NEW ORLEANS CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
AUGUST 5, 1880
OBITUARY
It becomes a solemn duty to record the death of Sophia Joiner the last of the old pioneers of Methodism in this part of Louisiana. Her age, the times in which she lived, and her association, demand more than passing notice. Sister Sophia Joiner, whose maiden name was Arbuthnot, was born 08 May, 1800 on one of the bayou piers in the state of Mississippi. When a child, she moved with her parents to this section of Louisiana and settled on the Tangipahoa in the Parish recently bearing the same name where she was raised to womanhood. She then married the late John Joiner and with him joined the people of God called Methodist in which communion she died 13 July, 1880 at the residence of her son-in-law, John C. Joiner, and on the tract of her old homestead where she had lived for the last seventy-five years.
Aunt Sophia, as she was familiarly called, was a sister of the late Reverend John S. Arbuthnot of the Parish of St. Helena, a man of the gospel of Christ in deed and the venerable Tintin, Pipkin, Matthews with the late John Dunington and Higginbotham were her brothers in the Lord. How long she was a member of the church we have no record to tell but from the dates of other matters conclude it was something near sixty years. Sister Joiner in character was more of the thinking and doing than saying; words with her had a meaning, and hence her reserve in bestowing praise, and after nearly twenty years acquaintance, I cannot call to mind an instance in which she complained of her lot. Her closing hours of life interested us most. She had set her house in order, setting her estate, preparing for her burial and resigning her soul to Jesus her Saviour. She said to me a short time before her death, “I have done all I could, I am willing to go if it is tonight”. I read to her the 14 th chapter of John’s gospel and when I read “I will come again and receive you unto myself”, she said “Yes, Yes”. She often repeated the text, “Come onto me all ye that are heavy laden, and I will give you rest”. She said, “I am weary and want rest”. She tried to sing Am I a Soldier of The Cross. It was sung to her and she responded, “I am willing”, asking one of her daughters if she was dying and her daughter yes. And she said, “I am willing,” was her answer then, “Come Jesus, come, come and take me home”.
Signed J. Boyes
This article was retyped from an nearly illegible faded copy of a newspaper Obituary.
Contributor: Brad Johnson (47551481) • [email protected]
AUGUST 5, 1880
OBITUARY
It becomes a solemn duty to record the death of Sophia Joiner the last of the old pioneers of Methodism in this part of Louisiana. Her age, the times in which she lived, and her association, demand more than passing notice. Sister Sophia Joiner, whose maiden name was Arbuthnot, was born 08 May, 1800 on one of the bayou piers in the state of Mississippi. When a child, she moved with her parents to this section of Louisiana and settled on the Tangipahoa in the Parish recently bearing the same name where she was raised to womanhood. She then married the late John Joiner and with him joined the people of God called Methodist in which communion she died 13 July, 1880 at the residence of her son-in-law, John C. Joiner, and on the tract of her old homestead where she had lived for the last seventy-five years.
Aunt Sophia, as she was familiarly called, was a sister of the late Reverend John S. Arbuthnot of the Parish of St. Helena, a man of the gospel of Christ in deed and the venerable Tintin, Pipkin, Matthews with the late John Dunington and Higginbotham were her brothers in the Lord. How long she was a member of the church we have no record to tell but from the dates of other matters conclude it was something near sixty years. Sister Joiner in character was more of the thinking and doing than saying; words with her had a meaning, and hence her reserve in bestowing praise, and after nearly twenty years acquaintance, I cannot call to mind an instance in which she complained of her lot. Her closing hours of life interested us most. She had set her house in order, setting her estate, preparing for her burial and resigning her soul to Jesus her Saviour. She said to me a short time before her death, “I have done all I could, I am willing to go if it is tonight”. I read to her the 14 th chapter of John’s gospel and when I read “I will come again and receive you unto myself”, she said “Yes, Yes”. She often repeated the text, “Come onto me all ye that are heavy laden, and I will give you rest”. She said, “I am weary and want rest”. She tried to sing Am I a Soldier of The Cross. It was sung to her and she responded, “I am willing”, asking one of her daughters if she was dying and her daughter yes. And she said, “I am willing,” was her answer then, “Come Jesus, come, come and take me home”.
Signed J. Boyes
This article was retyped from an nearly illegible faded copy of a newspaper Obituary.
