"The LaFayette Sun" - April 27, 1922:
Death of Mr. J. H. Sands.
Mr. J. H. Sands, an aged and highly respected citizen of this county, died at his home near Five Points last Saturday. The deceased was a Confederate veteran. He is survived by his wife and nine children - Miss Ella Sands, Five Points; Mr. Walter Sands, Texas; Mrs. Emma Ridgway, Lanett; Mr. Lige Sands, West Point; Mrs. Pearl Sands, Columbus; Mrs. George Smartt, Five Points; Mrs. Milton Remley, Macon; Mr. Robert Sands, Five Points; Mr. Laurine Sands, Five Points.
Funeral services were held at the home Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev. E. B. Redus, and the remains interred in the Five Points Cemetery.
He was my uncle - mother's brother. He died at his home at Five Points last Saturday night and was buried in the Five Points Cemetery at 3 p.m. Monday. He was born in Harris County, Georgia, and lived there until he moved to Five Points, about fifteen years ago. He lived to the ripe age of 77 years, and was an honest, straight forward man. He had been very successful in farming, his chosen profession, and was one of the hardest workers I ever knew. He had been little to say upon the subject of religion, but was a true believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, and is today, we believe asleep in Jesus - that blessed sleep from which none ever wake to weep.
Uncle Jim was one of a family of nine children - five sons and four daughters. Uncle Warren, of Riverview, is the only surviving member of that large family. They all lived to be old. Their father lived past 80 and their mother lived to be past 90 years old. Anderson, Charles, John and Jim served faithfully in the Civil War, and only one of them, Uncle John, received any wounds during the war. Uncle Jim married three times. His last wife and nine children survive him, and space forbids special mention of them here.
It makes me sad to think of the passing away of that old generation, for my generation comes next in line. This Sands generation lived close together, all being Georgians, and I have lived close around them all of my time. I am sorry I did not feel well enough to attend his funeral and see him laid away in his resting place, where he will remain until the general resurrection, when he will be taken up to that celestial city. May we meet him there.
His nephew - John T. Satterwhite.
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Served in Company E 46th Georgia Infantry CSA.
"The LaFayette Sun" - April 27, 1922:
Death of Mr. J. H. Sands.
Mr. J. H. Sands, an aged and highly respected citizen of this county, died at his home near Five Points last Saturday. The deceased was a Confederate veteran. He is survived by his wife and nine children - Miss Ella Sands, Five Points; Mr. Walter Sands, Texas; Mrs. Emma Ridgway, Lanett; Mr. Lige Sands, West Point; Mrs. Pearl Sands, Columbus; Mrs. George Smartt, Five Points; Mrs. Milton Remley, Macon; Mr. Robert Sands, Five Points; Mr. Laurine Sands, Five Points.
Funeral services were held at the home Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev. E. B. Redus, and the remains interred in the Five Points Cemetery.
He was my uncle - mother's brother. He died at his home at Five Points last Saturday night and was buried in the Five Points Cemetery at 3 p.m. Monday. He was born in Harris County, Georgia, and lived there until he moved to Five Points, about fifteen years ago. He lived to the ripe age of 77 years, and was an honest, straight forward man. He had been very successful in farming, his chosen profession, and was one of the hardest workers I ever knew. He had been little to say upon the subject of religion, but was a true believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, and is today, we believe asleep in Jesus - that blessed sleep from which none ever wake to weep.
Uncle Jim was one of a family of nine children - five sons and four daughters. Uncle Warren, of Riverview, is the only surviving member of that large family. They all lived to be old. Their father lived past 80 and their mother lived to be past 90 years old. Anderson, Charles, John and Jim served faithfully in the Civil War, and only one of them, Uncle John, received any wounds during the war. Uncle Jim married three times. His last wife and nine children survive him, and space forbids special mention of them here.
It makes me sad to think of the passing away of that old generation, for my generation comes next in line. This Sands generation lived close together, all being Georgians, and I have lived close around them all of my time. I am sorry I did not feel well enough to attend his funeral and see him laid away in his resting place, where he will remain until the general resurrection, when he will be taken up to that celestial city. May we meet him there.
His nephew - John T. Satterwhite.
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Served in Company E 46th Georgia Infantry CSA.
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