DeKalb County  Georgia Obits  Phebe Chapman

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Obituary of Phebe Chapman
Transcription by William L. Stephenson, Jr., January 2002

MRS PHEBE CHAPMAN - a mother in Israel.
Heaven has gained another saint to sing of redeeming
love.  Mrs. Phebe Chapman died at the residence of one of
her children in DeKalb county, Ga. August 29th 1867, in
the 76th year of her age.

She united with the Baptist church at Bethel, Warren
county, Ga. - baptized by John Roberson.  She lived a
devoted member of the Baptist church for 54 years.  The
writer was her pastor for a number of years, and often
cited her as an example of persevering devotion to the
church and regrets that so few of the members were as
zealous as she.  She suffered the loss of all things
earthly with great Christian fortitude.  She spoke of
death with composure, and sometimes with rapture.  Her
last words were Hallelujah, and then she fell asleep.
She died an affectionate mother, and mother of Israel
leaving many affectionate children and grand children to
weep their irreparable loss.  But their loss is her
eternal gain.  “Blessed are the dead that die in the
Lord; yea, they rest from their labor, and their works do
follow them.”
					C. C. Warren


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