Melborn Z. Poole

POOLE

Posted By: Kevan Chown (email)
Date: 6/4/2008 at 08:38:52

Melborn Z. Poole
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(Article found in Hazel Poole’s Bible)

Died – At the Family home south of West Liberty, on Wednesday, Feb. 11th, Melborn Z. Poole, aged 58.
The funeral services were held at the Christian Chapel on Friday afternoon and were conducted in the presence of a very large concourse of sorrowing friends by Elders J. H. Wright and H. A. Northcutt. The interment took place in Oakridge cemetery under the direction and according to the ritual of the G. A. R., Silas Jackson Post No. 255, of which he was a member, having charge. The deceased was one of those quiet, unassuming men who pursue the even tenor of their way without ostentation, and leave an excellent example of determination in the line of right for those who come after him. He had been a citizen of this county ever since the close of the war, a member of the Christian church since the year of his marriage, 1868; the father of eight children, six of whom are living; the husband of a devoted wife who survives him; an honored citizen of the community in which he lived, and for nearly three years stood in the ranks of the many thousand who rushed to the defense of the of the country in time of threatened destruction. All this stands to his credit, but over it all and adding luster to it all, he was nature’s noble man – an honest man.
IN MEMORIAL
A committee appointed at the last meeting of Silas Jackson Post to draft resolutions relative to the death of M. Z. Poole, reposted as follows:
WHEREAS, kind Providence has seen fit to sound the bugle call for a final review of Comrade Milburn Poole, therefore be it.
Resolved, by Silas Jackson Post that we tender to his, widow and children our warmest sympathy in this their hour of bereavement. And be futher
Resolved, that Silas Jackson Post had lost a good comrade, the community a good citizen and our country a brave defender, and the widow and children who survive him shall be ever held dear in the hearts and memories of the comrades of Silas Jackson Post

O. D. Gibson,

Commander