George Henry Harville, 84, pioneer editor and one of the early educators of Henderson county, passed away at the family home in Malakoff Wednesday. Funeral services were held at the home at 11 o'clock Thursday morning by Rev. White, Methodist pastor at Malakoff. Burial was at the Malakoff cemetery.
Mr. Harville had been in ill health for the past year and had been seriously ill for the past two weeks with a kidney ailment.
The deceased was born in Georgia in 1850. He came with his parents at an early age to Louisiana and more than fifty years ago he came to Texas where he had since made his home. He taught school for a number of years and later established a newspaper in Athens which he conducted for a year or more. It was one of the early day papers of the county capitol.
In 1869 he was married to Mary Elizabeth Sherrod to which union ten children were born. Five survive as follows: N.A. Harville, Tyler; Mrs. S.O. Weller and Mrs. J.W. Mitcham, Malakoff; Mrs. J.D. Griffin, Blooming Grove and Mrs. W.W. Mooney of Louisiana. All were present for the funeral except Mrs. Mooney.
Following the death of his wife twenty years ago, Mr. Harville in 1915 was married to Miss Lillie Ford. No children were born to the latter union. His wife survives him.
Mr. Harville was a man of high intellectual ability. He contributed frequently to newspaper columns in later years. Misfortune followed him late in life and his declining years proved a severe test.
Early in life he joined the Methodist church.
Strangely enough the last article he contributed to the columns of the Review dealt with his planned trip to the other world. The article dealt with the immediate family of his father, all of whom had crossed the river except himself. In this article he wrote:
"I alone of the six remain to buffet the billows of an almost unkind and selfish world. So far as this family tree is concerned, I am alone and I feel like one who treads alone some banquet hall deserted. All gone but me, and according to the laws of nature I have but a short time to remain on this mundane sphere as I have passed the four score years of time and I am bowed down with afflictions and when I am called to go to the family tree of my father and mother will be forever blotted out here below; but I hope to be united in a better and more perfect world, where death does not enter and parting shall be no more. There I shall know my dear sainted mother, which privilege was denied me in this world, as she died when I was only two years old; consequently, I have never known in this life a real mother's love.
"Of my step-mother, blessed be her memory, for she was a second mother to me. Of my own individual family several have crossed the river of death and entered the pearly gates of the New Jerusalem and if I am so fortunate as to get there, when life's journey here on earth is ended, and we all are gathered around the Great White Throne, then there will be great rejoicing in the Celestial City where sickness, pain and death are felt and feared no more, but will be peace, joy and happiness forever.
"Longfellow was right when he wrote:
'Life is real, life is earnest,
And the grave is not it's goal,
Dust thou art, to dust returneth,
Was not spoken of the soul.'
During his residency in Athens Mr. Harville was a frequent visitor to the Review where he always received a hearty welcome from the force. Age had dimmed his vision but he maintained until his last an interest in the newspaper fraternity.
Published in the Athens Review March 1, 1934
Last name, birth-death dates provided by Lois Martin McDonald # 47014722.
Mr. Harville had been in ill health for the past year and had been seriously ill for the past two weeks with a kidney ailment.
The deceased was born in Georgia in 1850. He came with his parents at an early age to Louisiana and more than fifty years ago he came to Texas where he had since made his home. He taught school for a number of years and later established a newspaper in Athens which he conducted for a year or more. It was one of the early day papers of the county capitol.
In 1869 he was married to Mary Elizabeth Sherrod to which union ten children were born. Five survive as follows: N.A. Harville, Tyler; Mrs. S.O. Weller and Mrs. J.W. Mitcham, Malakoff; Mrs. J.D. Griffin, Blooming Grove and Mrs. W.W. Mooney of Louisiana. All were present for the funeral except Mrs. Mooney.
Following the death of his wife twenty years ago, Mr. Harville in 1915 was married to Miss Lillie Ford. No children were born to the latter union. His wife survives him.
Mr. Harville was a man of high intellectual ability. He contributed frequently to newspaper columns in later years. Misfortune followed him late in life and his declining years proved a severe test.
Early in life he joined the Methodist church.
Strangely enough the last article he contributed to the columns of the Review dealt with his planned trip to the other world. The article dealt with the immediate family of his father, all of whom had crossed the river except himself. In this article he wrote:
"I alone of the six remain to buffet the billows of an almost unkind and selfish world. So far as this family tree is concerned, I am alone and I feel like one who treads alone some banquet hall deserted. All gone but me, and according to the laws of nature I have but a short time to remain on this mundane sphere as I have passed the four score years of time and I am bowed down with afflictions and when I am called to go to the family tree of my father and mother will be forever blotted out here below; but I hope to be united in a better and more perfect world, where death does not enter and parting shall be no more. There I shall know my dear sainted mother, which privilege was denied me in this world, as she died when I was only two years old; consequently, I have never known in this life a real mother's love.
"Of my step-mother, blessed be her memory, for she was a second mother to me. Of my own individual family several have crossed the river of death and entered the pearly gates of the New Jerusalem and if I am so fortunate as to get there, when life's journey here on earth is ended, and we all are gathered around the Great White Throne, then there will be great rejoicing in the Celestial City where sickness, pain and death are felt and feared no more, but will be peace, joy and happiness forever.
"Longfellow was right when he wrote:
'Life is real, life is earnest,
And the grave is not it's goal,
Dust thou art, to dust returneth,
Was not spoken of the soul.'
During his residency in Athens Mr. Harville was a frequent visitor to the Review where he always received a hearty welcome from the force. Age had dimmed his vision but he maintained until his last an interest in the newspaper fraternity.
Published in the Athens Review March 1, 1934
Last name, birth-death dates provided by Lois Martin McDonald # 47014722.
