Columbus Nester was born July 12, 1873, and died April 27,
1910, aged 32 years, 9 months and 17 days. He was a son of Aaron and Elizabeth Nester,
and was married, in the year 1903, to Miss Oma L. Semones,
daughter of .J. P. and Elizabeth Semones, Three small children; two girls and
one boy are left to morn the loss of a dear father.
He was clerking in his store when death came and took him
from this world of sin and sorrow. His death was a great shock, as he died
suddenly of heart trouble. It was hard for us to give him up, but we must be
reconciled to God's will; for the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, and
blessed he the name or the Lord.
I will say to the dear wife and fatherless children, Grieve
not, for he has only paid the debt that we all must pay. I can sympathize with
the heart broken widow in her sad hours of bereavement.
Written by her sister,
MRS. EMELINE NESTER.
Laurel Fork,