Chambers County AlArchives Obituaries.....Pearson, Richmond July 16, 1900
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The Gospel Messenger, Volume 23  Number 3 - March, 1901
Richmond Pearson


	The dear old father in Israel, whose name heads this memorial, was 
indeed a great and good man.  He was one of the first settlers of Alabama, 
coming to his State when quite a young man, and was one of the last of his 
generation to pass over the river of death.  
	He was born in Monroe County, Ga., November 5, 1813, and died the 16th 
of July, 1900, being at his death fourscore and seven years old (87).  He was 
confined to his bed only a few days before his death.  His remains were 
consigned to the silent grave on the 17th of July, 1900, at the church cemetery 
at Macedonia  Church by the side of his companion who died March 16, 1896, 
Elder John T. Satterwhite, his beloved pastor, conducting the burial services.
	He raised a large family of children, leaving two sons and three 
daughters to mourn his death, together with all who knew him.  Uncle Richmond 
and his wife joined the Primitive Baptist Church at Sharon, in Chambers County, 
near Wickerville (now Denson), in the year 1840, where they lived a few years 
and then moved near Darien Church in Tallapoosa County, where he was ordained 
to the office of Deacon of Darien Church in the year 1851, then moved near 
Macedonia Church, Chambers County in 1874, where his membership was when he 
died, living all this time a devoted member and Deacon, and never in all his 
life having any charge against him in church or state.
	His life as a father, husband, and neighbor was a model of Primitive 
manhood; thus, a life long and useful, who can fill his place?
	May God help us all and stimulate us to imitate his walk, and to 
discharge our Christian duties with the same patient life that he lived, and 
may the memory of him be ever fresh in all of our hearts.
	Therefore, be it
	Resolved by Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church in conference assembled,
1.  That by the death of Father Pearson, our church loses an ancient landmark 
and shining light, and whose life had fully matured and was indeed ready for 
the harvest.
2.  To the dispensation of the Great I Am in this bereavement, we bow 
submissively to His will, feeling that he had filled his mission on earth and 
to die as he had lived was but the beginning of his eternal bliss and happiness.
3.  To his devoted sons and daughters who survive him and all relatives, we 
tender our sympathy in this bereavement, and for consolation point them to his 
unblemished life he has lived, and the cheering thought of his happiness on 
high, where there is room for all who do God’s will.
4.  That a page be preserved in our church book sacred to his memory and that 
our clerk make suitable inscription thereon.
5.  That this memorial and resolution be placed upon the Minutes of our church 
book and a copy be sent to the Gospel Messenger and one to The LaFayette Sun 
for publication.

Committee:  G. W. Gammill; W. C. Lowe, Sr., and R. C. Germany




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