SARAH ANNE (COX) BEASLEY

COX, BEASLEY, BENTON, HARRIS, MILLER, MCCULLEY, ROBBINS, FITCH

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Date: 2/11/2002 at 23:38:56

Decatur County Journal
December l0, l9l4

SARAH ANNE COX-BEASLEY was born March 3,
l854, and died at her home in
Davis City, November 26, l9l4. She was
united in marriage to JAMES K.
BEASLEY on the 25th of September, l870. To
this union were born twele
children, four of whom have preceded the
mother to the great beyond.
Those living are: CHARLES STEPHEN BEASLEY,
VIOLA BENTON, EMMA ELIZABETH
HARRIS, MARTHA JANE MILLER, NELLIE MARIE
MCCULLEY, IOWA IONE ROBBINS,
SARAH LURENA FITCH and OPAL ROBERTA BEASLEY.
All residing in or near
Davis City, except MRS. HARRIS, who resides
at Saline Kan. The children
were all permitted to be at the bedside of
the mother at the last.

The deceased united with the Baptist Church
January, l87l, and was
baptized on the first Monday in February and
has been a faithful member
and devoted and loving mother, a faithful
companion until death. She
leaves behind to mourn their loss, her
husband and children, an aged
father, four brothers, twenty-four
grandchildren
and a number of other relatives and friends.
May God temper the sorrow
in their hearts that they may be able to say
with the redeemed God's
will not ours be done.

The funeral services were held at Bethel
Church on Saturday, November
28, by Rev. Dale, Assisted by Rev. Campbell.
A few comforting words
were spoken from lst Cor. l5:49, and as we
have borne the image of the
earthly, we shall also bear the image of the
Heavenly. After which the
body was tenderly laid to rest in the Bethel
Cemetery there to await the
morning of the great resurrection.

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