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Subject: [ALDATA] Al-Wilcox Co. Obituary (Pharr)
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 11:17:59 -0500


Wilcox County AlArchives Obituaries.....George M. Pharr July 1903
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Wilcox Progressive Era, Thursday, July 16, 1903

Obituary.
George M. Pharr was born in Canton Bend, Ala., March 31st, 1829, and
died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Northrup in Selma. The parents
of Mr. Pharr were pioneers in this county, settling in Canton Bend
when the country was comparatively an unbroken wilderness. He grew up
in the halcyon days of Alabama when every planter was a King, every
home a palace, when culture and refinement were the prerequisites of
good society. Receiving a finished education and endowed with every
requisite that constitutes a man and a gentleman he passed his long
life of three fourths of a century beloved by all who knew him, a
shining example of the true Christian and of unswerving honor and
integrity. As man and boy the writer knew him for fifty years,
listened often to his chaste and elegant language in conversation, in
church and in the school room. On his character the shadow of a
scandal never fell, no man could truthfully accuse him of any act
unbecoming a Christian and a gentleman. A good man has passed away and
the good that he did lives after him; while his death has saddened our
hearts the recollection of his pure life and sterling qualities will
always "gild a spot in memory's waste." His sorrowing children and
friends know that beyond the veil that separates the two eternities is
a home of endless peace over the threshold of which he has passed.


Additional Comments:
Additional article Wilcox Progressive Era, Thursday, July 9, 1903
We regret to learn of the death of Mr. G. M. Pharr which occurred in
Selma and he was buried last week in Canton Bend.


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