Buchanan, William Atkinson

Passed: 1926-04-23

Age: 47

Source: Mountaineer

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1926-05-21

Information: The death angel has again visited our community and taken from our midst William Atkison Buchanan, son of Eben and Caroline Buchanan.  He was born May 20, 1878, and departed from all that was mortal April 23, 1926, aged 47 years, eleven months and three days.  He was united in marriage to Ann Smith March 16, 1902.  To this union were born eight children as follows:  Mrs. Ora Showalter of Parkersburg, Kermit, Mildred, Truman, Wisola, Marvin, J ?., and Virginia, at home.  Those left to mourn their loss are his wife, children, two grandchildren, two brothers, J. S. Buchanan of Wirt county and Joe Buchanan of Akron, Ohio, besides a host of relatives and friends.  The family all had the ""flu"", but the attack did not seem to be severe.  Mrs. Buchanan and two younger children went to the home of her twin brother, H. M. Smith, where she became a victim of pneumonia fever. In a few days the husband, too, was stricken with the same disease.  Medical aid was rendered, kind hands of friends and neighbors did all they could, but alas! in the stillness of the night the pale horse and its rider quietly slipped him away to the home of the Son.  As we gazed into his face, knowing the voice is stilled, the smile of affection to greet us is no more, we are made to wonder why he was taken from the home when the parental care is so much needed, ""But the Lord Doeth all things well"".  He was converted near the age of 18 and united with the M. E. Church at Sheppard Chapel.  In the year of 1907, he with his family located at Tasso, Tennessee, residing there eleven years.  His membership was transferred to the M.E. Church at that place.  During that time he rendered faithful and efficient work in the church.  In 1918 he came back to this county and united with the M. P. Church at Union Chapel, where he rendered service to God and his fellowmen.  Not only was he loyal to the church, but his daily walks and his conversations to his family and friends proved he lived a consistent Christian life.............Funeral services were conducted by an intimate friend and pastor, Rev. George Caltrider, who chose for his text II Cor. 5-1, ""For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.""  The pallbearers, his brother-in-laws, laid him away in the church cemetery, witnessed by a large congregation.  The home has lost a kind and loving husband and father, the community a loyal friend and neighbor, the church an earnest and faithful worker, a vacancy which never can be filled.  To the bereaved family and friends we extend our sympathy, and may God's richest blessings be a comfort to all.   A friend.