Published in the Holmes County Advertiser
Bonifay, Florida
Saturday, April 13, 1912
(Transcribed by Mona Spears)

In Memoriam.
   "A Child, more than all other gifts that earth can offer to declining 
 man, beings hope with it, and forward-looking thoughts."  ----Wordsworth.
   These words of the poet were wonderfully fulfilled nearly five years ago 
 when little William was born to Mr. and Mrs. F. M. McDonald.  Painful 
 anxiety filled their hearts when he was stricken with typhoid fever on the 
 24th of March and burdened them sore till the turn last Saturday night that 
 took all hope away.  A turn for the better revived hope Sunday afternoon 
 but it was vain, for at one o'clock Monday the spirit of the beautiful 
 child took its flight.
   Little William put up a brave fight, aided all possible by Dr. Gable and 
 Miss Williams against the invisible host that battled for his life - a host 
 that the strongest can scarcely overcome.
   The funeral service was conducted by Rev. Clyde Johnson at the Methodist 
 church Tuesday.  The floral offerings were abundant and beautiful, and the 
 attendance of so many sorrowing friends witnessed how strongly this 
 beautiful child had entwined himself about the heart of the community.
   The gift that brought such hope with it is gone, but the precious memory 
 and sweet influence of his life remain, a gift that cannot be taken away.  
 This the grief stricken parents will tenderly hold and cherish while 
 bravely continuing to discharge their sacred duties to themselves and the 
 precious ones that remain.
  The heart of the whole community goes out in tenderest sympathy to Mr. and 
 Mrs. McDonald in their afflictions.                                         
              Berttrem-McKenzie.