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^ Diei in Sumter county, Ga., little ypxna e ItoEERT Sheppakd, on the morning of the t. 20th of April. 187-t. aged 10 years, after an illness of 11 days, of Pnenmonia, son of Wm.. _ I. u;icl .M .rth •. Shejip.n-.l, formerly of Wash-' s i ington. The dying little boy said to his mother while struggling with death, that he wan-, ted her to go with him. His bright little spir-_ it soon after took if; flight to glory to spend' s eternity in praising and adoring its Saviour. f fhe obedient and affectionate little Billie was f ripe*for bliss, too good to remain upon earth, t iJesus took him home to heaven, where pain0 and death cannot cn*Ten Ho was beloved and . admired by his schoolmates, for his noble little heart was ever full to do good. When theI sad intelligence was communicated to the 3 Sc hool that the lovely little boy had gone - home to /esns, his little schoolfellows wept ? bitter tears. He has left mourning and heart1 stricke n parents, weeping brothers and sisters. May that whole fiuipty meet in the resurrection of the just, where pain, death, and pnr-?' ting will be swallowed up in victory.P. H. S.
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Sandersville Herald
Sandersville, Georgia, US
Fri, May 22, 1874
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