Obituaries

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Oct 13, 1904

ATKINS.—Died near Lake Tapps, Wash., June 26, 1904, of pneumonia, Grace May Atkins, aged 9 years and 6 months. Little Grace had learned to love her Saviour, and rests in hope. Funeral services were conducted by the writer. W. C. F. WARD.

DRAPER.—Died at El Dorado, Kan., Sept. 19, 1904, of consumption, Joseph M. Draper, aged 39 years and 29 days. We laid him to rest with the assurance that, if faithful, we shall meet him at the resurrection of the just. He leaves a wife and four children, an aged father and mother, three brothers, four sisters, and many friends to mourn his death. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Rev. 14: 12, 13. N. T. SUTTON.

PIERCE.—Died at her father’s home, near Bowman, Ga., Sept. 26, 1904, of typhoid fever, Sister Diecie E. Pierce, aged 17 years. Sister Pierce, with her father, mother, three brothers, and little sister, accepted the Sabbath and kindred truths about the first of August, under the labors of Elder F. R. Shaeffer and the writer. During her sickness, when conscious, she was frequently singing or praying. At the time of her death she had not yet withdrawn her name from the Baptist Church, of which she had been a member for several years. At the mother’s request, two Baptist ministers, with whom the family had been long acquainted, and the writer took part in the funeral exercises. We laid her away in a beautiful grove to await the Life-giver’s call. H. F. COURTER.

ASHLEY.—Died at his home in North Dartmouth, Mass., Sept. 22, 1904, of rheumatism around the heart, Jarvis T. Ashley, aged 82 years, 11 months, and 10 days. Brother Ashley was born in North Dartmouth in 1821. When the message for these last days came to him, he and his wife willingly embraced it, and he was among the first members of the Dartmouth Seventh-day Adventist church, and for many years he served faithfully as its elder. He was dearly beloved in his family and church, and was held in high esteem in the neighborhood where he had spent all his life. For several years he had been gradually failing. Wednesday evening, September 21, he was taken suddenly ill with severe pain in his shoulders and arms, and deathly sickness at the stomach, which caused vomiting. Nearly all night his pain was quite severe, causing copious perspiration. Great difficulty was also experienced in breathing; but his mind was clear to the last, and he endured the pain with patience. Thursday, about 10 A. M., he peacefully fell asleep to “wait a little while” for the return of the Life-giver, for whom he had waited so long. He leaves a wife, one daughter, and other relatives and friends to mourn their loss. The funeral was held from his home, September 25. A. E. PLACE.