Sarah C Walters

The wife of Virginia born cotton factor, John Walters. First husband was Phillip Alexander Stockslager. Mother to son J. Ben Walters; a daughter, Georgie Stockslager.

The Progress June 26, 1897 Page 2

Christ Gathers His Jewels.

Among His earthly sheep the Good Shepherd has been this week, and from the flock took one "without spot or wrinkle," because an occasion rare in Heaven was at hand, and God had need of such for the celebration, Holy.

It was in the early hours of the night-day of Wednesday just a little past nine o'clock, that a Heavenly messenger approached the bed on which Mrs. Sarah C. Walters lay ill, touched the invalid and she "fell on sleep," and her sould in charge of the celestial ambassador, set our for the Court of Glory where Christ the Redeemer, waited for her in "green pastures, beside the still waters."

With hallowed reverence does the writer essay to speak of the sainted woman whose life now glorified, was that of Dorcas, "filled with good works, and also-deeds which he did." Back, into the past, into the saved realms of child-hood memory now takes us and anumber of children may be seen wending their way towards a common point. It is the Sabbath day, and as these girls and boys enter a certain building the general demeanor of those already seated within, shows it to be a house of God. It is the little white church on the corner of Texas and Fannin street, the time the Sunday school hour. Soon the exercises were in progress and among those most earnestly engaged in teaching of The Way, the Truth and the Life, was Mrs. Walters, and one of her pupils the writer. A spendid teacher was this pure, christina woman, and to-day there are men, no doubt they are legion, whose reverence for God, whose discipleship of the Master is in a large measure due to the fact that in their youth or young manhood they sat at this sweet woman's feet and from her lips heard the precious old story of "the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world." Were chamred with her manner of tellin of the resurrected Christ and how this act supernal too from Death his sting, wrested from the grave its victory over those who live and die in the Lord.

In her grave her body was laid away Thursday after-noon, the mound being covered with beautiful flowers, emblems of human esteem, affection and love. The pallearers were Messrs S. B. McCutchen, J. M. Foster, W. H. Johnson, T. L. Stringfellow, C. B. Johnson and C. D. Hicks. Of these the last four had been her Sabbath school pupils and with tender reverence did they discharge this duty: not a sad one, bor the knew that this was but a form of dust; the soul was in the Land Elysian, Christ had been gathering his jewels and with brilliant luster her spirit was set in the royal diadem.

To her two surviving children Mrs. P. B. Weaks (always Miss Georgie Stocksledger [Stockslager] to our editor) and Mr. J. B. Walters we will simply rejoice with you in the fact that your noble mother has won the reward of her life work here, and now may not the two angel mothers, yours and ours, unite in prayer around the mercy seat in Heaven and together ask God to deliver from evil the dear ones left behind in this troublous world of trials and temptations?

[It appears that The Progress editor, C. D. Hicks penned the above tribute to Sarah Walters.]

• Georgie Stockslager Weaks had two children in Shreveport with Pinckney Brevard Weaks: Brevard Philip Weaks and Sarah Boggs Weaks, Sarah C.'s namesake. Georgie returned to the county of her birth: Fannin County, Texas and stay there until her death in 1924. The Weaks are all buried in the family plot at Wild Willow Cemetery in Bonham, Fannin County, Texas.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Feb 23 2020, 23:50:26 UTC