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iiis service to his country iu the war, Ins service to his people iu peace, his interest and work iu the church, and Sunday school! anil his iuf’.uouee for good iu the community iu which lie resided. At the conclusion of the address one of the hymns which Uncle A! delighted to sing was sung and six of his naighbors aud friends, men wlu had known andworked with him for years, carried the body a short distance from the church where the interment occurred. The six pall bearers were Measrs. .John and James Shackleford, W. 1) Phillips. E. H. (loyne. W. F. Cooper,U. S. (Iriflin.A. lt;«. Easley was a native of Alabama ami was born in Morgan county iu that state sixty -five years ago. At an early age he located iu Mississippi in Pontotoc county and from tiiat see tiou came to Lowndes county | anil located in the prairie west of i us. When the war came, like a true patriot, he offered his services and throughout that memo ruble period lie served with gal laufcry and distinction, return I iug to his home after the* war broken in spirit and body and with t he battle of life again. How well he succeeded is shown in the good name and influence he leaves behind him.Mr. Easley was an honorable man, a useful citizen. As father. as husband, as neighbor and friend ho measured up to the full standard of these relations. lie was devout and iron aisle ut Christian, a faithful worker in the Sunday school having been superintendent at Mt. Vernon for a long number of years and his influence in the community in which he residedwas always exerted for the rightand for peace. He had servedhis people as justice of the peace, as their representative on the board of supervisors and he was a member of the board at the time of his death, lie loaves a wife aud six children.Tin* announcement of his demise causes universal sorrow the county over for all who knew him loved him. The Dispatchmingles its tears and sympathy with others, Cor he was our friend.
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The Columbus Weekly Dispatch
Columbus, Mississippi, US
Thu, Jun 04, 1903
Page 3
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