| Obit For | Josiah McCary |
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| Headline | A GOOD OLD TIME CITIZEN PASSES AWAY Had Resided in Barry County for the Past Eighty-one Years - Was a Good Man |
| Text | A worthy man has been called to his great reward in that 'holy city' where all is love and delight. Where those that had lived the good life on earth are welcomed. Where happiness, love and pure delight abound in endless quantities. Where he will bask in the sunlight of his Great Redeemer and all will be well. His splendid work on earth will follow him. Josiah McCary was born Jan. 18, 1842 on the late Henry McCary homestead, 4 miles southwest of this city, and was a son of the late Hon. Henry McCary and Mrs Jane McCary, old time and highly respected citizens of Barry County, who came to Barry county in 1830 (should read 1837), from east Tennessee. The deceased grew to manhood in this county and when the civil war came on in the sixties, he with his brothers, B. F., T. B and Asberry, all enlisted on the side of the Confederate states and joined Capt. Joe Peevey's Company that was organized in the south end of Barry county and served throughout that war and returned home and went to work on the farm and in 1867, he and Miss Mary I. Barr were married, and four children were born to this marriage, two dying in infancy, and Mrs. Thos. Hodge and Cam McCary survive the father. He died Sept. 7th, 1923, aged 81 yrs. 7 months and 19 days, of infirmities of old age. During the civil war, a woman in the Southland, gave him a testament to read, which he studied during his leisure hours and obeyed its teachings in Confederate Camp and united with the Christian church at Three Camps, Ark., and was baptized by Elder J. H. Mulvy. In his younger days he was very active in church work and remained steadfast to his religious beliefs that were implanted in his mind in those trying days of warfare. Mrs. Jennie Mithell of California, is the only surviving sister and all brothers are dead. Josiah McCary enjoyed the high esteem of everybody that had the privilege of being acquainted with him. His integrity was never questioned and he was an unassuming man, and always stood for what he believed was right. After a scriptural reading and a prayer by Rev. Chas. Vanzandt at the late home, Rev. C. F. Rose of Springfield, of the Christian church, preached an impressive sermon to his many relatives, old friends and many neighbors who had assembled to pay the last tribute of love and respect to this good man. The remains were interned in the McCary cemetery, on the old homestead. |
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| Date | Sept. 1923 |
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| Submitted by | Bill Landers |
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