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From: "Lisa Perry" <>
Subject: [MOMONROE] NBC: J. Overstreet
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 20:59:33 -0400

Undated article; original source unknown. Extracted from the newspaper
article collection started in 1879 by Mrs. Nannie Brown of Madison,
Missouri.





IN MEMORIAM.



"Died, at his home three miles South of Madison, of Typhoid Fever, after
an illness of ten days, James Overstreet.



He was born in Sullivan county, this State, Dec. 31, 1858; departed this
life Oct. 29, 1895. He was married to Miss Fannie D. Enochs, March 6,
1884, who still survives him. He leaves besides his wife, an aged
mother, two sisters and one brother. Another brother preceded him
thirteen months and five days with the same illness. Another good man
gone - God knows best and took him. He leaves many friends and
relatives to mourn and sympathize with the bereaved ones.



He united with the Christian church in the fall of 1892, and has been a
faithful member since. He was in all respects a Christian man, was
liked and respected by all that knew him. Ever kind and cheerful in all
the duties of life, he will be greatly missed by the community in which
he lived. He was a friend and help to the needy.



In the few short years of life he had accumulated enough to live
comfortably. Is death has cast a shadow over his once happy home; that
home is now broken up, but we have the consoling assurance that he is at
rest. When asked by one of his sisters if he was afraid to die, his
answer was, "I think it is all right," and his wife knowing the end was
near, thanked him for his kindness and for being so good in her (own)
illness; told him he would be rewarded in Heaven. He only said he was
not afraid to die, he had tried to be good.



His mother, brother and sisters were all present; he shook hands and
bade them all good-bye; with many friends and relatives around his bed,
he passed quietly away. The writer of this short sketch has known him
since he was a mere boy, been with him much of the time, knew him to be
all that was noble and generous. Among his friends that stood around
him one said "he was always a good boy was good in school and made just
as (good) a man." He was (her) pupil and she knew his amiable
disposition. His funeral was preached by Elder J.M. Smith after which
the remains were laid to rest (in the Swindell) burying ground."



O! how sad is home without thee,

O! how hard from thee to part,

Those dear lips will never utter,

Kind word to cheer my lonely heart.



In Heaven I think thou art waiting,

For the loved ones left (unknown) below,

And when our Saviour call us,

We will meet to part no more.



Yet our hearts are sad and lonely,

For we miss thee everywhere;

O, how can we live without thee?

This sad loss how hard to bear.



A FRIEND.





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Kathleen Wilham

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Shelbina, MO. 63468-1562

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