Luther Rice Littlefield (1826 - 1903)

Born 25 Dec 1826 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

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Died 25 Mar 1903 at age 76 in Adamsville, McNairy, Tennessee, United States

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The angel came at 3:30 o'clock, March 25, 1903, and claimed for its victim a husband, father and friend. Luther Rice Littlefield, of Adamsville, Tenn. He was born December 25, 1826, -- at the good old age of 76 years and three months he died.

He Married Miss Nancy A. Wolverton of Tippah Co., Miss., December 28, 1849, at the age of 22, and for fifty four years they walked side by side in the road of life. His wife, now feeble and blind is left sitting by his empty chair waiting for the angel to return and take her home to her faithful friend.

The year he married he professed faith in Christ, and thus begun his married responsibilities in the cause of Christ. In 1849, Eld. Levin Savage, of happy memory, baptized him in Tippah Co., Miss., and for nearly fifty-four years brother Littlefield lived a conscieacious land mark Baptist, devoted to the cause of truth and righteousness. He reared a family of eleven children, some of whom have filled places of public trust, and his family is one of the most honored on the county. He moved to Tennessee in 1850 where by labor and economy he succeeded in earning a splendid living and leaves considerable property to his children, all of whom are married and have families.

How seeming sad it is to say goodbye, yet in the evening shadows of life, when pain and sorrows crown our brow, the good hand of Him who loves us, reaches down and takes us away to the Temple where the lights burn forever. Peace to the bereaved and praise to the King who conquered death, and set life's banner over the solemn tomb. ^[1]

Burial

Adamsville War Memorial Park

Adamsville

McNairy County

Tennessee, USA ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ MCNAIRY COUNTY INDEPENDENT, March 1903
2. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 26213324[1]

• Glenn Gohr
• Ancestry.com [2]

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