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Louis Witherow - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Madison Journal August 8, 1914

A sad death occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Witherow, off Milliksn'sBend which deplorable 
event made sad the hearts of relatives and friends on Tuesday morning in the passing away to a noble 
and better life their beloved son and youngest child, Louis Witherow. He was 29 years old and a most 
exemplary young man of whom nothing but good could be predicted. His death was sudden and unexpected, 
as he was sick but a short time. The care of a kind physician, of a loving mother and sister could not 
stay the in inevitable decree - the mandate had been spoken - the dear son had been called, and a loving 
brother will now be a fond memory which will be cherished in the loving mother, the devoted father, the 
fond brother and sister, whose hearts are smitten in the calamity of the poignant grief, which their 
hearts are called to bear. 

The funeral obsequies occurred at the Silver Cross Cemetery, conducted by the Rev. Mr. Hillhouse, of 
Vicksburg. The face of every friend of the large number present indicated how tenderly and truly their 
hearts were united in tendering sympathy for the broken home and hearts of those who were so bitterly 
bereft in the giving up of their beloved one to the great and good Father who is said to chasten those 
whom he most loves. The decrees which are to our human eyes inscrutable will be made clear when we see 
with the vision of eternity things as they are and not as they seem.

Mrs. Betty Witherow, from New Orleans, Mr. and Ms. N. Kahn, from Vicksburg came as a proof of that sympathy 
for Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Witherow in their sad bereavement in the death of their beloved son, Louis.