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Submitted: 5/14/12 • Approved: 4/27/20 • Last Updated: 4/30/20 • R692970-G692970-S3
October 27, 1850 - January 13, 1889
Wife of George W Burkett
Age 38 years 2 months 16 days
*Obituary
Fayetteville Democrat
Friday, January 25, 1889
BURKETT, Matilda A. GIBSON - Matilda A. Gibson, only daughter of John A. and Virginia Gibson, and wife of Geo. W Burkett, was born in Washington county, Ark. Oct. 27th, 1850; made a public profession of religion in 1867 and connected herself with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Cincinnati, where she remained a consistent member until her death which occurred on Jan. 13th, 1889. She was married to Mr. Geo. W. Burkett Oct. 30th, 1874 and was the mother of seven children, three of whom preceded her to the land of rest. The last that died, a babe of one year, she said she would not grieve after as she would soon follow it, for well she knew that the dread disease, consumption, was fast eating her life away. No one will miss her more than the aged mother. To the husband and brother we extend our deepest sympathies in the great sorrow that has come upon them. A Friend.
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