Contributor: Brad Johnson (47551481) • [email protected]
NEW ORLEANS CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
AUGUST 5, 1880
OBITUARY
It becomes a solemn duty to record the death of Sophia Joiner the last of the old pioneers of Methodism in this part of Louisiana. Her age, the times in which she lived, and her association, demand more than passing notice. Sister Sophia Joiner, whose maiden name was Arbuthnot, was born 08 May, 1800 on one of the bayou piers in the state of Mississippi. When a child, she moved with her parents to this section of Louisiana and settled on the Tangipahoa in the Parish recently bearing the same name where she was raised to womanhood. She then married the late John Joiner and with him joined the people of God called Methodist in which communion she died 13 July, 1880 at the residence of her son-in-law, John C. Joiner, and on the tract of her old homestead where she had lived for the last seventy-five years.
Aunt Sophia, as she was familiarly called, was a sister of the late Reverend John S. Arbuthnot of the Parish of St. Helena, a man of the gospel of Christ in deed and the venerable Tintin, Pipkin, Matthews with the late John Dunington and Higginbotham were her brothers in the Lord. How long she was a member of the church we have no record to tell but from the dates of other matters conclude it was something near sixty years. Sister Joiner in character was more of the thinking and doing than saying; words with her had a meaning, and hence her reserve in bestowing praise, and after nearly twenty years acquaintance, I cannot call to mind an instance in which she complained of her lot. Her closing hours of life interested us most. She had set her house in order, setting her estate, preparing for her burial and resigning her soul to Jesus her Saviour. She said to me a short time before her death, “I have done all I could, I am willing to go if it is tonight”. I read to her the 14 th chapter of John’s gospel and when I read “I will come again and receive you unto myself”, she said “Yes, Yes”. She often repeated the text, “Come onto me all ye that are heavy laden, and I will give you rest”. She said, “I am weary and want rest”. She tried to sing Am I a Soldier of The Cross. It was sung to her and she responded, “I am willing”, asking one of her daughters if she was dying and her daughter yes. And she said, “I am willing,” was her answer then, “Come Jesus, come, come and take me home”.
Signed J. Boyes
This article was retyped from an nearly illegible faded copy of a newspaper Obituary.
Contributor: Brad Johnson (47551481) • [email protected]
AUGUST 5, 1880
OBITUARY
It becomes a solemn duty to record the death of Sophia Joiner the last of the old pioneers of Methodism in this part of Louisiana. Her age, the times in which she lived, and her association, demand more than passing notice. Sister Sophia Joiner, whose maiden name was Arbuthnot, was born 08 May, 1800 on one of the bayou piers in the state of Mississippi. When a child, she moved with her parents to this section of Louisiana and settled on the Tangipahoa in the Parish recently bearing the same name where she was raised to womanhood. She then married the late John Joiner and with him joined the people of God called Methodist in which communion she died 13 July, 1880 at the residence of her son-in-law, John C. Joiner, and on the tract of her old homestead where she had lived for the last seventy-five years.
Aunt Sophia, as she was familiarly called, was a sister of the late Reverend John S. Arbuthnot of the Parish of St. Helena, a man of the gospel of Christ in deed and the venerable Tintin, Pipkin, Matthews with the late John Dunington and Higginbotham were her brothers in the Lord. How long she was a member of the church we have no record to tell but from the dates of other matters conclude it was something near sixty years. Sister Joiner in character was more of the thinking and doing than saying; words with her had a meaning, and hence her reserve in bestowing praise, and after nearly twenty years acquaintance, I cannot call to mind an instance in which she complained of her lot. Her closing hours of life interested us most. She had set her house in order, setting her estate, preparing for her burial and resigning her soul to Jesus her Saviour. She said to me a short time before her death, “I have done all I could, I am willing to go if it is tonight”. I read to her the 14 th chapter of John’s gospel and when I read “I will come again and receive you unto myself”, she said “Yes, Yes”. She often repeated the text, “Come onto me all ye that are heavy laden, and I will give you rest”. She said, “I am weary and want rest”. She tried to sing Am I a Soldier of The Cross. It was sung to her and she responded, “I am willing”, asking one of her daughters if she was dying and her daughter yes. And she said, “I am willing,” was her answer then, “Come Jesus, come, come and take me home”.
Signed J. Boyes
This article was retyped from an nearly illegible faded copy of a newspaper Obituary.
Contributor: Brad Johnson (47551481) • [email protected]
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