BRAZZEL, HENRY C - Bradley County, Arkansas | HENRY C BRAZZEL - Arkansas Gravestone Photos

Henry C BRAZZEL

Shady Grove Cemetery
Bradley County,
Arkansas

September 8, 1859 - May 17, 1907

One of the best citizens of Bradley county, Ark., passed away when the man-loving and
god-fearing Henry Brazzell went from us. He was forty-six years. He was married to Miss
Cecelia Smith who with three daughters survive him. This husband and father, for whose
departure so many share the grief with the widow and children, was one of the most
hospitable and generous men. He had many friends. Noble in friendship himself that
disposition in others naturally gravitated around him. His pastor had a warm place in
his heart and cordial welcome in his home. His house like others with him on the Jersey
circuit ever had the "room and candlestick" for the prophet of the Lord. The writer of
these lines owes to the friendship and favors of H. C. Brazzell, a lifetime debt of
gratitude. Deceased was for years a member of the Methodist church and it was his custom
to be at his place at the preaching services. This fact together with his personal
friendship to his pastor makes his absence felt in a way to the pastor at it does to no
one else except to the bereaved family. As this writer reflects on the three years he
ministered on the Jersey circuit how thanksgiving to God abounds in him for Henry Brazzell
and neighbors deceased and living! They shall be appreciated not in this life only but
in the ages to come. Money is trash comparable to the worth of their friendship. Born of
God, such friendship cannot die. It is eternal. We would fondly believe that to his loved
ones and friends the departed may be among the guardian spirits: sent forth to minister
to them that shell be heirs of salvation." About his bedside was sung among others, the
much cherished hymn with the chorus "How I long to be there," and H. C. Brazzell's ears
opened to the music made by the triumphant church. May his widow and daughters be faithful
to a heavenly reunion.

Photo courtesy of Tommy Carter

Contributed on 1/31/11 by pam_don202
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Submitted: 1/31/11 • Approved: 1/31/20 • Last Updated: 6/27/23 • R456906-G0-S3

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