Martha M. Buyers
"The Carroll County Times"
Carrollton, Carroll Co., Georgia
Friday, MAY 24, 1878
The funeral of Mrs. Martha M. Buyers will be preached at Mt. Zion church the first sunday in June [June 2nd]. Said church is in Douglas county, about one mile from Holland's Mills P.O. The latter is in Carroll.
Friday, MAY 31, 1878
ASLEEP IN JESUS
No community was ever more deeply saddened than was ours on the death of one of our best and most promising young women, Martha M. Buyers, wife of C.P. Buyers, daughter of Jordan S. and Jerusha Holland and granddaughter of Elbert Fowler. She departed this life April 8th of the present year, having attained the age of seventeen years, six months and twenty-two days.
She was married at the residence of her father Sunday morning, March the third, 1878 after which the bridal party attended preaching in the vicinity and returned to Mr. Holland's for dinner in the afternoon. The tender loving daughter, and hopeful young bride, kissed father, mother, brothers and sisters a warm impressive goodbye and went joyfully, to receive the happy greetings of friends in-waiting for her at her new home, where she seemed almost to realize, there was in store for her great happiness.
But alas! Only a few days had elapsed when sore afflictions came; her healthful body fell victim to a malady which proved so fatal as to place her case beyond the reach of medical skill. On the eighth day after her marriage she was carried to the home of her father for treatment. Here she received the constant and most careful attention of her faithful physicians and every comfort of her attentive husband and family which love can secure to the sick. She survived her marriage only five weeks and one day. To us it appeared that no lady was ever led to the altar with a brighter prospect for life, health and happiness than she, being a stranger to disease, in the very bloom of youth and having given her heart to whom she most loved.
Notwithstanding her stay on earth was short, yet such was her conduct and example in life as to merit the very higest esteem of all who knew her. The influence she exerted for good will long be remembered. She was a dutiful daughter, ever glad to receive the advice and to heed the instructions of her parents, a precious sister, indeed she was the idol of the family, an entirely devoted companion and a model for her associates. Too pure for earth, God took her to Himself. "The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away; blessed be the name of the Lord."
She said to her weeping husband and family "Weep not for me, when my sufferings here are ended, I shall then be forever at rest. I see Jesus in his loveliness and here are three angels come for me. I go with them. Oh, husband, father, mother, brothers and sisters, do meet me in Heaven. Farewell."
