVIS.—Died in Battle Creek, Mich., June 19, 1903, of typhoid pneumonia, Robert L. Davis, near the close of his thirty-eighth year. He came to Battle Creek in 1889, and entered the employ of the Review and Herald Publishing Co. He became an expert as a compositor of music, and was given supervision of that department. He became a member of the Battle Creek church. He was kind hearted in his home, and peaceful among his neighbors. He leaves his loving companion in deep sorrow and grief, and his little son of two years by her side, an aged mother, and three sisters to mourn their loss. But they mourn not without hope of meeting again when Christ shall raise the dead and take his people to the eternal home. There was a large attendance at the funeral in the Tabernacle, and burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. I. D. VAN HORN.

HOWARD.—June 3, 1903, Brother L. L. Howard, of Hallowell, Me., passed peacefully away, to rest in hope till the resurrection morn. He was born at Leeds, Me., Oct. 18, 1825, and in his earlier days labored quite extensively to advance the cause of present truth. He was associated in labor with Elders J. N. Andrews and M. E. Cornell, and several other pioneers; and when the Maine Conference of Seventh-day Adventists was organized, he was its first president. For some time prior to his death he was an intense sufferer, but through it all his faith and hope in God were strong. During his last suffering the precious truths of the third angel's message shone with a new luster in his soul. He is survived by six children, who have the full assurance that their father died in hope of soon seeing Jesus. The funeral services were conducted by the writer, assisted by the Methodist minister of the place, and Elder Dexter, of the Maine Conference. F. C. GILBERT.