Henry Dixon Harp, son of Dr. Alfred Pleasant Harp and Rebecca Dozier West Harp, was born on 27 JUL 1851 and passed away 13 FEB 1922. He was one among eight children, three brothers having preceded him to the home beyond, also father and mother, leaving only three sisters and one paralyzed brother, Alonzo Harp. Brother Henry's wife, Sarah Francis Harp, died 14 MAR 1894, leaving him with nine children, most of them small. He never married again but kept all of his children with him until grown or married. They were all living and present at his funeral. He joined the Primitive Baptist Church soon after his wife's death when he had a stroke of paralysis and never walked again. For the last six months his sufferings were very great but he bore them without murmuring and was always very grateful for every kindness shown him. We feel he is now at rest in heaven with his dear wife, father, mother and three brothers, where there is no sickness or sorrows.
Safe in the arms of Jesus,
Safe on his gentle breast;
There is His love o'er shaded
Sweetly his soul shall rest.
A precious one from us has gone
A voice we loved is still;
A place is vacant in our homes,
Which never can be filled?
God in his wisdom has recalled
The boon his love had given
And although the body's moldering here,
His soul is safe in heaven.
His sorrowing sister: Addie Harp Pritchett
20 FEB 1922 Edition: Thomaston Times
Thomaston, Upson County, Georgia
Henry Dixon Harp, son of Dr. Alfred Pleasant Harp and Rebecca Dozier West Harp, was born on 27 JUL 1851 and passed away 13 FEB 1922. He was one among eight children, three brothers having preceded him to the home beyond, also father and mother, leaving only three sisters and one paralyzed brother, Alonzo Harp. Brother Henry's wife, Sarah Francis Harp, died 14 MAR 1894, leaving him with nine children, most of them small. He never married again but kept all of his children with him until grown or married. They were all living and present at his funeral. He joined the Primitive Baptist Church soon after his wife's death when he had a stroke of paralysis and never walked again. For the last six months his sufferings were very great but he bore them without murmuring and was always very grateful for every kindness shown him. We feel he is now at rest in heaven with his dear wife, father, mother and three brothers, where there is no sickness or sorrows.
Safe in the arms of Jesus,
Safe on his gentle breast;
There is His love o'er shaded
Sweetly his soul shall rest.
A precious one from us has gone
A voice we loved is still;
A place is vacant in our homes,
Which never can be filled?
God in his wisdom has recalled
The boon his love had given
And although the body's moldering here,
His soul is safe in heaven.
His sorrowing sister: Addie Harp Pritchett
20 FEB 1922 Edition: Thomaston Times
Thomaston, Upson County, Georgia
Inscription
"Our father is gone but not forgotten. He is resting in the sunlight of God."
Gravesite Details
Headstone Photograph Courtesy of Keith Amos / Portrait Photograph Courtesy of the Thomaston Upson Archives / Death Certificate Courtesy of: Georgia Girl (#46981215)
Family Members
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Thaddeus Reeves Harp
1875–1954
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Ernest Leonard "Lando" Harp Sr
1876–1940
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Carrie Ethel Harp Burnette
1879–1959
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Eunice Magdelene Harpe Burnette
1881–1972
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James Alford Harpe
1883–1961
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Eulon Dixon Harpe
1885–1963
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Emmie Mae Harp Burnette
1888–1944
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Marion Martin Harp
1890–1980
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John Carlton Harp Sr
1892–1975
