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Subject: [ALBUTLER] An Old Citizen Gone [Matthew Patton, 1860]
Date: 16 Mar 2002 19:41:33 -0700

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Surnames: Patton
Classification: Obituary

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The obituary notice and Masonic tribute publishd in our columns today chronicle the irreparable loss to Greenville and Butler County, by the hand of Death, of our old citizen, Mr. Matthew Patton. The obituary notice over the signature of "A Friend" is a truthful, unvarnished pen and ink protrature of his character, and we would not add another line to embalm the memory of one whose whole life was a rebuke to deception and guile. The large funeral concourse which assembled on Sunday last to drop the tear of regretful farewell on his grave, was his fittest and most truthful epitaph. An esteemed citizen passed to his tomb, an entire community following in mournful train. The elevating and awe-inspiring rites of the Masonic Fraternity added solemnity to the occasion, impressing the minds of all with the certainty of a resurrection, and the impulse was in every heart to chant the requiem to the departed soul of an upright man. May the sod rest lightly on the bosom of our dep!
arted, true old friend!
(written by the editor) [from the June 2, 1860, The South Alabamian]

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