Sunday’s Obituary–Little Lillian Huntley

Mary Lillian Huntley

b. Jul. 11, 1908

d. Dec 10, 1908

Daughter of John Cornelius Huntley and Mary Belle McGregor Huntley

Death of Little Lillian Huntley[1]
Ruby, S.C., Dec. 14, 1908
Fell asleep in Jesus at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Huntley, Jr., Dec 11, 1908, Mary Lillian, aged five months. She was taken seriously ill on Tuesday evening and all that loving hearts and hands could do was done for her but on Friday morning at half past twelve God's angels came for her and carried her back home to God. Though given us but a few months she was a sunbeam of joy and brightness and loved and petted by all who knew her.
Her remains were taken to the family cemetery near here and were tenderly and gently laid to rest beneath a beautiful mound of flowers to sleep till the resurrection morn.
Weep not dear mother, father and loved ones, God only lent her to you for a while that she might draw you nearer to Him and beckoning hands "across the river wait your coming to part no more." God has called her to be forever
         Safe in the arm of Jesus,
             Safe on his gentle breast,
         There by His love o'er shadowed,
             Sweetly her soul is at rest.

Tombstone Photo Courtesy of Julious Burr [2]

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[1] Mary Lillian Huntley obituary, The Chesterfield Advertiser, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, 17 December 1908, Page 1, col 3. Death of Little Lillian Huntley.
[2] Jim Tipton, Find A Grave, digital image, http://www.findagrave.com; Headstone for Mary Lillian Huntley; (11 July 1908–10 December 1908); Memorial # 43115758; Record of the Ruby Cemetery; Ruby, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA; Accessed on 20 October 2011.