George Henry Harville, 84, pioneer editor and one of the early educators of Henderson county, passed away at the family home in Malakoff Wednesday. Funeral services were held at the home at 11 o'clock Thursday morning by Rev. White, Methodist pastor at Malakoff. Burial was at the Malakoff cemetery.
Mr. Harville had been in ill health for the past year and had been seriously ill for the past two weeks with a kidney ailment.
The deceased was born in Georgia in 1850. He came with his parents at an early age to Louisiana and more than fifty years ago he came to Texas where he had since made his home. He taught school for a number of years and later established a newspaper in Athens which he conducted for a year or more. It was one of the early day papers of the county capitol.
In 1869 he was married to Mary Elizabeth Sherrod to which union ten children were born. Five survive as follows: N.A. Harville, Tyler; Mrs. S.O. Weller and Mrs. J.W. Mitcham, Malakoff; Mrs. J.D. Griffin, Blooming Grove and Mrs. W.W. Mooney of Louisiana. All were present for the funeral except Mrs. Mooney.
Following the death of his wife twenty years ago, Mr. Harville in 1915 was married to Miss Lillie Ford. No children were born to the latter union. His wife survives him.
Mr. Harville was a man of high intellectual ability. He contributed frequently to newspaper columns in later years. Misfortune followed him late in life and his declining years proved a severe test.
Early in life he joined the Methodist church.
Strangely enough the last article he contributed to the columns of the Review dealt with his planned trip to the other world. The article dealt with the immediate family of his father, all of whom had crossed the river except himself. In this article he wrote:
"I alone of the six remain to buffet the billows of an almost unkind and selfish world. So far as this family tree is concerned, I am alone and I feel like one who treads alone some banquet hall deserted. All gone but me, and according to the laws of nature I have but a short time to remain on this mundane sphere as I have passed the four score years of time and I am bowed down with afflictions and when I am called to go to the family tree of my father and mother will be forever blotted out here below; but I hope to be united in a better and more perfect world, where death does not enter and parting shall be no more. There I shall know my dear sainted mother, which privilege was denied me in this world, as she died when I was only two years old; consequently, I have never known in this life a real mother's love.
"Of my step-mother, blessed be her memory, for she was a second mother to me. Of my own individual family several have crossed the river of death and entered the pearly gates of the New Jerusalem and if I am so fortunate as to get there, when life's journey here on earth is ended, and we all are gathered around the Great White Throne, then there will be great rejoicing in the Celestial City where sickness, pain and death are felt and feared no more, but will be peace, joy and happiness forever.
"Longfellow was right when he wrote:
'Life is real, life is earnest,
And the grave is not it's goal,
Dust thou art, to dust returneth,
Was not spoken of the soul.'
During his residency in Athens Mr. Harville was a frequent visitor to the Review where he always received a hearty welcome from the force. Age had dimmed his vision but he maintained until his last an interest in the newspaper fraternity.
Published in the Athens Review March 1, 1934
Last name, birth-death dates provided by Lois Martin McDonald # 47014722.
Mr. Harville had been in ill health for the past year and had been seriously ill for the past two weeks with a kidney ailment.
The deceased was born in Georgia in 1850. He came with his parents at an early age to Louisiana and more than fifty years ago he came to Texas where he had since made his home. He taught school for a number of years and later established a newspaper in Athens which he conducted for a year or more. It was one of the early day papers of the county capitol.
In 1869 he was married to Mary Elizabeth Sherrod to which union ten children were born. Five survive as follows: N.A. Harville, Tyler; Mrs. S.O. Weller and Mrs. J.W. Mitcham, Malakoff; Mrs. J.D. Griffin, Blooming Grove and Mrs. W.W. Mooney of Louisiana. All were present for the funeral except Mrs. Mooney.
Following the death of his wife twenty years ago, Mr. Harville in 1915 was married to Miss Lillie Ford. No children were born to the latter union. His wife survives him.
Mr. Harville was a man of high intellectual ability. He contributed frequently to newspaper columns in later years. Misfortune followed him late in life and his declining years proved a severe test.
Early in life he joined the Methodist church.
Strangely enough the last article he contributed to the columns of the Review dealt with his planned trip to the other world. The article dealt with the immediate family of his father, all of whom had crossed the river except himself. In this article he wrote:
"I alone of the six remain to buffet the billows of an almost unkind and selfish world. So far as this family tree is concerned, I am alone and I feel like one who treads alone some banquet hall deserted. All gone but me, and according to the laws of nature I have but a short time to remain on this mundane sphere as I have passed the four score years of time and I am bowed down with afflictions and when I am called to go to the family tree of my father and mother will be forever blotted out here below; but I hope to be united in a better and more perfect world, where death does not enter and parting shall be no more. There I shall know my dear sainted mother, which privilege was denied me in this world, as she died when I was only two years old; consequently, I have never known in this life a real mother's love.
"Of my step-mother, blessed be her memory, for she was a second mother to me. Of my own individual family several have crossed the river of death and entered the pearly gates of the New Jerusalem and if I am so fortunate as to get there, when life's journey here on earth is ended, and we all are gathered around the Great White Throne, then there will be great rejoicing in the Celestial City where sickness, pain and death are felt and feared no more, but will be peace, joy and happiness forever.
"Longfellow was right when he wrote:
'Life is real, life is earnest,
And the grave is not it's goal,
Dust thou art, to dust returneth,
Was not spoken of the soul.'
During his residency in Athens Mr. Harville was a frequent visitor to the Review where he always received a hearty welcome from the force. Age had dimmed his vision but he maintained until his last an interest in the newspaper fraternity.
Published in the Athens Review March 1, 1934
Last name, birth-death dates provided by Lois Martin McDonald # 47014722.
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