William J. Hughes Jr. was born near Cross Plains, Ala; January 13, 1871, and departed this life at his home near Weaver's Station, Jan. 25th, 1889. Thus have we seen within the brief span between these dates, the confiding, amiable child develop into the generous, warm-hearted youth, to be suddenly cut down on the threshold of a vigorous, promising young manhood! Such are the inscrutable dispensations of the All-wise Father, who "seeth not as man seeth," in permitting the sunshiny presence of our genial young friend to cheer the fond parents and affectionate sisters but a few days before being transplanted in the far away home of the soul, while the Grandsire of four-score, and the Grandmother bowed with the weight of years, still sojourn in the low grounds of sorrow. "What I do thou knowest not now, but thou shalt know hereafter." In extending sympathy to the bereaved ones, let us be consoled with the thought that "we sorrow not as those who have no hope." Jesus says: "I am the resurrection and the life."

Willie, thou hast left us,

And our loss we deeply feel,

But 'tis God who hast bereft us,

And can all our sorrows heal.
 

Jacksonville Republican, Jacksonville, Alabama, 2 February 1889, page 3, column 1.

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