Forney Messenger
Friday, 21 July 1922, Page 4
Resolutions of Respect
Whereas, Harvey Crittenden was called by the Divine Father to his final reward on the 14th day of July, A.D. 1922, and,
Whereas he was a faithful member of the Baraca Sunday School class of the First Baptist Church of Forney, always in regular attendance and at all times conducting himself in a Christian manner thereby exerting a great and lasting influence for good, not only in said class but in the community in which he lived, and,
Whereas, the members of said Sunday school class feel a deep loss at his departure to be with the Master, and will miss him as a co-laborer, and especially his influence for good, Now,
Therefore, be it resolved, by the members of said class, that we hereby express our profound sorrow over his untimely death, and that we take this method of extending our deepest and heartfelt sympathy to his bereaved family, and,
Be it resolved further that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the Forney Messenger for publication, and that another copy be given to the wife of Brother Crittenden as an expression of our sorrow and deep sympathy.
W.H. BARNES,
J.L. LACKEY,
Committee for Class.
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Two Citizens Pass Over
Forney Messenger
Friday, 21 July 1922, Page 4
In the Issue of July 14, the Messenger carried the news that G.H. Crawford and J. Harvey Crittenden were seriously ill.
This, the next issue, carries the intelligence of their passing over the Great Divide.
Times flies fast with us all and the band of man cannot stay its flight or check its speed.
No man is able to escape the reaper who is squarely in the path of every man, never to be ousted while time shall last, and while we, write this to express our sympathy with those who are left behind, we cannot forbear to tell them they but have added ties to the land beyond the valor and to tell those, who today walk among men, that it is better to be prepaired and never go than to go without preparation.
The ways of God are past finding out but even a babe can have faith. If we wait until the mysteries are cleared away before we declare ourselves the greatest of all mysteries find us still wandering in the dark, beside which the darkest of death is light itself.
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Local Brevities
Wichita Daily Times
5 March 1923
Mrs. L.C. Robertson and daughter, Mildred, have returned from Forney, Texas, where Mrs. Robertson was called on account of the death of her brother-in-law, Harvey Crittenden.
Note: John Harvey Crittenden is buried at Hillcrest Cemetery.
