David Winfred Garris was born December 4, 1913, and died September 6, 1921. He was not with us long but those of us who knew him loved him. He was never absent from Sunday school on Sunday morning and even tho he was a little fellow he always joined in the singing. His voice could often be heard above any others. On Sunday morning after he was taken sick he asked of his little brothers and sisters who had been to Sunday school whether they had brought him a book, and was very much disappointed when he learned that they had not.
He was always an obedient child in the home. It is very hard to give him up, but we must realize that God knows best. Sometime we’ll understand why our loved ones must be taken from us, tho it seems hard now. God had a purpose in sending him to live with us and this purpose was not in vain, for we feel that our lives are made richer by having known Winfred. In this sad hour may his loved ones be comforted, realizing that our loss is Heaven’s gain.
--A Friend, Margarettsville, N.C.
From the front page of the Roanoke-Chowan Times, Rich Square, N.C., Sept. 22, 1921
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